Wednesday, October 5, 2011

Adverb



Adverb


Q. : What is Adverb?
Ans. : An Adverb is a word that qualifies or adds something to the meaning of “a Verb”, “an Adverb”, “an Adjective”, “ a Preposition” or “a Conjunction”.

As :-
1). Manjeet is playing.
2). Rajive hates cooking.
3). In the heart of every person lives God.
4). Manmeet and Priyansi are cousins.

Kinds of Adverb (According to Meaning)


According to meaning Adverbs have the following kinds :-


1). Adverbs of Time

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                              Adverbs of Time show us the time of any action.

Adverbs of Time answer the question : When or at which time?

2). Adverbs of Place

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                              Adverbs of Place tell us something about the place of any action.

Adverbs of Place answer the question : Where or at which place?

3). Adverbs of Manner

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                              Adverbs of Manner show the way or manner in which any action is done.

Adverbs of Manner answer the question : How or in what manner?

Note :-

Most of the Adverbs formed from Adjectives and end in "ly" form this class.


4). Adverbs of Number (Numeral Adverbs) :-


                          Adverbs of Number (Numeral Adverbs) are of three kinds:-

a). Definite Numeral Adverbs :-

Definite Numeral Adverbs are used to tell an exact number.
Cardinals (one, two, three, four, five, six,etc) denote how many things, persons or places are referred to and Ordinals (first, second, third, fourth,etc) denote the order of things, persons or places in a series.

Note :-

Definite Numeral Adverbs can be used only with Countable Nouns.
b). Indefinite Numeral Adverbs :-

Indefinite Numeral Adverbs are used not to tell an exact number.

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