Lesson : 10 Adverbs

Adverbs 

What is an Adverb

An Adverb is a word that tell us more about a verb , adjectives or other adverb. Wile a verb generally shows action.  The Adverb describes something about the verb.

Adverbs can In to an adjective answer questions like this :-

              "how," "when," "where," "how much.

Many adverb is formed by adding '-ly' to an adjective

If the adjective ends in '-y', replace the 'y' with 'i' and add '-ly'

If the adjective ends in -'able', '-ible', or '-le', replace the '-e' with '-y'

Some adverbs have the same form as the adjective

Adjective	Adverb
cheap  quick  slow	cheaply  quickly  slowly
easy  angry  happy	easily  angrily  happily
probable  terrible  gentle	probably  terribly  gently
basic  economic  tragic	basically  economically  tragically
early  fast  hard	late  near  straight

   
                   Examples for Adverb

1.        I’ll eventually come.

2.       I hopelessly wait.

3.       I totally confused.

 There are 2 types of adverb             1. Interrogative Adverbs

                                                               2.   Conjunctive Adverbs

Interrogative Adverbs

An interrogative adverb asks a question. The interrogative adverbs are how, when, where, and why.

How did you get here?

Where are you going next?

                                                       Conjunctive Adverbs

You can use a conjunctive adverb to join two clauses together. Some common conjunctive adverbs are 

besides,  however,  indeed,  moreover,  nevertheless,  otherwise,  therefore , still, hence, next, finally, accordingly , also , then …… etc

  Examples for conjunctive adverbs 

     1.       The climate is good today, therefore I think I’ll go to picnic

     2.      After moving the hot sun, Kumar was too hungry  to shower, he did wash his dirty hands'however.

                  Activity

                  Put suitable adverbs’ in to the correct space

1.       Lazy man do not word ---------

2.       The little girl is happy and is singing -------

3.       Good pupils read and write ------

4.       A tortoise move very -----

5.       Rabbits run very -----

6.       Bad pupils read and write -----

7.       We are still in the class room  ------

8.       A lazy man gets up ------- in the morning .

9.       Te questions are easy , and the pupils can answer them ------

10.   We shall go to picnic --------

Badly , slowly , now, well, happily  , tomorrow, easily , late, quickly , late, hardly