Welcome to Adverbs. Be sure to watch the introductory grammar video on the left before continuing to read this section.
Adverbs describe how you do something. Adjectives describe nouns and adverbs describe verbs and can sometimes describe adjectives. In other words, they describe how you do something. Most Adverbs are formed by adding -ly to an adjective:
quick-quicklyclear-clearly
Some adjectives and adverbs have the same form:(fast, late, hard, early).
Adverbs of frequency desribe how often you do something and are always used with the Present Simple Tense. These adverbs have unique forms:
often, always, ever, sometimes, usually, never, seldomShort adverbs have the same spelling rules as adjectives.
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