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The document provides a comprehensive overview of adverbs, including their definitions, rules for usage, and examples. It explains how adverbs modify verbs, adjectives, and other adverbs, and outlines specific rules for their placement in sentences. Additionally, it includes exercises and answer keys to reinforce understanding of adverb usage.

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Adverb

The document provides a comprehensive overview of adverbs, including their definitions, rules for usage, and examples. It explains how adverbs modify verbs, adjectives, and other adverbs, and outlines specific rules for their placement in sentences. Additionally, it includes exercises and answer keys to reinforce understanding of adverb usage.

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ADVERB

Adverb is the word that qualifies


the word except Noun and
Pronoun. Therefore, it may qualify
any Verb,
Adjective, Adverb, Phrase or a full
sentence.
He runs fast. [modifier of Verb]
He is always late. [modifier of
Adjective]
He runs very fast. [modifier of
Adv.]
Evidently the figures are incorrect.
[modifier of a sentence]

Adverbs are usually formed by


adding -ly to an Adjective.
frequent – frequently
horrible- horribly
merry – merrily
effective – effectively

Rule - 01:
Adjective এর আগে যদি ক োন
Word ক use রগে ঵য় েো঵গ঱ ঐ
word দিগ Adv এ form গর
েোরপর use রগে ঵গে।
For Example:
She looks beautiful
extraordinarily
. Adj. Adv

He wanted an extremely large


amount of money.
Rule - 02:

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যদি ক োন word verb ক modify
গর েো঵গ঱ ঐ word দিগ Adverb
এ form গর use রগে ঵গে।
For Example:
He speaks English fluently.
He walks silently.
* Point out the sentence with
correct use of
adverb— (C Unit 1997 - 1998)
@A. Write the essay in brief.
B. Write the essay briefly.
C. Write the essay in short.
D. Write the essay shortly.
* Her grades have improved, but
only....
(D Unit 2004 - 2005)

A. in a small amount @B. very


slightly
C. minimum D. some
Rule - 03:
Preposition যু ক্ত Noun/Pronoun;
Adverb এ পদরনে ঵য়।
For Example:
in time, in the morning, at this
moment, day by
day, etc.
* The government, _______UN
Millennium
Development Goals, finalized,
approved and
has started implementation of
the full-PRSP.
(C Unit 2009 - 2010)

A. as dictated by @B. in line with


C. as a support to D. consistent
with the
E. with

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Rule - 04:
Adverb of Manner, Adverb of
Place দ িংেো Adverb of Time –এরো
঴েোই sentence এর কলগ঳ েগ঴। দ ন্তু
যদি এরো এ গে েগ঴ ক঴গেগে এগির
দনগজগির মগযে এ িো order েো যোরো
maintain রগে ঵য়।
Manner * Place * Time.
For Example:
He works sincerely in his office
everyday.
She went there at 9.00 pm.
Rule - 05:
দ ছু Adverbs (always, often,
usually, generally, Just, quite,
already, almost, ever, never,
hardly, barely, rarely, scarcely,
seldom) ঴ে঴ময় main verb এর
immediately আগে েগ঴। এমনদ
যদি ক োন auxiliary verb দ িংেো
modal থোগ ক঴গেগে auxiliary
verb েো modal এর পগর দ ন্তু main
verb এর আগে েগ঴।
For Example:
He often visits our house.
I hardly watch movies.
He has already completed this.
He has just arrived.
A boy always says,” I had never
fallen in love with
anybody before.”
Exception: have to দ িংেো used to
এরো modal
঵঑য়ো ঴গে঑ এই adverb গুগ঱ো এগির
পগর নো েগ঴ ঴ে঴ময় আগে েগ঴।
For Example:
I always have to do my work.

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He often used to wear unusual
dress.
* Choose the appropriate
alternative:
(B Unit 1997 - 1998)

A. I already twice have read this


book.
@B. I have already read this book
twice.
C. I have read already twice this
book.
D. I twice have already read this
book.
Rule - 06:
Hardly, Barely, Rarely, Scarcely,
Seldom– এই Adverb গুগ঱ো
দনগজরোই Negatives. আর এ োরগেই
এগির ঴োগথ ক োগনো প্র োর negation
অথথোৎ (no, not দ িংেো never) use
঵গে নো।
For Example:
I could not hardly solve this
problem (Inc)
I could hardly solve this problem.
(Cor)
* Identify the correct translation:
(B Unit 1999 - 2000)
সত্যিকারেে ফু লও হয়রযা এে
চেরয় খু ব একটা চবত্ি সু গত্ি
হরযা না।
A. Real flowers hardly could have
smelt better.
@B. Real flowers could hardly
have smelt better.
C. Real flowers could have smelt
better hardly
D. Real flowers could smelt better
hardly.

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Rule - 07:
Hardly, Barely, Rarely, Scarcely,
Seldom – এগিরগ দিগয় যদি ক োগনো
sentence শুরু ঵য় েো঵গ঱ ক঴গেগে
sentence
এর আগে verb চগ঱ আগ঴। যদি
auxiliary verb েো modal থোগ
েো঵গ঱ েোরো েগ঴। আর যদি এরো নো
থোগ ক঴গেগে tense অনু যোয়ী do,
does দ িংেো did ে঴গে।
For Example:
Rarely are you found in the room.
Scarcely did I reach there when it
began rain.
Hardly could I solve this problem.

Rule - 08:
Negative Emphasis প্রিোন োরী দ ছু
Adverbs (not once, Not only,
not untill, never, never again,
only after etc.) গুগ঱োর কে঱োয় এ ই
দনয়ম প্রগযোজে।
For Example:
Never again will they stay in the
hotel.
Not until the late middle ages did
glass become a
major construction material.
* Not until the Triassic Period ----
--.
(D Unit 2003 - 2004)

A. the first primitive mammals did


develop
@B. did the first primitive
mammals develop
C. did develop the first primitive
mammals
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D. the first primitive mammals
develop.
Rule - 09:
যদি঑ adverb এর ঴োগথ ঴োযোরেে: -
ly থোগ , দ ন্তু দ ছু words (fast,
late এেিং hard) আগছ যোগির ঴োগথ
by থো ো ঴গে঑ এরো দনগজরোই
adverb। সু তরাাং এদের বেলায়
fastly, hardly দ িংেো lately use
রো যোগে নো। েগে দিনড়ে অগথথ
hardly দ িংেো lately Adverb
দ঵গ঴গে use ঵গে পোগর।
For Example:
Helen types fast and efficiently.
He arrived late because of bad
weather.
* Choose the correct option:
Although he felt very-----, he smiled-
----

(B Unit 2003 - 2004)

A. angrily, friendly B. angry,


friendly
C. angrily, in a friendly @D. angry,
in a friendly way.
Rule - 10:
Only ঴ে঴ময় যোর পোগল থোগ েোগ ই
modify গর। আর এ োরগে only
ক use রোর কে঱োয় ঴ে থেো
অে঱ম্বন রগে ঵গে োরে
অেস্থোনগিগি only দেদিনড়ে অথথ
প্রিোন গর।
For Example:
Only Bob was accused of lying.
[Means that no one
else was accused]
Bob was only accused of lying [He
was accused but
not convicted]
t
Bob was accused of lying only [He
was not accused
of any thing else]
Exercise: Write the correct form
of the underlined
words if they are incorrect
1. Pesticides are necessary to
maintain high crop yields
in a world with a decreasing
acreage of arable land
and a steadily expanding
population.
2. Millions of dollars are donated
year to the Red Cross
to aid people in disaster-struck
areas.
3. Scientists can observe a
chemical’s effect in rats and
reasonable expect a like effect in
humans.
4. In communes, land and products
are collective owned.
5. The mildly paranoid person may
lead a relatively
normal life.
6. In early American colonial
settlements, secular
education was virtual nonexistent.
7. While undeniable appealing,
burros have also been
destructive.
8. The anthropologist unearthed
rows of large stones,
clearly the foundation of another
building.
9. Because of his family ties, he
frequent came back to
the town.
10. The departure appears to have
taken place hastily.

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Answer keys:
1. correct 2. yearly 3. reasonably 4.
collectively
5. correct 6. virtually 7. undeniably 8.
correct
9. frequently 10. correct

Exercise on
Adverbs
1. By the end of the 1950s,
portions of the Atlantic
around New York had become--
--.
A. extremely dirty B. extreme
dirtiness
C. more dirty D. extremely
dirtily
2. Because so much of the
Sudan is dry land,
irrigation ---- for farming.
A. essentially B. is essential
C. has essentially D. has
essential
3. Pilots who prepare for
military careers train on
the ground ---- in the air.
A. as good as B. as well as
C. well as D. good as
4. None of the exercises
provides students with
practice in understanding ----
questions.

t
A. really difficult B. real
difficult
C. reality, difficulty D. really,
difficulty
5. Saul Bellow has ---- life in
Chicago where he spent
his childhood.
A. vivid portrayal B. vividly
portrayed
C. vividly portrays D. vivid
portrait
6. Knight Dunlop conducted his
famous
photography experiment ----
sixty years ago.
A. nearing B. nears
C. near D. nearly
7. The elder person whose
spouse dies may find it --
-- to adjust to living alone.
A. particularly hard B.
particular, hard
C. hardly particular D. hard,
particularly
8. Beethoven’s nephew became
his pupil, but this
relationship turned out ----.
A. bad B. badly
C. worst D. more badly
9. Edgar Degas was ---- visual
information about
faces, movement, and light.
A. constant accumulation
B. constantly accumulate
C. constantly accumulating
t
D. constant, accumulated
10. People who are ---- cannot
tell light from dark.
A. blind totally B. a total blind
C. totally blind D. totally blindly
Answer keys:
1. a 2. b 3. b 4. a 5. b 6. d 7. a 8. b
9. c 10. c
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