Adverbs are different to adjectives. Where adjectives describe nouns, adverbs describe verbs.
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She chewed her food nervously.
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He was running strangely.
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Agnes bounces her cheeks annoyingly.
It's easy to remember because the word verb is part of the word adverb!
Many adverbs are formed by adding -ly to the end of an adjective.
Adjective | sad | hungry | quick | stupid | loud |
Adverb (+ly) | sadly | hungrily | quickly | stupidly | loudly |
Notice that when an adjective ends in -y, we usually replace the y with an i before adding -ly.
There are different types of adverbs to describe:
manner | These are adverbs to answer the question 'How?' They describe the way something is done or is acting. | Examples: carefully, well, slowly |
possibility | These are adverbs that shows how sure or unsure we are about something. | Examples: definitely, probably, maybe |
time | These are adverbs to answer the question 'When?' | Examples: yesterday, recently, soon |
opinion | These adverbs give an opinion about a whole sentence or idea. | Examples: obviously, unfortunately, surprisingly |