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Adverbs – Simple and Detailed Expression

Adverbs – Simple and Detailed Expression

Use adjectives to describe nouns (things or people).
Use adverbs to describe verbs (how a person does something):

  • That was a terrible game. (adjective – describes “game”)
  • The team played terribly. (adverb – describes “played”)


Common adverbs:
[table]
Adjective,Adverb
slow,slowly
quiet,quietly
bad,badly
beautiful,beautifully
dangerous,dangerously
careful,carefully
easy,easily
healthy,healthily
good,well
fast,fast
hard,hard
[/table]

Examples:

  • My grandfather drives slowly, but I drive fast.
  • The teacher spoke so quietly that I couldn’t hear her.
  • I can read English well, but I speak badly.
  • Evan lives dangerously. He loves radical sports.
  • We wrote the letter carefully so as not to make a mistake.
  • I opened the jar easily.
  • Soccer players need to eat healthily to stay in good shape.
  • Janet works very hard. She arrives at work early and leaves late.

Note: Adjectives go before the noun. Adverbs usually go after the verb:

Ruth is a quiet person. (“quiet” describes “person”) Ruth speaks quietly. (“quietly” describes “speaks”)

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