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What are adverbs in English?
English adverb (adv.) refers to a word that expresses the characteristics of behavior or state in a sentence. It is used to modify verbs, adjectives, other adverbs or the whole sentence and express concepts such as time, place, degree and way.

First, how to use it.

The order of adverbs used together: degree adverb+place adverb+way adverb+time adverb.

Function: A word that can modify or restrict verbs or adjectives and express degree or scope.

Second, adverb category.

Adverbs of time, frequency, place, manner, degree, question, connection, relation, order and completion.

Third, the use of adverbs.

Adverbs can be used as adverbial, predicative, complement and attribute in sentences.

1, he works hard. (as an adverbial)

He works hard.

Does she stay at home? (as a predicative)

Does she stay at home?

Food here is hard to get. (here is adverbial, hard is predicative)

It's hard to find food here.

Food is hard to get here. So the main part is food is hard (here as an adverbial, restrictions on the place, hard as a predicative, to get as a complement).

Let him out! (as a supplement)

Let him out!

Position of adverbs:

( 1)? Most adverbs are placed after verbs, or after be verbs, auxiliary verbs or modal verbs, and before notional verbs. If there is an object after the notional verb, put it after the object.

(2)? When adverbs modify adjectives, they are usually placed before the modified words, except enough.

(3)? Frequency adverbs can be placed before notional verbs and after modal verbs and auxiliary verbs.

(4)? Interrogative adverbs, connective adverbs, relative adverbs and adverbs that modify the whole sentence are usually placed in front of the sentence or clause.

(5)? The adverb of time and the adverb of place are in the same sentence, with the adverb of place before and the adverb of time after.

(6) The negative adverb is at the beginning of the sentence, and the sentence should be partially inverted.