Common Mistakes In The Use Of Adverbs

 Mistakes In The Use Of Adverbs

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

(It indicates how, when, where, or why something happens when qualifying a verb.)

a. Koushik eats slowly.

b. Parimala walked very fast to the office today.

c. Jayakrishna calmly entered the room.

d. Come here now.

On the basis of their meaning, adverbs are classified as:

i. Adverbs of time, frequency and duration: They answer the question-When? / How often?

Eg: always, never, then, now, soon, tomorrow, yesterday, last year, etc.

ii. Adverbs of place: They answer the question- Where?

Eg: near, below, away, around, here, there, up and down, etc.

iii. Adverbs of manner: They answer the question- How?

Eg: neatly, calmly, eagerly, angrily, happily, etc.

iv. Adverbs of degree: They answer the question- To what extent?

Eg: just, quite, very, hard, fast, well, etc.

FORMATION OF ADVERBS

1. Adverbs of Manner are generally formed from Adjectives by adding '-ly'

Eg: kind- kindly, clever- cleverly, quick- quickly, hard- hardly, foolish- foolishly.  wise- wisely. beautiful- beautifully. bold- boldly.

2. When an Adjective ends in 'le' change 'e' into 'y'.

Eg: Double-doubly, single - singly.

3. When Adjective ends in 'y' preceded by a consonant, change 'Y' into 'i' and add '-ly'

Eg: ready - readily, heavy - heavily.

4. Some Adverbs are made up of a Noun and a qualifying adjective.

Eg: meantime, meanwhile, otherwise, elsewhere, sometimes, yesterday.

5. Some Adverbs are compounds of a preposition and an adjective.

Eg: aloud, along, around, below, beneath.

Miscellaneous Adverbs:

asleep, abroad, ahead, afoot, away, within, without, beneath, hereafter, hereby, hereupon, herewith, hitherto, thereto, therewith, thereof, therein, thereby, therefrom, henceforth, henceforward etc

◆ The following are a few wrongly used Adverbs with their right form

WRONG
1. I am too glad to see you.

2. This coffee is very hot to drink.

3. She is very much sorry.

4. You can lift it by and by.

5. You are leaving back your bag.

6.  We scarcely see a lion.

7. He behaved cowardly.

8. Sarojini Naidu was called as the Nightingale of India.

9. She works very hardly.

10. He speaks English very good.

11. His version is somewhat true.

12. She speaks the truth always.

13. He comes to me often.

14. Most likely the shops will remain closed tomorrow.

15. The whole India is proud of his achievement.

RIGHT
1. I am very glad to see you.

2.  This coffee is too hot to drink.

3. She is very sorry.

4. You are leaving behind your bag.

5. You can lift it little by little by.

6. We rarely see a lion.

7. He behaved in a cowardly manner.

8. Sarojini Naidu was called the Nightingale of India.

9. She works very hard.

10. He speaks English very well.

11. His version is partly true.

12.. She always speaks the truth.

13.He often comes to me.

14. Most probably the shops will remain closed tomorrow.

15. The whole of India is proud of his achievement.

 

Correct the mistakes in the underlined parts:

1. He walks very fastly.

2. We don't hardly believe it.

3. They don't do anything careful.

4. She scarce blames others.

5. He is walking very slow. 

v  Correction of  the mistakes given above

1. He walks very fast

2. We hardly believe him.( Remove ‘don’t’)

3. They don’t do anything carefully

4. She scarcely blames others.

5. He is walking very slowly.