By Bailey Tuss
Adverbs tell how, where, when, and to what extent (how much).
An adverb that tells how usually modifies or goes back to the verb/verb phrase.
The ice cream swiftly fell to the pavement.
Swiftly tells how the ice cream fell.
Most adverbs that tell how end in ly.
Good is an adjective.
Well is an adverb.
Examples:
They are good singers.
They sing well.
Well tells how they sing.
Wrong: They sing good.
Correct: They are well singers.
An adverb that tells where usually modifies the verb/verb phrase.
He looked up at the sapphire sky.
Up tells where he looked.
Some words that can be either a preposition or an adverb. Some examples are:
In, inside, around, up, out, outside, near, and down.
An adverb that tells when usually modifies the verb/verb phrase.
Tina left her house really early.
Early tells when she left her house.
An adverb that tells to what extent usually modifies the verb/verb phrase.
The puppy is extremely muddy.
Extremely tells to what extent muddy the puppy is.
Some adverbs that tell to what extent end in ly and some don't.
A list of words that serve as both a preposition or an adverb that tells where:
Above, across, after, around, before, down, up, in, out, inside, outside, and over.
Any word in the preposition list that does not have a noun or pronoun following it will be an adverb.
The comparative form compares two thing.
The superlative form compares three or more things.
"Bill runs faster than I." This is comparative because Bill and I are being compared.
"Of the four, Bill runs fastest." This is superlative because it's comparing four people.
1. Add er to most one-syllable adverbs
fast/faster
2. Place more before most two-syllable adverbs.
favorably/ more favorably
3. Some adverbs totally change form.
well/ better
Wrong: He runs most faster.
Correct: He runs faster.
1. Add est to most one-syllable adverbs.
fast/ fastest
2. Place most before many two-syllable adverbs.
slowly/ most slowly
3. Some adverbs totally change form.
well/ best
Wrong: He runs most fastest.
Correct: He runs the fastest.
No, not, never, none, no one, nobody, nothing, scarcely, and hardly are considered negative words. DO NOT use these in an independent clause.
Correct: I could hardly see.
Wrong: I couldn't hardly see.
Correct: I do not want anything.
Wrong:I do not want nothing.
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