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

Exercises

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