i was sick for a week and that was the week we were going over adverbs. i have a hard trouble with adverbs and i always have to listen to the speaches about adverbs but i never get it. is there anything i can do to learn and remember stuff about adverbs. the language books don't help. HELP HELP i have a test coming up soon also.

something that describes a verb

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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adverb

simple explanation- an adverb is anything that adds meaning to any other part of speech except a noun (those are descriptive adjectives)

adverb is a word which modifies the verb
example i went soon
he talked loudly

Look at this website to explain things to you better.

Adverbs are words that modify adjectives or other verbs.
for example . . .
Her hair is extremely pretty. - 'Extremely' is the adverb, pretty is the word it is modifying

ha, what do you know me too! Well, an adverd doesnt describe a noun. Adjectives do like example "sally's hair purple" the adjective is purple, it describes her hair. Adverbs describe verbs like "Sally ran fast" fast is the adverb, it tells you how she ran, it decribes the verb.

An adverb is a part of speech. It is a word that modifies any other part of language (verbs, adjectives (including numbers), clauses, sentences and other adverbs) except for nouns; modifiers of nouns are primarily determiners and adjectives.

Adverbs typically answer such questions as how?, when?, where?, in what way?, or how often?

EXAMPLES: (last word)
It is tiring to run quickly.
My sister laughs loudly.
The sun shone brightly.
The captain went boldly.
The farmer worked hard. (NB: Not hardly)
The minister spoke well. (NB: Not goodly)


adverb is the word in ( )

His poetry is very beautiful. (very)
The meaning of this passage is abundantly clear. (abundantly)
That sign is hardly visible. (hardly)


I know that he can write more clearly. (more)
The sun came out quite suddenly. (quite)
This species is the slightly slower growing one. (slightly)

She is standing very near the door. (very)

Finally, she went home. (finally)

see this site: http://owl.english.purdue.edu/handouts/esl/esladjadv.html
good luck!

It is a word that modifies any kind of word except a noun. If it describes a verb, it's an adverb; if it describes an adjective, it's an adverb; if it describes another adverb, it's an adverb.

I try to remember an adverb is a word that describes the action. It 'add's to the verb' - adverb.

The boy ran quickly.

Quickly describes how the boy ran.

Hope that helps.