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Target 8: Describing words (Adjectives and Adverbs)

Part Two: Adverbs

 Adverbs are another kind of describing word.

 Adverbs are mainly used to add information to a verb. They give us more
detail about what is happening in the sentence.

Here are some examples of adverbs:

quickly safely carefully smoothly sadly slowly

angrily happily usually recently finally beautifully

How do we use adverbs?
The verb in the sentences below is ‘walked’. Let’s see how we can use an adverb to
add detail:-
This doesn’t give us any information
The man walked out of the room. about the how the man walked.

Adding the adverb ‘slowly’ tells
The man slowly walked out of the room. us how the man walked.

Do adverbs always come before the verb?
No, adverbs can also come after the verb, later in the sentence or even at the
beginning of the sentence.

The man walked slowly out of the room.
The man walked out of the room slowly. NOTE: When the adverb is at
the front of the sentence,
Slowly, the man walked out of the room. you need to add a comma.

Now, let’s try different adverbs to see
how they change your picture of what is
happening in the sentence:-

The man nervously walked out of the room.
The man walked sadly out of the room.
The man quickly walked out of the room.
The man walked angrily out of the room.
The man suddenly walked out of the room.

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