Adverb
Definition:An adverb is a word which is modifies the meaning of a verb, an adjective or another adverb.
Example:
- Ahmed runs quickly.
(quickly shows how (or in what manner) Ahmed runs; i.e, quickly modifies the Verb runs.) - This is a very sweet mango.
(very, shows how much (or in what degree) the Mango is sweet; i.e, very modifies the Adjective sweet.) - Sana reads quite clearly.
(quite shows how far (or to what extent) Sana reads clearly; i.e, quite modifies the Adverb clearly.)
Degrees Or Comparison Of Adverbs:
- Adverbs often tell us how an action was done.
- Like adjectives, adverbs also have three degrees, positive, comparative and superlative.
1. One Syllable: adverbs usually take -er to form the comparative degree and -est to form the superlative degree.(e.g. high — higher — highest).
S.NO. | Positive | Comparative | Superlative |
---|---|---|---|
1. | Early | Earlier | Earliest |
2. | Fast | Faster | Fastest |
3. | Hard | Harder | Hardest |
4. | High | Higher | Highest |
5. | Long | Longer | Longest |
6. | Loud | Louder | Loudest |
7. | Soon | Sooner | Soonest |
Example:
- James ran fast. (Positive)
- Saad ran faster. (Comparative)
- Sam ran fastest of all. (Superlative)
- I came early this morning. (Positive)
- Sana came earlier. (Comparative)
- Abdul came earliest of all. (Superlative)
2. Two Or More Syllables: The adverbs that have two or more syllables usually form the comparative degree with 'more' and the superlative degree with 'most'. (e.g. smoothly — more smoothly — most smoothly).
S.NO. | Positive | Comparative | Superlative |
---|---|---|---|
1. | angrily | more angrily | most angrily |
2. | bravely | more bravely | most bravely |
3. | carefully | more carefully | most carefully |
4. | comfortably | more comfortably | most comfortably |
5. | easily | more easily | most easily |
6. | gently | more gently | most gently |
7. | happily | more happily | most happily |
8. | loudly | more loudly | most loudly |
9. | noisily | more noisily | most noisily |
10. | often | more often | most often |
11. | patiently | more patiently | most patiently |
12. | probably | more probably | most probably |
13. | quickly | more quickly | most quickly |
14. | skillfully | more skillfully | most skillfully |
15. | swiftly | more swiftly | most swiftly |
16. | suddenly | more suddenly | most suddenly |
17. | truthfully | more truthfully | most truthfully |
18. | wisely | more wisely | most wisely |
Example:
- Abdul played skillfully. (Positive)
- Kareem played more skillfully than Abdul. (Comparative)
- Of all the eleven Ahmed played most skillfully. (Superlative)
3. Irregular Degree: Adverbs can have irregular degrees also (e.g. badly — worse — worst)
S.NO. | Positive | Comparative | Superlative |
---|---|---|---|
1. | badly (or ill) | worse | worst |
2. | far | farther further | farthest furthest |
3. | Late | Later | Latest |
4. | little | less | least |
5. | much | more | most |
6. | near (or nigh) | nearer | next |
7. | well | better | best |
Example:
- Sara writes well. (Positive)
- Abida writes better than Hira. (Comparative)
- Hameed writes best of all. (Superlative)
- Do you work much? (Positive)
- I work more than you do. (Comparative)
- Ahsan works most of the three of us. (Superlative)
4. Adverbs from their nature: cannot be compared, as:
Example:
Now, then, where, there, once.
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