Sunday, November 25, 2012

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







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