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notes 3. Verbs point out time.
Example: 1. You are reading this book (present time)
2. He went away (past time)
3. I shall come tomorrow (future time)
4. Verbs indicate number of the subject
Example: 1. Our English teacher loves her students. (Singular, the doer of action is
only one).
2. They always shout in the class (Plural, the doers are many)
5. Verbs show the person of the subject.
Example: 1. I like to sing (first person)
2. We study together (first person, plural)
3. You like to sing (second person)
4. He/she likes to sing (third person he, she, they, it)
10.1.6 adverbs
An adverb is usually defined as a word that gives more information about a verb, an adjective
or another adverb. Adverbs describe verbs, adjectives and adverbs in terms of such qualities as
time, frequency and manner.
Example: Sunita runs fast.
In the sentence Sunita runs fast, fast describes how or the manner in which Sunita runs.
types of adverbs
There are seven types of adverbs.
1. Adverbs of manner describe “how”.
Example: She shouted loudly.
2. Adverbs of time describe “when”.
Example: They need the books now.
3. Adverbs of place describe “where”
Example: She was here just a few minutes ago.
4. Adverbs of degree describe ‘how much”.
Example: Deepti runs much faster than Abhishek.
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