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3- ADVERBS

What an adverb is and what it does?

The word adverb ( ad-verb ) suggests the idea of adding to the meaning of a verb. This is whatmany adverbs do.They can tell us something about the action in a sentece by modifying a verb, i. e. by telling us how, when, where, etc. 

Adverbs can be single words (slowly) or phrases, like in the garden, and the term adverbial is often used to describe both types.

Expressions of time:

Adverbs are not always essential to the struture of a sentence, but they often affect the meaning. 

Attention:

Adverbs of manner:

Spelling and form of adverbs ending in - ly:

Most adverbs of manner are formed by adding -ly to adjectives: mad/ madly, plain/ plainly, sudden/ suddenly. This applies to adjectives ending in -l so that the l is doubled: beautiful/ beautifully, musical/ musically.

Position of adverbs of place

Adverbs of place never go between subject and verb. When there is more than one kind of adverb in a sentece, the usual position of adverbs of place is after manner, but before time ( following a verb or verb + object ):

Em Inglês encontramos alguns advérbios com específicos usos que podem causar confusão. 

A questão é quando usa-los de acordo com o termo apropriado para cada ocasião. Esses advérbios são o just, already e yet. Usamos yet em orações interrogativas, e em final de sentenças: Have you finished it yet? Também após o superlativo ( Her best novel yet ); e antes de comparativo ( Yet again.).

 Já already é usado em orações afirmativas e interrogativas, e normalmente é usado depois dos verbos auxiliares ou modais e na frente dos demais verbos: Have you finished already? Outra característica é quando already indica surpresa com o fato de uma ação se haver realizado antes do esperado, pode ser usado no final da sentença.