Adverbs

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Adverbs
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Adverbs modifyverbsadjectivesother
adverbsquantifiersandwhole sentences
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They answer the questionsHow?When?Where
?How often?How sure?
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Adverbs that modify verbs can go in several
different places in a sentence.At the
beginningAt the endAfter the helping verb
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Adverbs that modify adjectives and other
adverbs go directly before the words they
modify.She is always late.
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Add ly to adjectives to form many
adverbs.Quick quicklycareful
carefullynice nicelyeasy - easily
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Children learn new languages easily.He
speaks English very well.
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Many adverbs do not end in ly.

• Fast
• Here
• Late
• Often
• Now
• There
• Sometimes
• Today

• Upstairs
• Downstairs
• Very
• Well
• Yesterday
• Inside
• Outside
• Always

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Adverbs of possibility tell how sure we
are about somethingcertainly, definitely,
probably, perhaps, maybe, possibly
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Position of adverbs of possibility

• Perhaps and maybe are at the beginning of the
  sentence
• The others go after the subject and be but before
  other main verbs

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Perhaps we should eat in the cafeteria
today. I certainly want you in the next class.