Adverb

Adverb is the part of speech which determines the character of the action.

Semantic groups:

1) place (here, there, away, far);

2) time and frequency (now, then, again, always, still, today, once, twice, never, ago, ever, just, yesterday, already, sometimes, yet, later, often, usually);

2) Manner (together, well, fast, hard, quietly);

3) Degree (very, really, too, exactly, right, pretty, more, relatively, slightly, almost, thoroughly, completely, basically);

4) Stance (your attitude towards what is said): ( absolutely, of course, probably, really, actually, mainly, (un)fortunately, curiously, frankly, honestly, seriously, personally, surely, worryingly, interestingly)

Morphological Classification:

1) Simple adverb-are single words that aren’t formed from compounds (fast, very, quite, well, yet);

2) Compound-consist of 2 or more elements (sometimes, nowhere, anyway, whenever);

3) Derived by suffixation are formed by ending Adj.-ly (beauty-beautifully); Noun –wise (clock-clockwise); Preposition-wards (towards);

4) Fixed phrases-consist of 2 separate parts such as of course, kind of, at last. Adverbs has the same form as Adj (early, late, high, past, far, little, much, near, straight, wrong)

Degrees of Comparison:

1) Synthetic DoC (fast-faster-the fastest);

2) Analytical DoC (beautifully- more beautifully- th’e most beautifully);

3) Suppletive (well, badly, much, little, far)