Adverbs are the words which add to the verbs i.e. they give more information about the action in terms of how it happened, where it happened, when it happened and so on.There are different kinds of adverbs:

* Adverb of manner– describes how the action took place e.g. happily, beautifully, quickly etc

note: some words do not take ly in the end to become adverbs e.g. adverb of good is well, adverb of fast is fast.

The train went fast.

 The little girls are dancing beautifully.

* Adverb of place– describes where the action took place e.g. here, there, near etc

I kept the book here.

 He lives near my house.

* Adverb of time– describes the time of action e.g. now, today, soon etc

We’ll go there tomorrow.

 I’ll reach soon.

* Adverb of frequency– describes how many times the action took place e.g. never, always, once etc

He is always late for meals.

 I often go on a walk in the evening.

* Adverb of degree– describes the intensity of action e.g. almost, completely, nearly etc

I’m almost ready.

 The box is fairly big.

* Interrogative adverb– puts a question on the action described e.g. why, when etc

Why were you late? ( why asking for the reason of action i.e. being late)

Where are you going? ( where asking about the place)

* Relative adverb– when, where and why can be used as relative adverb if:

when can replace in/on which talking about time e.g. I left the hotel the day when ( on which) they arrived.

where can replace at which talking about place e.g. I loved the hotel where ( at which) they were staying.

why can replace for which reason e.g. The reason why he left is the fact that he ran short of money.