Adverbs are a very broad collection of words that may describe how, where, or when an action took place. They may also express the viewpoint of the speaker about the action, the intensity of an adjective or another adverb, or several other functions. Use these pages about the grammar of adverbs in English to become more precise and more descriptive in your speaking and writing.
Adverbs in English
- What adverbs are and what they are for
- Forming adverbs from adjectives
- Forming the comparative and the superlative of adverbs
- Adverbs of place
- Adverbs of time
- Adverbs of manner
- Adverbs of degree
- Adverbs of certainty
- Viewpoint and commenting adverbs
- Relative adverbs
- Interrogative adverbs