00:00And in today's video, we're going to talk about adverbs.
00:05Now, there are many different types of adverbs, and we're going to review them in this lesson.
00:12So, what are adverbs?
00:14Adverbs are words that describe or modify other words.
00:19An adverb can describe a verb, an adjective, or another adverb.
00:24Adverbs tell you how, when, or where something happens.
00:30For example, she walked slowly.
00:34The baby cried loudly.
00:36Both of these words, slowly and loudly, describe the actions.
00:42How did she walk?
00:44She walked slowly.
00:46How did the baby cry?
00:48It cried loudly.
00:51So, what are the main types of adverbs?
00:54We have adverbs of manner.
00:56Adverbs of manner answer the question, how?
01:01How an action is done.
01:03Beautifully.
01:04Calmly.
01:05Angrily.
01:06Quickly.
01:07Accidentally.
01:09They also have adverbs of degree, which answer the question, how much?
01:15Almost, really, quite, too, very, enough, barely.
01:21These are all examples of adverbs of degree.
01:26We have adverbs of frequency, which answer the question, how often?
01:31Always, usually, frequently, sometimes, rarely, never.
01:36We also have adverbs of place, which answer the question, where?
01:43Anywhere, here, inside, near, there.
01:47And we have adverbs of time, which answer the question, when?
01:53Already, immediately, eventually, later, lately, now, soon, then, today, tomorrow.
02:01These are all examples of these types of adverbs.
02:06So, let's talk about each type in more detail.
02:10First, let's talk about adverbs of manner, which answer the question, how?
02:16Adverbs of manner describe how something is done.
02:21She played the piano beautifully.
02:24How did she play the piano?
02:27Beautifully.
02:28The teacher calmly explained the lesson.
02:33How did the teacher explain the lesson?
02:36Calmly.
02:37David ran up the stairs quickly.
02:41Now, let's talk about adverbs of degree.
02:45Adverbs of degree help us to express how much or to what intensity we do something.
02:53Is your tea hot enough?
02:55I really like my new doctor.
02:59She almost finished painting the house.
03:04So, adverbs of degree help us express the intensity.
03:08Is it hot enough?
03:10How much or to what intensity do you like your doctor?
03:15I really like my doctor.
03:19Next, we have adverbs of frequency, which help us to express how often an action happens.
03:26I always drink coffee before breakfast.
03:31Bobby never eats mushrooms.
03:34Jessica usually goes to the gym after work.
03:38So, adverbs of frequency help us express if we do something a little bit or a lot or never.
03:46Next, we have adverbs of place.
03:50Adverbs of place describe where something happens or will happen.
03:56I've lived here for two years.
04:00Why are you sitting there?
04:03She just walked inside the restaurant.
04:08And finally, we have adverbs of time.
04:11Adverbs of time describe when something happens or will happen.
04:16I will call you later.
04:20My boss said I need to finish the reports immediately.
04:24He's taking me on a date tomorrow.
04:27Okay, so when people talk about adverbs versus adjectives, they are usually referring to adverbs of manner.
04:38And we usually form this type of adverb by adding ly to an adjective.
04:47For example, we have the adjective calm, which becomes calmly as an adverb of manner.
05:05Notice that with an adjective ending in a y, we change that to i-l-y, not happily.
05:14We say happily.
05:17Just like angry becomes angrily.
05:20Reasonable becomes reasonably.
05:25You take off the e of reasonable and add an ly.
05:32So, adjective example.
05:35He is a calm man.
05:37The teacher is calm.
05:40In both of these examples, we are using calm, the adjective.
05:44However, as an adverb, we can say he spoke calmly to the students or he calmly spoke to the students.
05:56Usually, we put the adverb of manner after the verb.
06:01But if you want to place emphasis on the adverb, you can also place it in front of the verb.
06:07He calmly spoke to the students, not he angrily spoke to the students.
06:15Both of these are correct.
06:17And in both of these, we are describing how the action was done.
06:24So, let's talk about irregular adverbs of manner.
06:28So, we have the adjective good.
06:31As an adverb, we say well.
06:35We do not say goodly.
06:38For example, he is a good soccer player.
06:42We don't say he plays soccer goodly.
06:46Goodly is incorrect.
06:48This is irregular.
06:50We say he plays soccer well.
06:52And we also don't say he plays soccer good, because good is an adjective.
07:00The rest of these adjectives stay the same as both an adjective and an adverb.
07:07Fast, fast.
07:08Hard, hard.
07:10Late, late.
07:12Early, early.
07:13High, high.
07:15Low, low.
07:16Right, right.
07:18Wrong, wrong.
07:19So, for example, Elizabeth is a fast runner.
07:25We don't say Elizabeth runs fastly.
07:29Fastly is incorrect.
07:30It is not a word.
07:32The adverb is the same as the adjective.
07:36Elizabeth runs fast.
07:38So, these are ones you will have to memorize.
07:42Okay, let's do our quiz.
07:45We have seven questions.
07:47Are these sentences correct?
07:50Number one.
07:51I walked quickly to the store.
07:54Number two.
07:56Can you please speak quiet?
07:57We're in a library.
08:00Number three.
08:01Beth's in her bedroom.
08:03She's studying hardly.
08:06Number four.
08:07Dad drove carefully because the weather was terrible.
08:12Number five.
08:13Lauren speaks English good.
08:17Number six.
08:18She calmly broke up with her boyfriend.
08:22Number seven.
08:24I arrived lately for the party because there was a lot of traffic.
08:30Okay, let's correct these together.
08:33Number one is correct.
08:35We have the adverb quickly, and that is correct.
08:40Number two is incorrect.
08:43Can you please speak quiet?
08:46Quiet is an adjective.
08:48We need to say quietly.
08:51Can you please speak quietly?
08:54Because the adverb is modifying the verb speak.
08:59Number three.
09:00Beth's in her bedroom.
09:02She's studying hardly.
09:03This is incorrect.
09:06We want to say she's studying hard.
09:09Hard stays the same for both the adjective and the adverb.
09:15Number four is correct.
09:17We have the adverb carefully, and it is correct.
09:21Number five is incorrect.
09:23Lauren speaks English good.
09:25We want to use an adverb here, and good is not the adverb,
09:31because we need to modify speaks.
09:35So Lauren speaks English well.
09:38Not good.
09:39Well.
09:41Number six.
09:42She calmly broke up with her boyfriend.
09:44That is correct.
09:45And number seven is incorrect.
09:47I arrived lately for the party because there was a lot of traffic.
09:51We don't say lately.
09:53We say I arrived late.
09:55It stays the same.
09:57The word lately means recently.
10:01For example, lately I have been eating a lot of sushi.
10:06That means recently.
10:08But in this case, we are talking about arriving late for the party.
10:13So we have to use the adverb late.
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