Linking words: pronunciation and examples

Functions and Examples

Word Order: Hardly/Scarcely/Barely...when No sooner....than

Adverbs of Frequency

ACTIVITIES
Exercise 1 
Exercise 2 
Exercises (agendaweb) 

Comparison of Adverbs

Comparison (-er/-est)

	Comparative ending in -er	Superlative ending in -est
one-syllable adverbs (hard)	harder	hardest
adverbs with the same form as adjectives (early)	earlier	earliest

Comparison (more / most)

	Comparative formed with more	Superlative formed with most
adverbs ending in -ly (happily)	more happily	most happily

Irregular comparisons

positive form	comparative	superlative
well	better	best
badly	worse	worst
ill	worse	worst
little	less	least
much	more	most
far (place + time)	further	furthest
far (place)	farther	farthest
late (time)	later	latest	Exercise

Adverbs of Manner

Adverbs of manner from jose angel isla

Adverbials and their Position

An adverbial can be an adverb, an adverb phrase or an adverb clause. In short, any word or phrase that gives us additional information about the time, place or manner of the verb given in the sentence can be considered as an adverbial.

In English we never put an adverb between the verb and the object.

We often play handball. We play often handball.

1) Adverb at the beginning of a sentence

Unfortunately, we could not see Mount Snowdon.

2) Adverb in the middle of a sentence

The children often ride their bikes.

3) Adverb at the end of a sentence

Andy reads a comic every afternoon.


More than one adverb at the end of a sentence

If there are more adverbs at the end of a sentence, the word order is normally:
Manner - Place - Time

Peter sang the song happily in the bathroom yesterday evening.

Different types of adverbs:
Manner, place, time, duration, frequency, degree, focusing, certainty/obligation, viewpoint, evaluative.
Click on the link below and you'll learn how to use adverbials, their position and examples

Adverbials and their position (languagelearning)

EXERCISES
1. Rewrite the complete sentence using the adverb in brackets in its usual position.
2. Right or Wrong. Rewriting
3. Adverbs of Place
4. Adverbs of Time 
5. Adverbs of Frequency
6. Adverbs Mix

Adjectives and Adverbs of Manner

Mary is a beautiful dancer. She dances beautifully.
John is a slow driver. He drives slowly.
Adjectives tell us something about a person or a thing. Adjectives can modify nouns (here: dancer, driver) 
Adverbs tell us in what way someone does something. Adverbs can modify verbs (here: dances, drives), adjectives or other adverbs.
 FORM:

ADJECTIVE + LY		IRREGULAR FORMS
adjective	adverb	adjective	adverb
dangerous	dangerously	good	well
careful	carefully	fast	fast
nice	nicely	hard	hard
simple horrible	simply         horribly	high                     high
easy	easily
electronic	electronically

* -able, -ible, -le....> -ably, -ibly, ly
* Use an adjective after look, taste, sound...

   The icecream tastes delicious
* Do not get confused with good/well.
    Linda looks good.(She's very pretty)
   Linda looks well.(She may have been ill, but now she is healthy again.)
   How are you? - I'm well, thank you. 

Do the activities
Exercise 1
Exercise 2

Adverbs of frequency: a game

http://learnenglishkids.britishcouncil.org/en/grammar-games/adverbs-frequency