TRINITY MATERIALS María Jesús Duque Sánchez 1 ADVERBS & ADVERBIAL PRHASES

TRINITY MATERIALS María Jesús Duque Sánchez 2 ADJECTIVE Careful Angry Fast Slow Good Bad Unfortunate ADVERB Carefully Angrily Fast Slowly Well Badly Unfortunately ADVERB FORMATION Write the adverbs for the following adjectives:

TRINITY MATERIALS María Jesús Duque Sánchez 3 What is an adverb Basically, most adverbs tell you how, where, when something is done. In other words, they describe the manner, place, or time of an action. Here are some examples:

TRINITY MATERIALS María Jesús Duque Sánchez 4 TypeAdverbExample MannerslowlyJane drives slowly. Placehere The party is going to take place here. TimeyesterdayI called him yesterday.

TRINITY MATERIALS María Jesús Duque Sánchez 5 TypeAdverbExample DegreeA bitI´m a bit tired. CommentFortunately Fortunately, we could go home after the accident. … And there are two other types:

TRINITY MATERIALS María Jesús Duque Sánchez 6 How to recognize an adverb 1. Many adverbs end with the suffix -LY. CAREFULLY 2. Most of these are created by adding –LY to the end of an adjective. CAREFUL = CAREFULLY 3. But there are also many other adverbs which are not formed from adjectives and which don´t end in –ly: FAST = FAST 4. Adverbials can be also phrases (more than a word): TWICE A WEEK

TRINITY MATERIALS María Jesús Duque Sánchez 7 They describe “how somebody does something” POSITION: Usually after the verb but with passive verbs they appear in middle position: My father used to work hard when he was a child. The patient was carefully examined. NOW, GIVE AN EXAMPLE! ADVERBS OF MANNER:

TRINITY MATERIALS María Jesús Duque Sánchez 8 They describe “how often somebody does something” POSITION: Before the main verb but after the verb “to be”: I hardly ever travel by plane. Mary is always positive, she tends to look at the positive side of things. FREQUENCY ADVERBS: NOW, GIVE AN EXAMPLE!

TRINITY MATERIALS María Jesús Duque Sánchez 9 They describe “when somebody does something” POSITION: They usually go at the end of the sentence but we can place them at the beginning for emphasis: I tend to visit my family at weekends. Last week we didn´t go to class. ADVERBS OF TIME: NOW, GIVE AN EXAMPLE!

TRINITY MATERIALS María Jesús Duque Sánchez 10 ADVERBS OF DEGREE: They describe “how much something is done” or modify an adjective. POSITION: - extremely, incredibly, very….: used before adjectives and adverbs: It was extremely cold yesterday. - much or a lot: used after verbs or verb phrases: Although she studied a lot, she didn´t pass the test. -A bit, a little: used before adjectives and after verbs: She was a bit worried after the argument with Paul. NOW, GIVE AN EXAMPLE WITH EACH!

TRINITY MATERIALS María Jesús Duque Sánchez 11 They give the speaker´s opinion. POSITION: They usually go at the beginning of the sentence or clause: Obviously not everyone wants a bank account. OTHER EXAMPLES: Luckily, clearly, apparently, fortunately,…. COMMENT ADVERBS: NOW, GIVE AN EXAMPLE!

TRINITY MATERIALS María Jesús Duque Sánchez 12 Actually & at the moment Especially & specially Ever & even Hardly & hard At the end & in the end Late & lately Nearly & near Yet & still What´s the difference between the following pairs of words?

TRINITY MATERIALS María Jesús Duque Sánchez 13 ACTUALLY In fact, to tell the truth EVEN Indicates something unexpected SPECIALLY Used before adjectives HARDLY (adverb) Almost nothing. AT THE END Followed by a noun LATE Not early ALMOST Nearly STILL More emphatic than “yet” AT THE MOMENT At the precise moment EVER At any time ESPECIALLY In particular HARD (adjective) Not easy IN THE END Used on its own LATELY Recently NEARLY Almost YET Less emphatic than “still”

TRINITY MATERIALS María Jesús Duque Sánchez 14 Use adverbs and adverbials phrases to enrich your writings and your speech!