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Frequency Adverbs

-The most common frequency adverbs in English are: Always Frequently Usually Often Sometimes Occasionally Seldom Rarely Never | 100% of the time about 90% of the time about 80% of the time about 70% of the time about 50% of the time about 40% of the time about 20% of the time about 10% of the time about 00% of thetime |
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Note: The percentages here are rough estimates only.Frequency adverbs can be placed at various points in the sentence, but are most commonly used before the main verbs and after be verbs. I always come to work on time. They are seldom home when we call. He's usually eating breakfast at this time. She's never been to Maine. CONVERSATIONA: Do you come hereoften?B: Yes. I'm here occasionally.A: What do you usually do here?B: Sometimes I just sit and ponder the meaning of life.Note: The adverbs seldom, rarely, never and hardly ever are considered negative. |

ADVERBS OF MANNER
. There are sometimes changes in spelling when an adverb is formed from an adjective.

 
‘-le’ changes to ‘-ly’:
‘-y’ changes to ‘-ily’:
‘-ic’ changes to ‘-ically’:
‘-ue’changes to ‘-uly’:
‘-ll’ changes to ‘-lly’: | Adjectives
gentle
easy
automatic
true
full | Adverbs
gently
easily
automatically
truly
fully |
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KINDS OF ADVERBS
1. Adverbs of manner
2. Adverbs of place
3. Adverbs of time
4. Adverbs of certainty
5. Adverbs of degree
6. Interrogative adverbs
7. Relative adverbs
8. Viewpoint andcommenting adverbs

1.-ADVERBS OF MANNER
Adverbs of manner tell us how something happens. They are usually placed after the main verb or after the object.
Examples:
* He swims well, (after the main verb)
* He ran... rapidly, slowly, quickly..
* She spoke... softly, loudly, aggressively..
* James coughed loudly to attract her attention.
* He plays the flutebeautifully. (after the object)
* He ate the chocolate cake greedily.
BE CAREFUL! The adverb should not be put between the verb and the object:
* He ate greedily the chocolate cake [incorrect]
* He ate the chocolate cake greedily [correct]
If there is a preposition before the object, e.g. at, towards, we can place the adverb either before the preposition or after the object.
Example:* The child ran happily towards his mother.
* The child ran towards his mother happily.
Sometimes an adverb of manner is placed before a verb + object to add emphasis:
* He gently woke the sleeping woman.
Some writers put an adverb of manner at the beginning of the sentence to catch our attention and make us curious:
* Slowly she picked up the knife.
(We want to know whathappened slowly, who did it slowly, why they did it slowly)
However, adverbs should always come AFTER intransitive verbs (=verbs which have no object).
Example:
* The town grew quickly
* He waited patiently
Also, these common adverbs are almost always placed AFTER the verb:
* well
* badly
* hard
* fast
The position of the adverb is important when there is more than oneverb in a sentence. If the adverb is placed after a clause, then it modifies the whole action described by the clause.
Notice the difference in meaning between the following pairs of sentences:
* She quickly agreed to re-type the letter (= her agreement was quick)
* She agreed to re-type the letter quickly (= the re-typing was quick)
* He quietly asked me to leave the house (= hisrequest was quiet)
* He asked me to leave the house quietly (= the leaving was quiet)

2.ADVERBS OF PLACE
Adverbs of place tell us where something happens.
They are usually placed after the main verb or after the object:
Example:
after the main verb:
* I looked everywhere
* John looked away, up, down, around...
* I'm going home, out, back
* Come in
after the...