Sirven para expresar como se hace algo o como sucede. La mayoría de estos adverbios terminan en "-ly"...
British English
Carefully
Quickly
Cleverly
Happily
Slowly
American English
Carefully
Quickly
Cleverly
Happily
Slowly
Examples
She kissed the baby carefully.
They smiled happily.
The car was quickly fixed.
Sirven para expresar cuando algo es hecho o sucede.
British English
Always
Soon
Never
Sometimes
Yesterday
Immediately
Last week
American English
Always
Soon
Never
Sometimes
Yesterday
Immediately
Last week
Examples
He sometimes goes to school by bus.
They arrived home yesterday.
Come back soon!
Last week, I visited the doctor.
They have never been to New York.
Sirven para expresar en que lugar algo sucede o es hecho.
British English
Here
There
Under
Above
Behind
Outside
Inside
American English
Here
There
Under
Above
Behind
Outside
Inside
Examples
He was waiting outside the house.
The cat is under the table.
Sam is standing over there.
The child is behind the door.
Sirven para expresar el nivel en el que algo sucede o es hecho. Generalmente se utilizan para enfatizar una acción...
British English
Really
So
Too
Very
Almost
Much
American English
Really
So
Too
Very
Almost
Much
Examples
They had a really big accident.
She earns too much money.
I can run very fast.
I love you so much!
Sirven para expresar con que frecuencia algo sucede o es hecho...
British English
Again
Always
Never
Occasionally
Often
Rarely
Once
Sometimes
American English
Again
Always
Never
Occasionally
Often
Rarely
Once
Sometimes
Examples
It is raining again.
I often go to bed early.
Susan failed an exam once in her life.
It occasionally snows in winter here.
Para transformar un adjetivo en Adverbio, generalmente al Adjetivo se le agrega "–ly" al final.
Si el Adjetivo termina en "–y", se cambia por "–I", y se agrega atrás "–ly".
Si el Adjetivo termina en "–le", se escribe "–ly" en su lugar.
Si termina en "–e", se agrega directamente "–ly" al final.
British English
Nice > Nicely
Safe > Safely
Noisy > Noisily
Horrible > Horribly
Happy > Happily
Easy > Easily
Slow > Slowly
Careful > Carefully
Near > Nearly
Lazy > Lazily
Famous > Famously
American English
Nice > Nicely
Safe > Safely
Noisy > Noisily
Horrible > Horribly
Happy > Happily
Easy > Easily
Slow > Slowly
Careful > Carefully
Near > Nearly
Lazy > Lazily
Famous > Famously
Existen formas irregulares donde para formar el Adverbio desde un Adjetivo no se agrega "–ly", sino que cambia la palabra o queda igual...
Good > Well (irregular).
Fast > Fast (irregular).
Hard > Hard (irregular).
Tener en cuenta que no todas las palabras terminadas en "–ly" son Adverbios.
UTILIZADOS PARA MODIFICAR VERBOS
The team played "badly" yesterday.
I have been studying "continually" for hours.
He drives "carefully" when he is with his baby.
She shouted "angrily".
They are waiting "anxiously".
UTILIZADOS PARA MODIFICAR ADJETIVOS
It was an "extremely" interesting show.
She is "absolutely" worried.
They are "constantly" angry.
UTILIZADOS PARA MODIFICAR OTROS ADVERBIOS
He lost "too much" money.
She loves you "so much"!
They are behaving "extremely" badly.
UTILIZADOS PARA MODIFICAR CANTIDADES
They are "quite" a lot of animals.
There are "just" many tables.
UTILIZADOS PARA MODIFICAR ORACIONES COMPLETAS
"Unfortunately", they didn't win.
"Naturally", the teacher asked them to sit down.
"Happily", the children were found.
1 Adverbs can modify other Adverbs.
2 "Well" is the adverb of the irregular adjective…
3 Which of the following is an Adverb?
4 "Sometimes" can be considered an Adverb of Time.
5 "Too" can be considered an Adverb of Manner.
6 "Carefully" is considered an Adverb of Time.
7 "Behind" can be considered an Adverb of Place.
8 Adverbs are used to modify Verbs.
9 Adverbs can't be used to modify complete sentences.
10 To turn an adjective into an adverb, we generally add "-Ly" after the adjective.
11 Not all the words ending with "–Ly" are Adverbs.
12 Which of the following is an Adverb?
13 Which kind of Adverb is "Almost"?
14 Which kind of Adverb is "Slowly"?
15 Which kind of Adverb is "Inside"?
