{"id":651,"date":"2016-02-26T04:22:46","date_gmt":"2016-02-26T09:22:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.teachenglishworld.com\/?page_id=651"},"modified":"2016-02-26T04:31:14","modified_gmt":"2016-02-26T09:31:14","slug":"using-adverbs-in-english","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/www.teachenglishworld.com\/?page_id=651","title":{"rendered":"USING ADVERBS IN ENGLISH"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.teachenglishworld.com\/?page_id=513\">English Grammar<\/a>\u00a0&gt; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.teachenglishworld.com\/?page_id=645\">Adverbs<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Adverbs modify, or tell us more about, other words. Usually adverbs modify verbs, telling us how, how often, when, or where something was done. The adverb is placed after the verb it modifies.<\/p>\n<p>EXAMPLES<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The bus moved <strong>slowly<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li>The bears ate <strong>greedily<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li>The car drove <strong>fast<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Sometimes adverbs modify adjectives, making them stronger or weaker.<\/p>\n<p>EXAMPLES<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>You look <strong>absolutely<\/strong> fabulous!<\/li>\n<li>He is <strong>slightly<\/strong> overweight.<\/li>\n<li>You are <strong>very<\/strong> persistent.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Some types of adverbs can modify other adverbs, changing their degree or precision.<\/p>\n<p>EXAMPLES<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>She played the violin <strong>extremely<\/strong> well.<\/li>\n<li>You&#8217;re speaking <strong>too<\/strong> quietly.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>English Grammar\u00a0&gt; Adverbs Adverbs modify, or tell us more about, other words. Usually adverbs modify verbs, telling us how, how often, when, or where something was done. The adverb is placed after the verb&#46;&#46;&#46;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-651","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.teachenglishworld.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/651","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.teachenglishworld.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.teachenglishworld.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.teachenglishworld.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.teachenglishworld.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=651"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"http:\/\/www.teachenglishworld.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/651\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":655,"href":"http:\/\/www.teachenglishworld.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/651\/revisions\/655"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.teachenglishworld.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=651"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}