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5.1 What Is an Adverb?
Adverbs act as modifiers. The prefix “ad-” in the word adverb
means “to,” “toward,” or “in addition to.” An adverb is a word
that is used with a verb to expand its meaning.

walk write eat swim
quietly terribly slowly quickly

Adverbs add to or modify the meaning of verbs
and are classified as adverbs of time,
location, manner, degree, and frequency.

Adverbs have many jobs to do. This section of the chapter
introduces the main job adverbs perform: to modify verbs. Later
in the chapter, we will cover how adverbs are used to modify
both adverbs and adjectives.

5.2 Five Groups of Adverbs That Modify Verbs

Adverbs of Time
Adverbs of time tell when an action happened, happens, or
will happen. Some of the most commonly used adverbs of time
include early, today, now, yesterday, before, soon, and
tomorrow.

Pool opens When?
today!
Halloween is coming soon.

Today tells you when the Soon indicates when the
pool opens. Not just opens, holiday is coming. Not just
but opens today. coming, but coming soon.

Adverbs of Location
Adverbs of location tell where an action happened, happens, or
will happen. Here are some examples of adverbs of location:
above, inside, here, there, and everywhere.
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