Adverbs: uses
Adverbs are one of the four major word classes,along with nouns, verbs and adjectives. We use adverbs to add more information about a verb, an adjective, another adverb, a clause or a whole sentence and, less commonly, about a noun phrase.
Can you move itcarefully? It’s fragile.
Quickly! We’re late.
She swimsreallywell.
Don’t go sofast.
You have to turn itclockwise.
Come overhere.
Actually, I don’t know her.
I haven’t seen themrecently.
The bathroom’supstairson the left.
Adverbs: meanings and functions
Adverbs have many different meanings and functions. They are especially important for indicating the time, manner, place, degree and frequency of something.
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See also:
Adverbs: types
Adverb phrases