Welcome to this tutorial video.
We're going to talk about the order of adverbs.
Let's get started.
Remember that an adverb.
It's a word or set of words that modifies verbs adjectives or other adverbs.
Now usually adverbs modify verbs telling us how how often when or where something was done.
Have a look at the example over here.
We walked really slowly.
Now there are two adverbs in the sentence really.
And slowly the adverbs slowly modifies the verb walked telling us how we walked in the adverb really
modifies the other adverb slowly and it tells us how slowly we walked as adverbs are used to modify
verbs adjectives other adverbs phrases clauses or even entire sentences they are able to function nearly
anywhere in the sentence depending on their type and what it is they are modifying.
Now if we use more than one adverb to describe a verb there is a general order in which the different
categories of adverbs should appear sometimes called the Royal Order of adverbs first comes manner second
comes please third frequency fourth time and fifth purpose
now adverbs of manner tell us how something happens how someone does something or give character to
a description happened look at the example over here and Alice sings beautifully.
Now the adverb of manner beautifully in the sentence tells us how Alice sings adverbs of please tell
us about an aspect of location associated with the action of a verb specifying the direction distance
movement or position involved in the action.
Have a look at the example over here we looked upwards at the fireworks.
Now the adverb of place upwards specifies the direction involved in the action looked
adverbs of frequency tell us how often something happens have a look at the example over here.
Peter Goelz abroad twice a year the adverb of frequency twice a year.
Tell us how often Peter Goelz abroad and Adverbs of Time tell us when or for how long something happens.
Or is the case happened look at the example over here.
We've been dating for four years
adverbs of purpose tell us why something happens.
Have a look at the example over here.
The dress is handcrafted and hence expensive.
Now the adverb of purpose hence in the sentence.
Tell us why the dress is expensive now.
Adverbs indicating the attitude and point of view of the speaker or writer usually go at the beginning
as in the example over here.
Actually I don't want to go there.