One of the most frequent jobs for an adverb to perform is to add information to the verb. In the sentence, "He shouted loudly to his friend", the verb is "shouted" and the adverb is "loudly". The word "loudly" modifies the verb.
Adverbs also modify adjectives and other adverbs. In the sentence, "She moved rather quickly", the adverb "quickly" adds some information to the verb, "moved". But she didn't just move "quickly", she moved "rather quickly". "Rather" is an adverb modifying, or adding information to, another adverb. In the sentence, "It was an extremely pleasant evening", the adjective "pleasant" is modified by the adverb "extremely". As you can see, adverbs are very adaptable and can be used to add all sorts of information to your writing. One tip which might help you spot some adverbs is that many of them end with the -ly suffix.
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The word "quickly" adds to the verb "ran"
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The word "effectively" modifies the verb "use"
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The word "consistently" modifies the verb "produce"
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The word "well" modifies the present participle verb, "using"
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"Efficiently" modifies "produce" and "well" modifies "using"
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"Efficiently" refers to the verb "write", while "effectively" refers to using adverbs. Both of these adverbs describe "how" to do the action (write, use)
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"Effectively" is the adverb here. "Many" is an adjective
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Adverbs and the verbs they modify can be separated by other words: enhance (verb) writing appropriately (adverb)
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Adverbs can be used in pairs: "quickly" and "slowly" are antonyms
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Adverbs can describe verbs in many ways. "Early" is an example of an adverb describing the time an action took place
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