'He carefully held his granddaughter.

'
Adverbs are used to give us more information and are used to
modify verbs, clauses and other adverbs.
The difficulty with identifying adverbs is that they can appear in different places
in a sentence.
The simplest way to recognise an adverb is through the common ending ly.
Examples of ly adverbs are: quickly, quietly, fortunately.
Most adverbs are made by adding ly to adjectives:
careful > carefully
loud > loudly
slow > slowly
adverbs with verbs
Here the adverbs are in bold and the verbs are in italics. Here the adverbs give
us more information about the verb.
'She slowly entered the room.'
'He carefully drove through the city.'
adverbs with adjectives
Here the adverbs are in bold and the adjectives are in italics. Here the adverbs
give us more information about the adjective.
'The test was extremely difficult.'
'I'm incredibly sorry about what I did.'
adverbs with adverbs
Here both adverbs are in bold. The first adverb gives us more information about
the second.
'The cheetah runs incredibly quickly.'
'He talks exceptionally loudly.'
adverbs
Adverbs can be used to change the entire meaning of a sentence. The adverbs
are in bold.
'Unfortunately, I will be out of the office for the next 3 days'.
'Surprisingly, the team was beaten in the final.'

confusing adverbs

We have seen how many adverbs are made by adding ly to the adjective: strong
> strongly
Some adverbs are very different from the adjective:
good =adjective / well =adverb
'He's a good golfer.'
'He plays golf well.'
Look at the following sentences; both have adverbs:
'I work hard.'
'I hardly work.'
Hard, which is also an adjective, here means 'with a lot of effort.'
Hardly here means 'very little.'
'He's a fast runner.' Here fast is an adjective.
'He runs fast.' Here fast is an adverb.
'It was late at night.' Here late is an adjective.
'We talked late into the night.' Here late is an adverb.
combining clauses
We can join two independent clauses (sentences) together using conjuctive
adverbs. Conjunctive adverbs show cause and effect, sequence, contrast,
comparison, or other relationships.
The most common of these are:
Accordingly
Afterwards
Also
Consequently
However
Indeed
Likewise
Moreover
Nevertheless
Nonetheless
Otherwise
Similarly
Still
Therefore
When writing, we must use a semi-colon (;) before the conjunctive adverb. Use
a comma (,) after the conjunctive adverb.
Let's take a look at some examples:

'I wanted to eat pizza; however, my wife wanted curry.'

'It had snowed all day; therefore, he decided not to drive in the dangerous
conditions.'
Note: In the following sentence no semi colon is needed because it does not
separate two clauses. Instead it shows a thought:
'In my opinion, however, it makes no difference.'
Link: What are Auxiliary Verbs?
Hurry up! You always walk so ___.
fastly

slowly

fast

slow

You play the guitar very ___.

good

goodly

nice

well

Sue woke up ___ this morning.

lately

late

lateful

lateness

I could ___ understand anything she said. She spoke too fast.
well

hardly

hard

no

I've always been a ___ worker.

slowly

well

hardly

hard

The service in the hotel was ___ good.

fastly

badly

extremely

well

I have been ___ married for 5 years.

slightly

quickly

happily

very

___, I don't think this is a good idea.

Personally

Tomorrow

Exceptionally

Carefully

I knew that it was broken;____, they said it was fine.

exceptionally

eventhough

easily

extremely

My brother went to university;___, I started working.

whereas

well

otherwise

indeed