5. Adverb

by Syamsul Maarif, SS


Adverb is a word that adds more information about place, time, circumstance, manner, cause, degree, etc. to a verb, an adjective, a phrase or another adverb.
There are three kinds of adverbs among them simple, interrogative, and relative adverbs.
A simple adverb has five kinds:
- Adverb of time
Examples: yesterday, now, today, tonight, tomorrow, etc.
- Adverb of place
Examples: here, there, somewhere, anywhere, in the…, etc.
- Adverb of manner
Examples: well, slowly, hard, fast, etc.
- Adverb of frequency
Examples: always, sometimes, often, almost, still, etc.
- Adverb of reason
Example: because of, therefore, thus, etc.

An Interrogative adverb expresses time, place, manner, frequency, and reason.
- time : when did you arrive here?
- place : where have you been?
- manner : How do you come here?
- frequency : how is this tea?
- Reason : why do you study English?