1. ADVERBS NOUN ADJECTIVE VERB ADVERB Nouns are a person, place or thing.
An adjective gives more information about nouns.
Verbs say what a noun is/does.
An adverb gives more information about verbs.
There are four (4) kinds of adverbs:
Manner
Frequency
Place
Time
NOUN
ADJECTIVE
VERB
ADVERB

2. ADVERBS ADJECTIVE ADVERB
Normally you can change adjectives into adverbs by adding “ly”.
(ex. He is quiet. He is working quietly.)
ADJECTIVE
ADVERB
Excited
High
Slow
Quick
Gentle
Careful
Nice
Excitedly
Highly
Slowly
Quickly
Gently
Carefully
Nicely

3. ADVERBS ADVERBS Adverbs give us more information about a verb.
They (almost) always come after the verb they are describing.
They can talk about how, where or when you do something.
ADVERBS
We are working together on our homework.
You need to sit quietly.
He is playing outside.
Put your hand up!
I will do my homework later.
The test will start soon.

4. ADVERBS There are four (4) kinds of adverbs that you need to know.
These are used to give us more information about verbs.
Adverbs of Manner
These answer how you do something.
Adverbs of Frequency
These answer how often you do something.
Adverbs of Place
These answer where you do something.
Adverbs of Time
These answer when you do something.

5. There are four (4) kinds of adverbs that you need to know.
Here are some examples
MANNER
quietly, terribly, carefully, noisily, loudly, quickly
FREQUENCY
always, usually, often, sometimes, rarely, never
PLACE
out, inside, over here, up there, everywhere
TIME
tomorrow, last night, later, all day, now

6. ADVERBS
You also need to be able to convert a noun and adjective into a verb and adverb.
“The boy is a runner” has the same meaning as “The boy runs”.
That’s because the verb is the main action of the noun.
A teacher teaches.
A worker works.
A runner runs.
We can also give more information about the noun using adjectives.
The teacher is quiet. He is a quiet teacher.
The worker is smart. She is a smart worker.
The runner is quick. He is a quick runner.
By changing the adjectives into adverbs we get this:
A quiet teacher teaches quietly.
A smart worker works smartly.
A quick runner runs quickly.

7. ADVERBS
So if we make the stand alone sentences, can you make these adjective-noun sentences into verb-adverb sentences?
I am a beautiful singer.
She is a patient helper.
We are correct writers.
He is a close listener.

8. ADVERBS
So if we make the stand alone sentences, can you make these adjective-noun sentences into verb-adverb sentences?
I am a beautiful singer.
I sing beautifully.
She is a patient helper.
She helps patiently.
We are correct writers.
We write correctly.
He is a close listener.
He listens closely.

9. ADVERBS
There are, of course, some exceptions to the rules you need to know for adverbs. And they’re really exceptional:
Late: Late is both the adjective and adverb form. (He is late. He came late.)
Lately: Lately means “recently” or “short time ago”. (What have you done lately?)
Hard: Hard is both the adjective and adverb form. (He works hard on his homework.)
Hardly: Hardly means “barely”, “almost”, “not at all”. (I can hardly speak Chinese.)

10. ADVERBS ADJECTIVE ADVERB
You also need to be able to make comparatives and superlatives with adverbs, since they can be adjective, too.
The rules are slightly different:
If it’s one syllable (or the word early) “+er” or “the +est”.
(fast, faster, fastest)
(2) More than two syllables “more/less” or “the most/the least”. (slowly, more slowly, the most slowly) (carefully, less carefully, the least carefully)
ADJECTIVE
ADVERB
nice, nicer, the nicest
quiet, quieter, the quietest
tired, more tired, the most tired
nicely, more nicely, the most nicely
quietly, more quietly, the most quietly
tiredly, more tiredly, the most tiredly

11. ADVERBS ADJECTIVE ADVERB COMPARATIVE SUPERLATIVE
Here are more exceptions.
These ones are for comparative adverbs.
ADJECTIVE
ADVERB
COMPARATIVE
SUPERLATIVE
good
bad
much
little
far
well
badly
much
little
farther/further
better than
worse than
more than
less than
farther than
further than
the best
the worst
the most
the least
the farthest
the furthest