English Grammar for the Utterly Confused - Laurie Rozakis 2003

Adverbs
Chapter 1. Parts of Speech
Part 1 Welcome to grammarland

Adverbs are words that describe verbs, adjectives, or other adverbs. Adverbs answer the questions: When? Where? How? or To what extent?

When?

Where?

How?

To what extent?

left yesterday

fell below

happily sang

partly finished

begin now

move up

danced badly

eat completely

Most adverbs are formed by adding -ly to an adjective. For example:

Here are some of the most common non -ly adverbs:

afterward

far

long

now

still

where

almost

fast

low

often

then

yesterday

already

hard

more

quick

today

also

here

near

rather

tomorrow

back

how

never

slow

too

even

late

next

soon

when

Follow these guidelines when you use adverbs:

Quick Tip

Conjunctive adverbs are used to connect other words and to link ideas and paragraphs.

accordingly

consequently

however

otherwise

again

finally

indeed

nevertheless

also

for example

moreover

then

besides

furthermore

on the other hand

therefore