ADVERBS O F DEGREE Jessica Ovie do Angie Duran Jimmy Vene gas
ADVERBS Definition: Adverbs are words that modify • a verb (He drove slowly. — How did he drive? ) • an adjective (He drove a very fast car. — How fast was his car? ) • another adverb (She moved quite slowly down the aisle. — How slowly did she move? )
Kinds of Adverbs of Manner She moved slowly and spoke quietly. o Adverbs of Place She has lived on the island all her life. She still lives there now. o Adverbs of Frequency She takes the boat to the mainland every day. She often goes by herself.
o Adverbs of Time She tries to get back before dark. It's starting to get dark now. She finished her tea first. She left early. o Adverbs of Purpose She drives her boat slowly to avoid hitting the rocks. She shops in several stores to get the best buys.
o Adverbs of Degree Adverbs of degree tell us about the intensity or degree of an action, an adjective or another adverb. • They’re happy. They’re extremely happy. • I hate travelling by plane. I really hate travelling by plane. • He’s always late. He’s almost always late.
§ She entirely agrees with him. (How much does she agree with him? ) § Mary is very beautiful. (To what degree is Mary beautiful? How beautiful is Mary? ) § He drove quite dangerously. (To what degree did he drive dangerously? How dangerously did he drive? )
Alphabetical list of common single-word degree adverbs almost absolutely awfully* badly* barely completely decidedly deeply enough enormously entirely extremely fairly far fully greatly hardly highly how incredibly indeed intensely just least less little lots most much nearly perfectly positively practically pretty* purely quite rather really scarcely simply so somewhat strongly terribly* thoroughly too totally utterly very virtually well
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