Adverbs and its types

Adverb is one of the eight parts of speech in English grammar. Adverb is a part of speech that modifies the meaning of a verb, adjective or another adverb in a sentence. For example: Mary instantly bought the cutlery stand after hearing about the discount. Adverbs can be classified into seven classes, namely time, frequency, place, manner, degree, affirmation and negation and reason. Let’s have a closer look at the same in this post.

Adverbs of Time:
Adverbs of time are the type of adverbs that are used to answer to the question “when”. Most commonly used adverbs of time are now, yesterday, today, once. For example: Mary bought the cutlery stand yesterday. Here, the answer is to the question: when Mary bought the cutlery stand?

Adverbs of Frequency:
Adverbs of frequency are the type of adverbs that are used to answer to the question “how often” i.e. answering about the frequency of occurrence. Popularly used adverbs of frequency are: seldom, rarely, frequently, often and more. For example: She often buys branded girls’tops  from online stores. Here, the answer is to the question: how often she buys branded girls’ tops from online stores?

Adverbs of Place:
Adverbs of place are used to answer to the question “where”. Commonly used adverbs of place are: forward, everywhere, out, in and more. For example: She has gone out of the house. Here, the answer is to the question: where has she gone?

Adverbs of Manner:
Adverbs of manner are used to answer to the question “how”. Some of the most popularly used adverbs of manner are: honestly, bravely, happily and more. For example: She happily accepted the gift from him. Here, the answer is to the question: How did she accept the gift from him?

Adverbs of Degree:
Adverbs of degree are used to answer to the question “how much”. Popularly used adverbs of degree are: fully, partly, altogether, almost etc. For example: She bought almost every baby essential from Chicco Talcum India collection.  Here, the answer is to the question: How much she bought from Chicco Talcum India collection.

Adverbs of Affirmation and Negation:
Adverbs of affirmation and negation are used either to confirm or deny a statement. Certainly, absolutely are some of the commonly used adverbs of affirmation and negation. For example: I trust my friend absolutely.

Adverbs of Reason:
As the term suggests, adverbs of reason are used to give the reason. Therefore and hence are the most commonly used adverbs of reason. For example: Chicco is one of the trusted baby brands hence, I buy products from this brand. These are the seven classes of adverbs.