What are adverbs? What are the types of adverbs?
Answers
Firstly, Adverbs are the words that modifies three things. verb, adjective or adverbs. And depending on the way in which the adverbs describe any action or verb they are divided into four types-
- Adverbs of Manner
- Adverbs of Frequency
- Adverbs of Time
- Adverbs of Place
Examples-
Adverbs of Manner- Angrily, Happily, Easily, Sadly
Adverbs of Frequency- Often, Sometimes, Usually, Frequently
Adverbs of Time- Yesterday, Now, Then, Tomorrow
Adverbs of Place- Near, There, Here, Somewhere
An adverb is a word that modifies (describes) a verb (he sings loudly), an adjective (very tall), another adverb (ended too quickly), or even a whole sentence (Fortunately, I had brought an umbrella).
There are at least eight different kinds of adverbs and these are adverbs of manner, adverbs of frequency, adverbs of time and place, adverbs of relative time, adverbs of degree, adverbs of quantity, adverbs that focus, adverbs that function as attitude markers.