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Example sentences for "adverbs"

Lexicographically close words:
adventuring; adventurous; adverb; adverbial; adverbially; adversarial; adversarie; adversaries; adversarius; adversary
  1. Adverbs derived from pronoun stems often correspond with each other in meaning and form; some of the commonest correlatives are the following: Int.

  2. The conjunctions and adverbs used to coordinate sentences are: (a.

  3. Prepositions were originally adverbs which served to define more exactly the meaning of a verb.

  4. The ablative is sometimes used with comparative adverbs also.

  5. Some appellatives of place are put in the genitive with adverbs of place: as, #ubinam gentium?

  6. There are a great many adverbs in the English Language: their number is probably even greater than that of abusive epithets.

  7. Then they may classify adverbs on the principle of their meaning, or according to their termination.

  8. Again, they may make out a list of adjectives, with the adverbs derived from each, in another column.

  9. It may also be noted here that adverbs are used interrogatively; as, How, when, and where is this to be done?

  10. Adverbs of Manner are those that generally answer the question+, In what way?

  11. Some adjectives and adverbs are irregular in their comparison.

  12. He spoke plainly--by expressing manner, are called +Adverbs of Manner+.

  13. Adverbs of Place are those that generally answer the question+, Where?

  14. The adverbs more and most have the degree forms, and in parsing they may be regarded as separate words.

  15. Adverbs of Cause are those that generally answer the question+, Why?

  16. The several degrees of the quality expressed by the adjective may be increased or diminished by adverbs modifying the adjective.

  17. So place adverbs that there can be no doubt as to what you intend them to modify.

  18. I will go soon--by expressing time, are called +Adverbs of Time+.

  19. Else, other, otherwise, rather, and adjectives and adverbs expressing a comparison are usually followed by than.

  20. Do not use adverbs for adjectives or adjectives for adverbs.

  21. Give and illustrate the Cautions respecting the choice and the position of adverbs, the use of double negatives, and the use of adverbs for adjectives and of adjectives for adverbs.

  22. Adverbs modify verbs just as adjectives modify nouns--by limiting them.

  23. Adverbs may be formed from adjectives by prefixing en, which generally changes the initial to the second state.

  24. But the entity of mente in adverbs is always clear to the Spanish mind.

  25. Adverbs in mente should not rhyme together.

  26. There are pure adverbs in Lau, but many words used as adverbs are truly nouns and others are verbs; adjectives may also occur in this employment.

  27. The locative i is seen in ifai where; it is also largely used with adverbs of place and time and it precedes every name of place.

  28. When it is absolutely necessary to fix the time, certain adverbs are resorted to; as, now, formerly, tomorrow.

  29. From the second of these tongues were taken, besides certain substantives and adjectives, the first ten numerals, the word for a hundred, twelve pronouns, and about twenty adverbs and prepositions.

  30. The use of right as an intensive with adjectives and adverbs is very common in many quarters.

  31. Where for in which-- Adverbs for Relative Pronouns, 140.

  32. Adverbs for Relative Pronouns Adverbs are often employed where a preposition with a relative pronoun would better express the sense.

  33. From hence The adverbs hence, thence, whence, include the idea of from.

  34. With more adverbs there would have been some subjectivity, or subjectivity would have made them.

  35. The want of adverbs in the Iliad is very characteristic.

  36. Adverbs of Degree are those that generally answer the question+, To what extent?

  37. Give the directions for using adjectives and adverbs (Lesson 88).

  38. Adverbs of Manner are those that generally answer the question+, In what way?

  39. Let the pupils select and parse all the adjectives and adverbs in Lesson 27.

  40. All such adverbs we call +Adverbs of Manner+.

  41. Adverbs of Time are those that generally answer the question+, When?

  42. These and all such adverbs we call +Adverbs of Time+.

  43. These and all such adverbs we call +Adverbs of Degree+.

  44. Adverbs of Place are those that generally answer the question+, Where?

  45. These and all such adverbs we call +Adverbs of Place+.

  46. Adverbs ending in ly are generally compared by prefixing more and most.

  47. When prepositions precede other prepositions or adverbs in composition, the accent rests on that part of the whole compound which is felt to be the most important.

  48. To this class also belong certain compounds of adverbs with prepositions, as e.

  49. But while the prepositional prefix thus does not carry the alliteration owing to its want of accent, some of the adverbs used in composition are accented, others are unaccented, and others again may be treated either way.

  50. They are usually called adverbs and prepositions; but they are neither more nor less than nouns or verbs, with the prefix a.

  51. Such nations, and even some much farther advanced towards civilization, use few or no prepositions, adverbs and conjunctions, in their intercourse with each other, and very few adjectives.

  52. A few adverbs are irregular in the formation of the comparative and superlative; as, well, better, best.

  53. Nouns, adjectives, verbs and adverbs become interjections when they are uttered as exclamations, as, nonsense!

  54. Some adverbs form the comparative and superlative by adding er and est; as, soon, sooner, soonest.

  55. Adverbs which end in ly are compared by prefixing more and most; as, nobly, more nobly, most nobly.

  56. The comparative of inferiority is formed by translating the adverbs less by diutay, diriut pa, ingon nga, culang, and than, into sa.

  57. The other tenses are formed by means of conjunctions and adverbs of the active conjugation.

  58. The others tenses of this conjugation, are formed by means of the adverbs Dinhi, Diha.

  59. The negative sentences are formed in Bisaya by means of the adverbs Dili, uala and ayao.

  60. The comparative of equality is formed by translating the adverbs as or so into magsama, and the second adverb as into ug, and both terms of comparison in nominative case, as: Ex: Have you as many friends as ?

  61. It must be observed that the adverbs and conjunctions we have made use of in subjunctive mood, are not characteristic signs of this mood, and very often we speak in subjunctive without them.

  62. The indicative present does not need adverbs of place.

  63. Parse all the adverbs in the following sentences:-- 1.

  64. In some cases adverbs with -ly are used side by side with those without -ly, but with a different meaning.

  65. Again, many words without -ly have the same form, whether adverbs or adjectives.

  66. Action is conceived or performed in so many ways, that these adverbs form a very large class.

  67. All adverbs which have no function in the sentence except to modify are called simple adverbs.

  68. This and that are very common as adverbs in spoken English, and not infrequently are found in literary English; for example,-- The master.

  69. All the subsequent experience of our race had gone over him with as little permanent effect as [as follows the semi-adverbs as and so in expressing comparison] the passing breeze.

  70. Adverbs may also be classified, according to meaning, into adverbs of manner, time, place, and degree.

  71. Adverbs of manner answer the question How?

  72. Adverbs vary much as to their use and meaning.

  73. Corresponding adjectives and adverbs usually have different forms which should not be confused.

  74. Occasionally, adverbs and phrases of adverbial character modify the entire thought in a sentence, rather than some single word: [To speak plainly, I cannot go.

  75. Adverbs of degree answer the question To what extent?

  76. Interrogative adverbs are used to ask questions: [When shall you come?

  77. Adverbs of place answer the question Where?

  78. These adverbs modify verbs, adjectives, and other adverbs.

  79. Conjunctive adverbs introduce clauses: [We went to the seashore, where we stayed a month].

  80. State the adverbs in the following sentences, and name the word which each modifies:— 1.

  81. Certain adverbs and conjunctions are correlative (that is, having a mutual relation) to one another.

  82. Point out the use of the italicized adverbs in the following sentences:— 1.

  83. Classes of Adverbs according to their =use=:— 1.

  84. Parse the adverbs in the following sentences:— 1.

  85. Or by working over adverbs until they tremble on the brink between adverb and adjective: /right/ and /near/ are examples.

  86. Again, double negatives constituted 11 per cent of the errors, and the misuse of adjectives or of adjectival forms for adverbs ran to 4 per cent.

  87. America has two adverbs that belong to the same category.

  88. Some adverbs have an internal -e-, which is not found in A.

  89. Which of the following adjectives and adverbs do not vary in degree?

  90. Its misuse for the adverbs really and very, as, "This is real pretty," is a vulgarism.

  91. Adverbs necessary to the sense should not be omitted.

  92. Illiterate persons often forget that adjectives go with nouns and pronouns, but adverbs with verbs, adjectives, and adverbs.

  93. Both so and as are used as adverbs of degree correlative with the conjunction "as": unless there is a negative in the clause as is generally used; with a negative so is preferable to as.

  94. Some adjectives and adverbs have meanings which do not vary in degree: as, dead, perfect, wooden.

  95. The use of adverbs presents some difficulties, mainly arising from the adverbial use of many other parts of speech and from the close relation between adverbs and adjectives.

  96. What is the important distinction in the use of adverbs and adjectives?

  97. Adverbs modify or help verbs, adjectives, and other adverbs just as adjectives modify nouns and pronouns.

  98. When adverbs denoting time are indicated care should be taken to see that the verb is consistent with the adverb.

  99. Remembrance of this simple fact will settle most questions as to the use of adverbs or adjectives.

  100. The connection between different sentences must be kept up by adverbs used as conjunctions, or by means of some other connecting words at the beginning of the sentence.

  101. Adverbs should be placed next to the words they are intended to qualify.

  102. It should never be forgotten that while adverbs never modify nouns or pronouns, adjectives never modify anything but nouns or pronouns.

  103. Adverbs exercise no influence on the case of nouns, adjectives, or pronouns.

  104. A list of adverbs will be found at page 166.

  105. Some of them, according to the sense in which they are used, are employed also as adverbs or prepositions, and will be found in the lists of adverbs and prepositions in pars.

  106. From all these verbs nouns, adjectives, and adverbs can be formed.

  107. To give emphasis, adverbs and adverbial participles may commence a sentence.

  108. Primary adverbs are all to be found in the list of primary words in Part V.

  109. Grammatical adverbs are those which are formed by adding E to a root, grammatical termination, or affix.

  110. The following list of adverbs contains all those found amongst the primary words and some formed from them, also a number of useful grammatical adverbs.

  111. Adverbs exercise no influence on case (see par.

  112. Some English words are sometimes adverbs and sometimes conjunctions, more especially those introducing clauses of time or place.


  113. The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "adverbs" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.