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In any language, including English, speech is decorated with the use of adjectives, which make our communication more lively and emotional. Adverbs perform an equally important function. There are a huge number of them, and their use depends on what verb they characterize. Like adjectives, adverbs have comparatives.

Adverb groups

Adverbs play a very important role in grammar. Unlike adjectives, they characterize the actions of the verb, not the properties of the noun. There is such a concept as the degree of comparison of adverbs. In English, as in Russian, not all adverbs have this grammatical category.

Main groups of adverbs:

• mode of action: happily (happily), quickly (quickly), well (good), fast (quickly), bravely (bravely);
• places: here (here), there (there), down (down), up (up), inside (inside), outside (outside);
• time: soon (soon), now (now), today (today), yesterday (yesterday), tomorrow (tomorrow);
• frequencies: often (often), always (always), never (never), occasionally (randomly);
• degrees: very, much (very), too (too), rather (quite), hardly (with difficulty);
• measures and quantities: enough (enough), almost (almost), nearly (approximately, about);
• reasons and circumstances: accordingly, therefore, consequently (hence);
• interrogative, subjunctive and relative: when (when), how (how), why (why), where (where), yet (yet), still (still).

Most adverbs in English are formed by adding the suffix -ly to an adjective: slow - slowly. At the same time, some adjectives have the form ending -ly: lovely, friendly, silly, deadly, lively, lonely, manly, ugly, cowardly, costly. These adjectives must be remembered and not confused with adverbs. How to use these adjectives correctly so that they act as adverbs in English? In this case, you should say in a manner/way: She spoke to me in a very friendly manner. - She spoke to me very friendly (she spoke to me in a very friendly manner).

Education of degrees of comparison

In English, degrees of comparison of adjectives and adverbs have the same forms:

• simple adverbs, together with the adverb early (early), are formed by adding the suffix -er to comparative degree: faster, sooner, earlier; the suffix -est is added to superlative degree: fastest, soonest, earliest;
• adverbs ending in -ly are modified by adding more and most: more carefully, most often, more slowly - most slowly;
• exceptions are irregular adverbs: well - better - best, badly, much, little, far - which are formed according to the same principle as adjectives.

At the same time, the rules of grammar allow the formation of adverbs often, quickly, slowly by adding the suffixes -er, -est.

As in the case of adjectives, degrees of comparison of adverbs in English, according to the rule, can also be used in comparative constructions where:

• as ... as - the same ... as (in positive form);
• the same...as - the same...as;
• than - together with the comparative form;
• the + comparative form + the + comparative form. For example, the quicker the better for you - the faster, the better for you.

As you can see, it is very simple to apply the comparison rule for adverbs, which is practically no different from the comparison forms of adjectives. However, it should be remembered that certain adverbs have two forms - and at the same time different meanings:

• close/closely - close/attentively;
• late/lately - late/recently;
• deep/deeply - deeply (literally)/deeply (about feelings);
• pretty/prettily - straight, correct/attractive.

Word order in sentences with adverbs

In English, word order plays one of the main roles. Each word in a sentence has its own place, and changing it can change its meaning. Therefore, a certain place is reserved for adverbs. Most often they are placed in a sentence after the verb they define: How did I do the work? - You did very well.

Adverbs such as: usually, always, also, etc. are usually used before the verb, but after to be: you are always late.

Adverbs are used in English after adjectives, other adverbs and before participles:

I am terribly sorry.

He run very quickly.

The competition was badly organized.

In spoken or written speech, one must remember that after the verbs: be (to be), become (become), get, grow, turn (become), feel (feel), look/appear (look), smell (smell) are used adjectives only. The use of adverbs after these verbs is incorrect.

A little practice

In order to master any section of grammar well and for a long time, you need to apply your knowledge in practice.

Therefore, we suggest doing several tasks for the correct use of degrees of comparison of adverbs in English. The exercises will allow you to speak English correctly, just like native speakers do:

1. He swims (best/better) than everyone else in the school (better).
2. People usually do (hardest/the hardest) when they are doing something for their family (hardest).
3. Please, make for me your (last/latest) photo. (latest).
4. (The smaller/the smaller) a car is, (the easier/the easier) it is to drive (the smaller/the easier).
5. Please, shut the window quiet/quietly (quietly).
6. The beach is less/least crowded today than yesterday (less).
7. He is very/much younger than she is (much).
8. She is practically (clever) woman I have ever met. (cleverest)

Before you begin to study the degrees of comparison of adverbs in the English language, you need to very carefully understand the same rule regarding adjectives; find out exceptions to the rules; phrases and phrases that can only be used with adjectives. Then, when studying adverbs, no difficulties or confusion will arise.

Memorize and implement as many adverbs and adjectives into your speech as possible. Remember that you can colorfully describe not only a noun, but a verb, that is, some action. Make your speech varied!

2. Put the adverbs from brackets into the correct place in the sentences.

For example: I agree with you. (fully) – I fully agree with you. (I completely agree with you.)

• 1. It was hot. (very) (It was hot.)
• 2. We felt nervous before the wedding. (extremely) (We were nervous before the wedding.)
• 3. Julia is tired after the gym. (really) (Julia is tired after the gym.)
• 4. My dad's car is old. (quite) (Dad's car is old.)
• 5. The nights are long in winter. (rather) (The nights are long in winter.)
• 6. The new film was good. (fairly) (The new film was good.)
• 7. It’s dangerous to drive so fast. (always) (It's dangerous to drive that fast.)
• 8. He meets intelligent people at work. (rarely) (He meets smart people at work.)
• 9. The tickets are expensive here. (never) (Tickets here are expensive.)
• 10. My girlfriend is late. (constantly) (My friend is late.)
• 11. Nick will win in the game. (probably) (Nick will win the game.)
• 12. She knows the answer. (definitely) (She knows the answer.)
• 13. The lunch is ready. (nearly) (Dinner is ready.)
• 14. There are three tomatoes left. (only) (Three tomatoes left.)
• 15. He loves his sons. (certainly) (He loves his sons.)

3. Form adverbs from the adjectives in brackets, put them into sentences and translate.

1. The firemen fought with the fire…. (heroic)

2. You should stretch your arms…. (gentle)

3.Mr. Black apologized…. (public)

4. The taxi stopped…. (unexpected)

5. She could... open the door. (easy)

6 My favorite newspaper is published…. (week)

7. The monkeys played… in the cage. (noisy)

8. I am…sorry for that incident. (awful)

9. Ted wrote the test…. (bad)

10. The orchestra played too…. (loud)

Answers:

HOW?	WHEN? HOW OFTEN?	WHERE? WHERE?
loudly (loudly)	tomorrow (tomorrow)	outside (outside)
selfishly (selfishly)	early (early)	downstairs (below)
slowly (slowly)	always (always)	here (here)
noisily (loud)	never (never)	away (away)
elegantly (elegantly)	before (before, before)	upstairs (at the top)
happily (happily)	now (now)	inside (inside)
well (good)	often (often)	abroad (abroad)
quickly (quickly)	constantly (constantly)
wildly (wildly)	then (then)
gently (gently)	again (again)
politely (politely)	once (once)
brilliantly (brilliantly)	soon (soon)
	yesterday (yesterday)
	sometimes (sometimes)
	recently (recently)
	usually (usually)
	rarely (rarely)

1. It was very hot. (It was really hot.)

2. We felt extremely nervous before the wedding. (We were extremely nervous before the wedding.)

4. My dad’s car is quite old. (Dad's car is quite old.)

5. The nights are rather long in winter. (The nights are quite long in winter.)

6. The new film was fairly good. (The new movie was pretty good.)

7. It’s always dangerous to drive so fast. (It's always dangerous to drive that fast.)

8. He rarely meets intelligent people at work. (He rarely meets smart people at work.)

9. The tickets are never expensive here. (Tickets here are never expensive.)

10. My girlfriend is constantly late. (My friend is always late.)

11. Nick will probably win in the game. (Nick will probably win the game.)

12. She definitely knows the answer. (She definitely knows the answer.)

13. The lunch is nearly ready. (Dinner is almost ready.)

14. There are only three tomatoes left. (Only three tomatoes left.)

15. He certainly loves his sons. (He loves his sons, of course.)

1. heroically (The firefighters fought the fire heroically.)

2. gently (You need to gently stretch your arms.)

3. publicly (Mr. Black publicly apologized.)

4. unexpectedly (The taxi suddenly stopped.)

5. easily (She was able to open the door with ease.)

6. weekly (My favorite newspaper is published weekly.)

7. noisily (The monkeys played noisily in the cage.)

8. awfully (I'm terribly sorry about that incident.)

9. badly (Ted wrote the test poorly.)

10. loudly (The orchestra played too loudly.)

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Are you already familiar with grammatical tenses such as Present Simple? Still confusing him with others? To prevent this from happening, you should always rely on keywords. In this case, adverbs of frequency in English will help you. And in this article I will tell you all about them.

From this article you will learn:

Let's learn to recognize them

What is it? Adverbs of frequency are words that indicate how often a particular action occurs, or perhaps even infrequently. In English they are called adverbs of frequency. For example, I always wake up at 8 a.m. (I always wake up at 8 o'clock). Always is an example of the words we are learning. Review the main parts of a sentence in English.

And, as I mentioned above, most often you can find them in the Present Simple tense, because they describe repeated actions. Do you know how to persist in a conversation?

There are quite a lot of them, let's get acquainted with the most basic ones in the table “Adverbs of frequency in English”:

Adverb	Translation	Example
always	Always	Paul always goes to the gym in the mornings(Paul always goes to the gym in the morning).
usually	usually	I usually go to Thai restaurant for lunch(I usually go to a Thai restaurant for lunch).
regularly	Regularly	Sara regularly goes to the swimming pool(Sarah goes to the pool regularly).
normally	Usually	Ken normally does his homework in the evenings(Ken usually does his homework in the evenings).
often	Often	Sam often listens to his favorite radio in the car(Sam usually listens to his favorite radio in the car.)
sometimes	Sometimes	Suzie sometimes goes shopping at the weekends(Susie sometimes goes shopping on the weekends).
occasionally	Occasionally	He reads books occasionally (He reads books from time to time).
rarely	Rarely	I rarely eat fish(I rarely eat fish).
Seldom	Rarely	Karararely drinkscoffee(Kaar rarely drinks coffee).
never	never	Shenever callshersister(She never calls her sister).

Table with examples

As we know, in English the word order is not as fixed as in Russian, so you should remember the place of adverbs of frequency in an English sentence. Remember about?

As a rule, they stand in the middle of a sentence: between the subject and the predicate (that is, before the action being described). For example, He often goes to the cinema at the weekends (He often goes to the cinema on weekends). Here often comes before the defined action – goes.

What to do when the offer is negative? We focus on the verb, put it in front of it, and don’t let you be confused by don’t or doesn’t: She doesn’t always wake up early (She doesn’t always get up early).

Similarly with the questions: Do you usually read books? (Do you usually read books?).

Some of them, such as often, usually, sometimes and occasionally can appear either at the very beginning or at the very end of the sentence. This way you put more emphasis on them.

I surf the internet usually (I usually surf the Internet).

Steve sees his friends occasionally (Steve sees his friends from time to time).

Sometimes Emily watches TV (Sometimes Emily watches TV).

At the beginning or end of a sentence

If the verb to be is used in the phrase, then we put it after it: She is never late for her class (She is never late for her lesson).

There are other ways to talk about how an action happens regularly. They are not adverbs of frequency, but have the same function.

Among them are expressions such as once in a while (rarely), every now and again (from time to time), from time to time (from time to time). For example, We go camping every now and again (We relax in tents from time to time).

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Or designs like three/ four times a week/month/year.
For example, I go on holidays three times a year (I go on vacation three times a year).

“every” + time period is also used.
For example, She goes skating every Monday (She roller skates every Monday).

He sees his grandmother every weekend (He visits his grandmother every weekend).
Fred plays computer games every evening (Fred plays computer games every evening).

Also, the days of the week in the plural indicate how often the action occurs.
Ann goes to art school on Tuesdays (Ann goes to art school on Tuesdays).

Consolidating what we have learned

And now, in order for everything to be completely fixed in memory, I propose to do exercises on adverbs of frequency in English.
In the sentences below, put the words in brackets in the correct place.

1. Penny takes sugar in her coffee (never).
   For example, Penny never takes sugar in her coffee.
2. Adam goes to bed late (seldom).
3. Do you go to the gym? (often).
4. Dan doesn’t miss his English lessons (usually).
5. Carol gets angry (rarely).
6. Henry doesn't drink tea (normally).
7. Does she go on holidays? (sometimes)
8. Stewart goes sailing (on Sundays).
9. Sabrina goes dancing (in the evenings).
10. Caroline listens to music in her car (never).

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From adjectives (less often from individual nouns in numerals):

careful (cautious) – careful ly(carefully)
perfect (beautiful) – perfect ly(Wonderful)
hour (hour) – hour ly(hourly)
day (day) – dai ly daily

A number of adverbs have the same form as their corresponding adjectives. You can distinguish such adverbs from adjectives by the role they play in a sentence:

- an adjective characterizes a noun,

– adverb – characterizes a verb (sometimes an adjective or other adverb) in order to clarify how the action occurs (occurred).

fast– fast, quick (adjective)
Didn't take a fast train.

fast– quickly (adverb)
You speak very fast.

long– long (adjective)
It has been a long day.

long– long (adverb)
Has she been waiting long?

far– distant (adjective)
He lives in the Far East.

far– far (adverb)
We haven’t walked far today.

little-small (adjective)
She is a nice little girl.

little– little (adverb)
He reads very little.

much– a lot (adjective)
There is a lot of snow this winter.

much– a lot (adverb)
She reads very much.

straight– straight (adjective)
He drew a straight line.

straight– directly (adverb)
Go straight along the street.

daily– daily (adjective)
It's a daily newspaper.

daily– daily (adverb)
He reads a newspaper daily.

early– early (adjective)
An early bird catches the worm.

early– early (adverb)
I always get up early.

1: Some words formed from nouns using the suffix -ly are both adverbs and adjectives:

friend ly– friendly; friendly
brother ly– fraternal; brotherly

2: Other suffixes that form adverbs are much less common:

–ways(side ways- sideways, sideways)
–wis e (other wise- otherwise)
–ward(for ward- forward)
–long(head long- swiftly, violently)

When forming adverbs from adjectives by adding the suffix -ly, the following rules are followed:

1) If the adjective ends in -y, from it changes to -i:
eas y(light) – eas ily(easily)
nois y(noisy) – nois ily(noisy)

2) If the adjective ends in -le, then the final -e is replaced with -y:
simp le simple - simp ly Just

3) If the adjective ends in -ic, then the word changes to -ically:
automat ic– automat ically

4) If the adjective ends in -ue, then the final -e disappears:
tr ue– tr uly

5) If the adjective ends in -ll, then only the vowel -у is added:
fu ll– fu lly

Some adverbs should be given special attention, since they have two Forms. One is the same as the corresponding adjective, and the other is with the suffix -ly, which often differs in meaning from the original word:

Adjective	Adverb without -ly	Adverb without -ly
bad bad	bad Badly; strongly	badly Badly; Very; strongly
close close	close close	closely thoroughly
hard hard, difficult	hard stubbornly; firmly	hardly hardly); barely
high high	high high	highly very, very
large big	large wide	largely to a large extent
late late	late late	lately last time
near close	near close	nearly almost
short short	short sharp, cool	shortly soon, shortly
Not a hard worker. - He is a hard worker.	Doesn't work hard. - He works hard.	I could hardly understand him. “I could barely understand him.”

It should be remembered that the suffix -ly also forms adjectives, and this must be remembered when looking up words in the dictionary. Adverbs ending in -ly are included in short dictionaries only if they have different meanings or shades of meaning compared to a similar adjective. If the meaning of an adverb can be easily deduced from the meaning of an adjective, then the adverb is not included in the dictionary.

Example: Linda is... (amazing) clever. - Linda is amazingly clever.

1. She... (easy) ended her training.
2. Kim always acts... (strange).
3. This movie is... (extreme) funny.
4. His eyes are... (nervous) shifty.

Task 2. Of the two possible options, leave one correct.

Example: My friends are most / mostly gamers. - My friends are mostly gamers.

1. The dress was pretty / prettily ornamented.
2. The tree was so high / highly that she couldn't see our window.
3. The Smiths may be late / lately because they have to meet their relatives at the station.
4. She warmly / warmly smiled at me.
5. She lives in Spain, so we hard / hardly ever see her.

Task 3. Place the adverb in brackets in the correct place in the sentence.

Example: Simon is alone in that building. (absolutely) - Simon is absolutely alone in that building.

1. Lucy visits her parents at the weekend. (always)
2. A pathologist examined the body. (carefully)
3. I saw him at the cafe. (yesterday)
4. I "m looking for him. (everywhere)
5. I"ll call you. (then)

Task 4. Place the adverb in brackets in the desired degree of comparison.

Example: We don"t have time! Could you go ... (fast)? - We don"t have time! Could you go faster?

1. Excuse me, I can"t concentrate. Could you speak... (quietly)?
2. They came ... (soon) than we thought.
3. After renovation in our flat we will feel... (comfortably).
4. The winner of the beauty contest acted... (gracefully).

Task 5. Fill in the blanks with words too or enough according to their meaning.

Example: The soup was ... hot to eat. - The soup was too hot to eat.

1. This house was ... expensive for us.
2. I have ... time to speak with you.
3. James wasn't good... for her.

Answers

Exercise 1.

1. easily
2.strangely
3. extremely
4. nervously

Task 2.

1.pretty
2. high
3. late
4.warmly
5.hardly

Task 3.

1. Lucy always visits her parents at the weekend.
2. A pathologist carefully examined the body. / A pathologist examined the body carefully.
3. I saw him at the cafe yesterday.
4. I"m looking for him everywhere.
5. I"ll call you then. / Then I"ll call you.