An adverb is used to modify an adjective, a verb or other adverb. It tells us about an action, or the way something is done.
An adverb can be formed from an adjective by adding the suffix -ly.
| Drive carefuly | She writes neatly |
| He acts cleverly | She gets up early in the morning |
| Westerns can be very exciting | She yelled loudly |
| Drive carefuly | Whose car is this? |
Adverbs answer four speciļ¬c questions about the verbs, adjectives, and adverbs they modify:
| How? | quickly, gracefully, fluently |
| When? | late, never, tomorrow |
| Where? | there, inside, below |
| How often? | very, well, almost |
Adverb phrases are groups of words that functions as single adverbs to describe the action of the verb.
Examples
| The bus arrived on time |
| She draws cartoons like a real cartoonist |
An adverb used as a simple modifier to convey degree, manner, number, place, or time.
| again and again | now and then |
| by and by | once and again |
| far and wide | out and out |
| first and foremost | off and on |
| far and wide | over and above |
Modal auxiliaries Vs Primary auxiliaries
Primary auxiliaries are be, do, have. They are used to form tenses and to frame short answers.
Modal auxiliaries are will, would, may, might, shall, should, can, could, must, dare, need, used, ought. They are used to express moods.