In this post we will look at how we use adverbs in English. We also have a post on adverb suffixes. In English, adverbs modify verbs, adjectives, or other adverbs to provide extra details about an action or a quality. We often think about
Let’s see how these different forms of adverbs are used.
We can talk about adverbs according to the kind of information they provide:
As you know the way to create adverbs is by adding -ly to the end of an adjective. One familiar exception to this is well from the adjective good.
However, we also have a group of adverbs with the same form as adjectives. Here are some common examples.
Adjective & adverb form
There is another group of adverbs which have more than one form or more than one meaning to the adverb.
free/freely
Free means at no cost
Children are admitted free
Freely means without restriction or control
People with European passports can travel freely in the EU
hard/hardly
Hard means difficult or make a lot of effort.
I work hard every day
It’s a hard problem to solve
Hardly means very little
I have hardly any money left after my shopping
late/lately
late means not on time
I arrived late
Lately means recently
Have you seen Alice lately?
We commonly use more and most to make the comparative and superlative forms.
Here are some examples
Finally, we also have a group of adverbs that have different comparative and superlative forms.
Adverb
Comparative
Superlative
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