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13 Cards in this Set
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Adverb is
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Adverbs can be single words (eg. often, yesterday, quickly) or phrases (eg. every few weeks, in fact, before we had time to react)
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single-word adverbs which come between the subject and the verb
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still, actually
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a single-word adverb which means 'in fact'
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actually
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single-word adverbs which modify adjectives
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particularly, increasingly, highly
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an adverbial phrase which means 'more than ever'
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as never before
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an adverbial phrase which means 'for example'
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For instance, Hence
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a single-word adverb which means 'always/repeatedly'
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constantly
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a single-word adverb which modifies an adverbial phrase
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literally
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an adverbial phrase which says how quickly something happens
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within a minute
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There are three main positions for advers
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Front (i.e. at the beginning of the sentence); middle (i.e. between the subject and the verb); end (i.e. after the verb)
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Adverbs which can go in the front are
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Linking adverbs (However, Consequently); Time and place adverbs (By the next year, In a recent article); Comment adverbs (In my opinion, Probably)
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Adverbs which can go in the middle are
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Frequency adverbs (usually, never); Degree adverbs (totally, slightly); These adverbs (already, finally, now, recently, soon, still)
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Adverbs which can go at the end are
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Manner (impressively, carefully); Place (in the boardroom); Time (in the last three years)
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