English 113 :Remedial Instruction Annaliza O. Olleres, Instructor 5. Like adjectives, Adverbs can be considered regular or

irregular in forming their comparative and superlative degrees.

Remember that the comparative degree is used to compare two adjectives or verbs while the superlative degree is used to compare three or more adjectives or verbd.

Regular FormsAdverbs ending in –ly form the comparative dgree with more or less while the superlative degree with most or least.

Irregular FormsAre adverbs that change in their words totally in forming their comparative and superlative degree.Example:badly, worse, worstwell, better, best

PREPOSITIONS

are words that show the relationship between a noun or pronoun and some other word in the sentence.

Usage of Prepositions

1. IN, ON, and AT as Preposition of TimeIN (for months, seasons, years, periods of day)ON ( for dates and days of the week)AT ( for times of the day, including noon, night, sunrise, sunset, dawn)

2. SINCE, FOR to express spans of timeSINCE ( refers to the beginning of time span)FOR (refers to the duration of time span)

3. DURING, UNTIL, WHILE as prepositions of timeDURING ( refers to the time when an action is happening)UNTIL ( refers to the time when an action ends)WHILE ( refers to an action that is happening at the same time)

4. IN, ON, AT as prepositions of placeIN ( for cities, towns, provinces, countiries or bigger areas), ( for an enclosed space) ie. in my pocket, in the houseON (for addresses with only the name of the street) (for a surface) ie. on the wall, on the ceilingAT (for addresses when the house number is specified), (for a point) ie. at the corner, at the bus

ADVERB

is a word that modifies an adjective, a verb, or another adverb.

Features of Adverbs

1. Like Adjectives, Adv are used to describe or modify.

2. Answers one or four questions about the word it modifies: where? when? in what way? or to what extent?

An Adv modifying a verb can answer any of the four questions.

An Adv modifying an Adj or another Adv, however, will answer only one question: To what extent?

Study the chart below. Notice the positions of the Adverb.

VERBS (where?) Adverb of place

slide under move near

sit there slipped between

(In what way?) Adverb of manner

reacted positively silently nodded

left quickly, rudely laughed, cheerfully humming

Adverb nodifying an adjective ( To what extent?)

very tall somewhat satisfied

frequently absent not sad quite pretty

Adverb of Frequency

daily often sometimes

always, etc

3. It often but not always end in –ly.4. Add emphasis to the words they modify. They

are called intensifiers: barely, little, scarcely, completely, quite, too, fully, rather, very , hardly, really, etc