Formation of adverb
- Most of adverbs are formed by adding “-ly” to adjectives. For example, happily, easily, quickly, angrily, correctly, fluently, proudly, loudly, rapidly, immediately etc
- A few adverbs exists without “-ly”. For example, fast, slow, deep, far, hard, high, wrong, right, low, well, tight, straight, there, here, close, late, very, too, not
Examples.
Adverbs of Manner | Adverbs of Place | Adverbs of Time | Adverbs of Frequency |
| Happily | Here | Now | Sometimes |
| Sadly | There | Then | Often |
| Easily | Near | Yesterday | Usually |
| Rudely | Somewhere | Today | Seldom |
| Loudly | Outside | Tomorrow | Frequently |
| Fluently | Inside | Late | Daily |
| Rapidly | Ahead | Early | Generally |
| Angrily | High | Again | Occasionally |
| Greedily | Top | Tonight | Again and again |
| Wildly | Bottom | Soon | Never |
Types or Kinds of Adverb
Adverb modifies verb by giving us the following information.
- How the action occurs
- Where the action occurs
- How many times action occur
- At which time the action occurs
- Intensity of action
Adverbs are categorized on the basis of it information it gives, into the following categories.
- Adverbs of manner
- Adverb of place
- Adverb of time
- Adverb of frequency