Adverb

What's the adverb?

He is a very good man (Very modifies the adjective "Good". How is he? Answer is good. Therefore, "very" is a adverb which is modified by "good".

I want to go home (Where does he want to go? Answer is "home". The answer we get though asking "where" is called adverb)

He will come now (If we ask to the subject when will he come? Answer is "now". Therefore, through asking "when" what we get is called adverb)

He behaved rudely with me (Ask with "how" and what you get the answer is the adverb)

So, the important is that you need some questions to ask by means of finding out adverb from the sentence. Those questions are Where? When? How?

Adverb modifies the rest of other things or part of speech excepting noun, pronoun, and interjection. Such as some examples given below -

Verb ---: The bird flies swiftly. How?

Adjective ---:  She is a very good girl. How good?

Adverb ----:  She writes very well. How?

Preposition ---:  I came here just before ten. When?

Conjunction ---:  I did not do it simply because I had not time to do it. Why?

Sentence ----:  Really he was a good man.

Kinds of Adverbs: According to the function the types of adverb is classified into three as given below.

(a) Simple or Independent Adverb.

1)     Adverb of time

2)     Adverbs of place

3)     Adverbs of manner

4)     Adverb of frequency

5)     Adverbs of quantity or degree

6)     Adverbs of affirmation and negation

7)     Adverbs of cause and effect

8)     Adverbs of order

(b) Interrogative Adverbs

(c) Relative or Conjunctive Adverbs

There are some kinds of adverb I have discussed such as Genitive Adverb, Introductory Adverbs, Prepositional Adverbs, Compound Adverbs, Sentence Adverbs, and Quasi Adverbs.

Simple or Independent Adverbs: 

(a) Adverb of Time: This type of adverb reffers to the time of action and let's us know the answer the question of "when".

She will come late.

I came back soon.

Did you see me before?

He will never come back.

I shall go tomorrow.

(b) Adverb of Place: This type of adverb indicates the place of action and gives us the answer of "where".

I went there.

She lives here.

We moved thither.

Come hither.

There is a pond near the school.

(c) Adverb of Manner: This type of adverb let's us know the answer of "how".

The boy walks slowly

We work hard

I slept soundly

This pen writes well

 (d) Adverb of Frequency: The adverb makes us knosw how many times the verb is done which is called adverb of frequency. 

I have met him once in my life.

He will come again.

Give the patient this pill thrice a day.

I often go to the sea-shore.

He will never come back.

(e) Adverb of Quantity or Degree: I think it would be very helpful if we look up some examples to understand more in details, therefore, here are some examples are given below

He has lost almost all his money.

I drank enough milk this morning.

She is quiet happy.

She is too weak to walk.

The more man gets the more he wants.

Every word of bold above gives us answer of "how" and those are adverb of quantity or degree. 

(f) Adverb of Affirmation and Negation: This type of adverb let's us know "yes" or "no". See some examples below -

Really he is an honest man.

You are probably right.

I am indeed a fool.

No, he did not go there.

He will possibly come today.

(g) Adverbs of Cause and Effect: This type of adverb denotes the "effect and cause" of the action of the verb.

You did not work; consequently you failed in your exam.

Hence he was dismissed from the job.

I, therefore, hope that you will do it.

He taught me how to do it and I did it accordingly.

(h) Adverb of Order:  This type of adverb indicates the order of the action of verb.

First, we have to collect the money.

He came last but he finished first.

Secondly, we have to call a meeting.

(b) Interrogative Adverb: This type of adverb is used for question to indicate place, time, and quantity etc. See some examples given below -

When did he go? (Time)

Where did he go? (Place)

How did he go? (Manner)

How often did he come? (Frequency)

Why did he go? (Cause)

(c) Relative Adverbs: The interrogative adverbs are “when, where, why, and how” which are used basically for question but if those interrogative adverbs are used to relate two sentences is called relative adverb.

I know the place where he lives.

I know when he will come.

Genitive Adverbs: Genitive adverb means those adverbs which are form of possessive noun.

He must needs do it (needs = necessity of)

He came here once in his life (once= of one time)

I always speak the truth (always = of all way)

Introductory Adverbs:

There lived a man in a village.

Here are many boys playing.

In the above two sentences "here and there" are used not to denote adverb of place.

Inc: There a man lived in a village.

Cor: There lived a man in a village.

Note:  Finite verb always used before the subject if the sentence starts with introductory "there and here". In the above sentence, "a man" is a subject and finite verb is "live".