Examples of Adverb of Manner, Time & Place

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An Adverb adds information to a clause (e.g. about the time or place of an action). Here the adverb is called an adverbial. And adverb add information to another word, such as an adjective or another adverb. Here the adverb is called a modifier.

1. Adverb of Manner (e.g. hard, fast, slowly, quickly, which show how or in what manner).

Examples :

She teaches her student well.
The doctor observes his patients carefully.

2. Adverb of Time (e.g. now, soon, recently, which show when).

Examples :

My nephew arrived at 07.00 yesterday morning.
I have to go to the post office tomorrow.

3. Adverb of Place (e.g. upstairs, there, up, above, here, which show where).

Examples :

She lives here with her parents.
What are they doing upstairs?

Here an examples of text using these 3 types of adverb :

Mom was early coming home because her shopping trip was terrible. She was enthusiastic when she left the house because there were many new clothes she wanted to buy.

First, she tied on a blue skirt. The skirt looked good, but the fit was terrible, it was loose. So she tried on a black skirt, but it was tight.

When she took the skirt off she was careless, and the zipper broke. She tried to be careful when she fixed the zipper, but it got stuck. She couldn't get the skirt on or off. She became anxious and pulled on the zipper, but it sill wouldn't move.

She didn't know what to do. Even though she felt shy, she called for a saleswoman. The saleswoman was glad to help. She tried to unzip the skirt, but she was also unsuccessful.

Mom was brave. She was calm as she waited. The saleswoman got some scissors and made a neat cut near the zipper. Mom was quick to leave the store.

As you can see above, there are some sentences using those adverbs. Thank you!