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ADVERB, • An adverb is a word used to add something to the meaning of a verb , Adjective or, Another adverb., • She is walking slowly , She is very intelligent , She is walking very slowly, • Kind of Adverb, • Adverb of Time – Before, ago, lately, yet , now ,soon, yesterday, already, never, • Adverb of Frequency – Always , Once, seldom, usually, rarely etc, • Adverb of place – Here, everywhere, down, near, away, backward, upward, • Adverb of manner – Slowly, so, soundly, delightfully, • Adverb of Affirmation and negation – Certainly, apparently, obviously, No, Undoubtedly, • Adverb of Degree – Almost, fully, very, enough, rather, quite, too, really, • Interrogative adverb – How , what, when, why, • Relative adverb - When, where, why how
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Rule – 1, • Adjective – add meaning to Noun – Her act was remarkable , She is a very, skilful dancer, • Adverb – Add meaning to Verb, Adverb, Adjective – She acted remarkably to, achieve success , She dances very skilfully, , Rule – 2, • Place these Adverbs before the Verb – Always, often, already, just never,, ever, sometimes, frequently, generally, recently, usually, seldom, hardly,, rarely , normally, • My brother comes often every Sunday, • He goes usually to the movie every friday
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Rule – 3, • Adverb of manner – Slowly, So, Soundly, Delightfully, • Intransitive Verb + Adverb of Manner, • Before or After the transitive verb place Adverb of manner, • He returned immediately, • He briefly narrated the incident to me, , Rule – 4, • If the sentence is introduced by an adverb, inverted form of the verb is used for the sake, of emphasis, • Seldom he visits his parents – Seldom does he visit his parents, • Never I’ll see her again – Never will I see her again
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Rule – 5, • Else + But, • Other and otherwise + than, • It is nothing else than sheer madness, • She had no other alternative but stay here, , Rule – 6, • Never and Not is not a Adverb – Don’t use Never and Not in place of adverb, • I never went to Ooty last year, , Rule – 7, • Seldom or never, seldom if ever, little or nothing, little, if anything – Phrases, • We seldom or ever meet our relatives these days
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Rule – 8, •, •, •, •, , Negative Adverbs should not be used with the Negative words, Seldom, Nowhere, Never, nothing , hardly, scarcely, neither, barely, rarely – Negative Adverbs, I rarely went to meet nobody across the road, She hardly knows nothing about the family, , Rule – 9, • Manly , Masterly, Slovenly, Monthly, weekly, sickly, friendly, orderly, gentlemanly – Adjectives, • Coward , Miser, Niggard – Noun, Cowardly, Miserly, Niggardly – Adjectives , In a cowardly,, miserly, niggardly – Adverbs, • Fast , Straight , outright, direct, hard, hardly, late light, high , safe, quiet – Adjective an Adverb, • Loudly and Aloud – Adverb – Loud Adj, • Late – Adj , Adverb – Lately – Adverb, • Hard – Positive sense – Adj, Adv, • Hardly – Adverb – Negative, • A soldier is trained never to fight cowardly, • The teacher asked the students to talk loudly
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Rule – 10, •, •, •, •, •, •, •, •, •, •, •, •, •, •, •, , Very + Present Participle, Much + Past Participle & Comparative Degree, It is a much interesting picture, I was very exhausted in the evening, She is much wiser than her mother, So + That , Too + to Use, In place of So and too , we can use Very and much, My brother is so healthy, She is too poor to study further, She is so poor that she cannot study further, Enough – Adjective and Adverb – As an Adverb place Enough after the Adjective, She is enough wise to allow her son to go, Rather + Adj + Noun ( Fairly, Quite, Pretty), Fairly + Adj + Noun, She is rather intelligent
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Rule – 11, •, •, •, •, •, •, •, •, •, , Too – Besides , As well – in addition to – Positive sentence, She found her bag and money too / as well, She plays the piano and the harmonium as well / too, She found her bag and money also, So + Auxilary + Subject - Positive sentence – Two Person doing one action, She won the prize and so did her sister, His wife plays piano and so does he, Neither + Auxilary + Subject – Negative Sentence – Two person doing one action, He does not write well and neither do I, , Rule – 12, • Yes or No – Adverb, • Have you taken food ?, • Yes, I have not taken so far ?
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Rule – 13, • Regard, Describe, define, Treat, View, Know + As, • Name , Elect, think, Consider, Call, Appoint, Make, Choose + As, • I regard him my brother, • He thinks her as a fool