Adverbs Flashcards

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What is an adverb

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word that limits or modifies the meaning of any part of speech except a noun or a pronoun

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Circumstance adverbs

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Modify verbs, giving details of circumstance. Eg adverbs of time and frequency, adverbs of place, adverbs of manner

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Degree adverbs

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Modify adjectives or adverbs eg very, fairly, too, quite

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Sentence adverbs

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Modify a whole sentence. Allows writers to comment on wha this being said eg once, twice, certainly, surely, perhaps, not

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