


How an event occurs (also known as adverbs of manner)Ģ. Examples of adverbs #2: Understanding different types of adverbsĪ useful way of summing up these hard-working words is to say that they are used to describe one of the following instances of an event or action:ġ. The parrots flew right (adverb) over (preposition) the house.Īpparently (adverb), they had already left for Berlin (clause). The cyclist pedaled very (adverb) swiftly (adverb). That sounded like an extremely (adverb) interesting (adjective) plan. The following are examples of how adverbs can modify verbs, adjectives, other adverbs, prepositions, and entire clauses: Examples of adverbs #1: Adverbs in action Confused? Don't be! After we provide some examples of adverbs, you will have a much better understanding of this mystifying modifier. They can behave quite differently from one another and yet still be classified as adverbs. The adverb belongs to a large class of words that add information by qualifying or modifying a verb, an adjective, another adverb, a preposition, or a clause-basically anything except nouns and pronouns (which are modified by adjectives).
