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Adverebs - Coggle Diagram
Adverebs
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Form
Forms of averbs
- not formed from other words:
- fixed phrases:
- formed from other words:
adjective + ly
noun/preposition + ward(s)-wise
compounds
just, wtextell, soon, too, quite, still
kind of , of course, at last
- tragic - tragically, excitable - exitably, easy - easily, real - really,
- home - homeward, after - aftewards. price - pricewise, health - healthwise,
- some + time - sometime
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Confusing forms
- adverbs which have the same form as adjective
- common adverbs from the same base, with different meanings.
direct (=without stopping), directly (=immediately/very soon)
late (not on time), lately (recently)
high(to a great height), highly (extremely)
hard (with a lot of effort/ severely), hardly (scarcely, almost not)
right(direction/correctly), rightly(correctly in my opinion)
free (without paying), freely (without limitation or control)
deep (to a great depth/distance), deeply (thoroughly)
:warning: adjectives which look like adverbs (friendly, lonely)
we can't make these adjectives into adverbs in the usual way.
We use alternative words or phrases, or the adjective with manner or way.
:check: in informal English real and good can be used instead of really and well.
- close, dead, fast, fine, long, low, pretty, short, straight, wide, wrong
- We flew direct from Ukraine to Berlin.
Don't go. I'll be with you directly.
The plane arrived late due to bad weather.
She's been rather ill lately.
He lifted it high over his head.
Arsenic is highly toxic.
He braked hard when he saw the cat.
We hardly know our neighbours.
Turn right at the crossroads. Try to do it right this time.
The tribunal rightly condemned the war criminals.
We got into the concert free.
Sheep roam freely over the hills.
We explored deep into the jungle.
I'm deeply ashamed of my behaviour.
- He left like a coward. He left in a cowardly way.
- She's a real nice girl. The team's runing good this season.
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