ADVERBS

Adverbs - are words that modify, intensify or limit the meaning

of a verb, an adjective or another verb.

Classes of
Adverbs

1. Adverb of time - answer the question “when” 2. Adverb of place-

answer the question "where" 3. Adverb of manner- answer the question
“how" 4. Adverb of frequency - answer the question “how often” 5. Adverb
of negation and affirmation an action or characteristics 6. Adverb of doubt or
uncertainly express how unlikely or likely something is to happened. 7.
Adverbs of degree answers the question “to what extent"

Example:

Time
Place.
Manner
Frequency

In
Up
Now
Later
Soon
Next
Then
Out Over Down
Here There
Around Inside
Outside
Between Every
where
Beside
Early
Never
Today Long
 ago
Sometimes
Yesterday
tomorrow
Too
Well
Hardly
Very
Quietly
Sadly
Easily
Calmly
Weatly
Nicely
Partly
Almost
Quickly
Carefully
Speedil
y
Not Once Often
· Twice
Daily Never
Always
Seldom
Regularly
Occasionally
Everyday
Every year

Position of Adverbs

1. Adverb + Adjective
Pattern
- Adverb ending in ly generally comes
before an adjective
 Ex.
Marian is exceptionally
intelligent girl
- I heard amazingly interesting
story

2. Verb + Adverb Patter

- Adverb usually follows a
verb

.
Ex. Joyce spoke confidently
on the topic
- The singers dance remarkably,
well, too.
3. A few adverb disagrees from the usual comparative and
superlative forms.

worse
worst

Badl
y Much
Well
more
most
best
better

PREPOSITIO
NS
Preposition - are words that express a relationship between a noun or
pronoun and another word in the sentence, usually a verb adjective, noun or pronoun.
Here are some examples of common prepositions.
About
Above
Across
After
Against
Along
Among
Around
At Before
Behind
Below
Beneath Beside Besides
Between
Beyond
Ву
Despite
Down
During
For From
Inside Into Like Near Of Off
On
Since
Through Till
To Toward
Under
Underneat
h Until Up
Upon With
Within Than
Outside Over Past

Compound
Preposition

According
to Aside
from As of
 As well as
Because of
By means of
In addition to
In front of
in place of
in regard to
in spite of
instead of on
account of on
top of out of
prior to

Prepositional Phrase

- It consist of a preposition, its object, any

modifier of the object.
OT

Ex.
The package on the kitchen table is
yours They don't have time to study for
the test.

Preposition Phrases showing

Location

In the sky In the hospital

Outside the house In the
garden Between the two
buildings

Prepositional Phrase Showing Time

In the future
 In an hour In a
day or two In
a week On a
day In a year

CONJUNCTIONS

Conjunction - joins together words phrases, clauses or sentence. It

shows the relationship between the two words or group of words that it
connects.

Kinds of Conjunction

1. Coordinators- it ties together word or word- groups which have the same
grammatical
construction.

Ex.
I study English and Mathematics (Nouns) We sung and dance heartily
(Verbs) He worked rapidly but carefully (Adverb) We can go if
father permits us and if he gives us money (Dependent Clause)

Classified coordinators are the paired conjunctions

called correlatives

Here are some examples: As,

so, both, and, either or,
Neither, nor, not only, but also,
Now, rather, that

2. Connectors - these are conjunction which join independent clause

with the dependent
 - Clause They are used as transition words in a
sentence Ex. - He studies hard; therefore, he makes
progress

INTERJECTION

Interjection – is a word or word group use to express a strong or sudden

emotion. It is thrown
into the sentence even it has no grammatical bearing with the other words
Generally, an interjection is marked with an
therein.
exclamation point (!) However, when it is a mild interjection
it may be followed by a comma (,).
-
A
. -
-
-
- -

Example:

Ouch! I hurt my fingers

Ah! I can tell her how happy I am

.

Fantastic! What a show.

Auntie! Yes, you are Annie!

An interjection is an utterance characterized

expressively of a surprise, a sudden pain, a prolonged
pain, a disgust, an anger, a laughter, a sorrow, an
impatience, a wonder, a disappointment and the like.