Adverbs

sobre Inglês Por Victor Augusto 
conteudo@algosobre.com.br

Um advérbio normalmente contém a resposta para a pergunta: "Como o sujeito age sobre o verbo?"

» He plays the trumpet beautifully, but he plays baseball very badly.
» John walked towards me very slowly. Then he spoke quietly.

Alguns advérbios(e.g. EXTREMELY, TERRIBLY, REMARKABLY, UNUSUALLY, ESPECIALLY e muitos outros) também são usados para intensificar adjetivos ou outros advérbios.

» Fred was extremely angry when you said that.
» That's a lovely hat, but it's terribly expensive!

FORMATION
A maioria dos advérbios são formados acrescentando-se -ly ao final de um adjetivo:
clear/clearly, wonderful/wonderfully, clever/cleverly, stypid/stupidy, interesting/interestingly, close/closely, dangerous/dangerously, bad/badly.

No caso de um adjetivo terminar em -ly (e.g. FRIENDLY, LONELY) ele não podera ser transformado em um advérbio. Neste caso temos que fazer uma locução adverbial.

» She spoke to me in a friendly way.
» He sat there looking lonely.

Em alguns casos, o advérbio é exatamente igual ao adjetivo correspondente: EARLY, LATE, FAST, HARD, LEFT, RIGHT, WRONG, HIGH, LONG.

» I'm afraid the train will leave late.
» He runs very fast.
» Why do you work so hard?
» Turn right at the next corner.

A forma adverbial do adjetivo GOOD é WELL.
» Michael is a very goog cook. He makes cakes particularly well.