Adverbs Presentation

CONTRASTIVE GRAMMAR
ADVERBS
LEONARDO ANIBAL ALBA LOPEZ

CONTENT
 What is an adverb?
 Formation of adverbs
 Kinds of adverbs
 Order of adverbs
 Activity
WHAT IS AN ADVERB?
Adverbs are words that tell us things about the verb.
Adverbs tell us in what way something happens or in what
way someone does something. e.g.
English Spanish
He plays the sax beautifully Toca el saxofon bellamente
Beautifully is an adverb: it describes the verb “play”
These buildings are very tall Estos edificios son muy altos
Very is an adverb: it modifies the adjective “tall”
He ran incredibly quickly Corrió increiblemente rápido

Incredibly is an adverb: it modifies the other adverb in the sentence “quickly”
Adverbs can describe or modify a verb, an adjective or another adverb
FORMATION OF ADVERBS
English In spanish the adverbs formed off adjectives
Adverbs frequently end in -ly; however, many usually have the suffix –mente. If the
words and phrases not ending in -ly serve an adjective has two ending forms we use the
adverbial function and an -ly ending is not a feminine adjective form, e.g.
guarantee that a word is an adverb.
bueno – buena buenamente
loco – loca locamente
We usually form an adverb by adding –ly to the
adjetive, e.g.
Serious – Seriously But if the adjective has one ending, we just
Adjectivies ending in -le drop the –e and take – add –mente, e.g.
y, e.g.
Gentle – Gently
atroz atrozmente
Adjectives ending in consonant +y drop the –y
and take –ily. e.g. feliz felizmente
Happy – Happily
Spanish
Adjectives ending in –l take –ly, e.g. In spanish we can find that some adverbs have
Awful – Awfully the same form as adjective as well. These
Adjectives ending in –ic usually take –ally, e.g. include: bajo, alto, oscuro, rapido. e.g.
Dramatic – Dramatically
but: Public – Publicly El arbol es alto (adjective)
Adjectives ending in –e take –ly, e.g. Tienes que saltar alto para pasar la valla (adverb)
Polite – Politely El carro es rapido (adjective)
but: True – Truly Tienes que correr rapido para alcanzarlo(adverb)
 The words lovely, lonely, motherly, friendly,
neighborly, for instance, are adjectives: In spanish we sometimes change the adverbs
That lovely woman lives in a friendly adding diminutives “it”. e.g.
neighborhood.
temprano tempranito
Some adverbs have the same form as adjective. despacio despacito
These include: hard, fast, free, high, low, deep, ahora ahorita
early, late, long, near, straight, right, wrong. Also,
hourly, daily, weekly, monthly and yearly. e.g.
The lake is deep. (adjective)
They went deep into the forest.(adverb)
These biscuits are very hard.(adjective)
He tried hard in order to succeed.(adverb)
KINDS OF ADVERBS
ENGLISH
sometimes
carefully Adverbs of frequency never
Adverbs of manner slowly usually
(how?) easily always
tomorrow
Adverbs of time yesterday
here (when?) late
Adverbs of place there very
(where?) everywhere quite
Adverbs of degree totally
extremely
SPANISH
aqui nunca
alla siempre
Adverbs of place adentro Adverbs of frequency jamas
adelante a menudo
manana mucho
ayer poco ciertamente
Adverbs of time entonces Adverbs of degree muy Adverbs of afirmation si
temprano bastante tambien
antes poco
rapidamente probablemente
comodamente tal vez
Adverbs of manner cuidadosamente Adverbs of probability quizas
suavemente posiblemente
justamente seguramente
ORDER OF ADVERBS
Spanish
English
Adverbs usually go after verbs but before
Adverbs usually go after verbs but before adjectives, adjectives, other adverbs and participles. e.g.
other adverbs and participles. e.g.
Juan estudia bastante
He speaks softly
Él es bastante torpe
She is amazingly beautiful
He drove very fast
Lo hizo bastante bien
adverbs of manner go before the main verb, after Normally, in spanish adverbs of manner go at
the auxiliary verb or at the end of the sentence. e.g. the of the sentence. e.g.
She easily passed the exam Ella paso el examen facilmente
We are eagerly waiting for his letter Ella cuidadosamente manejo x
He acted foolishly Ella manejo cuidadosamente
We can put an adverb at the beginning of a In spanish we can put an adverb at the beginning
sentence if we want to emphasize it. e.g. of a sentence as well, if we want to emphasize it.
slowly, he closed the door behind him. (manner) e.g.
In the living room, there is an antique Increiblemente el atletico huila gano
grandfather clock. (place) Afortunadamente me gane la loteria
Like adjectives, adverbs can have comparative and
superlative forms to show degree.
Walk faster if you want to keep up with me.
The student who reads fastest will finish first.
We often use more and most, less and least to show degree
with adverbs:
With sneakers on, she could move more quickly among the
patients.
The flowers were the most beautifully arranged creations I've
ever seen.
She worked less confidently after her accident.
That was the least skillfully done performance I've seen in
years.
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He ran incredibly quickly Corrió increiblemente rápido

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