Learn all about adverbs in this 8 lesson series on the parts of speech in the English language. Answer some questions for more practice and I will check them. Subscribe to get the next lessons. Please Like / Share / Subscribe to help the channel grow. Join the Facebook community here: https://www.facebook.com/Listenandlearnenglish Buy my study workbook "Let's Build a Sentence: The Easy way": https://amzn.to/2V8oEAe 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). Adverbs often end in -ly, but some (such as fast) look exactly the same as their adjective counterparts. One of the things adverbs do is modify verbs. This means that they describe the way an action is happening. However, there is one type of verb that doesn’t mix well with adverbs. Linking verbs, such as feel, smell, sound, seem, and appear, typically need adjectives, not adverbs. Adverbs can also modify adjectives and other adverbs. Often, the purpose of the adverb is to add a degree of intensity to the adjective. You can use an adverb to describe another adverb. In fact, if you wanted to, you could use several. The problem is that it often produces weak and clunky sentences like the one above, so be careful not to overdo it. Adverbs and Sentences Some adverbs can modify entire sentences—unsurprisingly, these are called sentence adverbs. Common ones include generally, fortunately, interestingly, and accordingly. Sentence adverbs don’t describe one particular thing in the sentence—instead, they describe a general feeling about all of the information in the sentence. Degrees of Comparison Like adjectives, adverbs can show degrees of comparison, although it’s slightly less common to use them this way. With certain “flat adverbs” (adverbs that look exactly the same as their adjective counterparts), the comparative and superlative forms look the same as the adjective comparative and superlative forms. It’s usually better to use stronger adverbs (or stronger adjectives and verbs) rather than relying on comparative and superlative adverbs. An absolute adverb describes something in its own right: He smiled warmly A hastily written note To make the comparative form of an adverb that ends in -ly, add the word more: He smiled more warmly than the others. The more hastily written note contained the clue. To make the superlative form of an adverb that ends in -ly, add the word most: He smiled most warmly of them all. The most hastily written note on the desk was overlooked. Placement of Adverbs Place adverbs as close as possible to the words they are supposed to modify. Putting the adverb in the wrong spot can produce an awkward ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y2HutfVpl0g

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