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What is an adverb?

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What is an adverb?

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An adverb is simply a word that describes a .

He ate his breakfast quickly.

The word 'quickly' is an adverb as it tells us how he 'ate' (the verb) his breakfast.

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How to use adverbs?

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Adverbs can come before or after a verb.

For example:

He quickly ate his breakfast.

In the sentence above, the adverb 'quickly' appears before the verb 'ate'.

However, this sentence could be rewritten with the adverb after the verb.

He ate his breakfast quickly.

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