1.副词的功用
△修饰一般动词
例：He drives his car carefully. (他小心开车。)
△修饰形容词
例：He is a very careful driver. (他是一位很小心的驾驶。)
△修饰另一个副词
例：He drives his car very carefully. (他开车非常小心。)
2.副词的种类
(1) 情状副词
形成
△形容词加ly
例：quick-quickly (快) careful-carefully (小心)
△形容词字尾为le →去e加ly
例：terrible-terribly (可怕) comfortable-comfortably (舒适)
△形容词字尾为辅音+y →去y加ily
例：happy-happily (快乐) heavy-heavily (重的)
△形容词字尾为ll→加y
例：full-fully (满) dull-dully (迟钝)
△形容词字尾为ue →去e加ly
例：true-truly (真实) due-duly (适当)
△形容词，副词同形
例：early (早)，late (晚)，enough (足够)，fast (快)，first (第一)，last (最后)等。
注意：friendly、lovely 虽然是ly结尾，但它们都是形容词。
△不规则变化
例：good-well (好)
位置
△动词+副词=副词+动词
例：She danced beautifully. = She beautifully danced. (她跳舞很优美。)
△动词+宾语+副词=副词+动词+宾语
注意：动词后面接宾语的，则这个动词就是及物动词，则动词+宾语看成一个整体，不可分开。
例：All of us accepted the invitation gladly.
= All of us gladly accepted the invitation. (我们所有人都很乐意接受这邀请。)
△动词+介系词+宾语+副词=副词+动词+介系词+宾语=动词+副词+介系词+宾语
例：She walked into the classroom quietly.
= She quietly walked into the classroom.
= She walked quietly into the classroom. (她安静地走进教室。)
△be动词+副词+ V-ing
例：He was anxiously waiting for her arrival. (他焦急地等着她的到来。)
注意：字尾为ly的情状副词可用于一句的句首。
例：Slowly and carefully he opened the box. (他慢慢地小心翼翼地打开盒子。)
注意：连缀动词，如feel, taste…等，其后须接形容词。
例：1. The old man looked angry. (那老人看起来很生气。)
The old man looked at me angrily. (那老人生气地看着我。)
2. We felt sad for his death. (我们为他的死感到难过。)
The doctor felt the pulse carefully. (医生细心地诊脉。)
3. Mark appeared calm. (Mark似乎很冷静。) 注意：这里的appeare，是连缀动词。
Mark appeared suddenly at the door. (Mark突然出现在门口。)
(2) 频率副词→always (总是)，usually (通常)，often (经常)，sometimes (偶尔)，seldom (不常)， ever (曾经)，never (绝不)
位置
△→be动词/助动词之后
△一般动词之前
例：Jim is always late to school. =Jim always goes to school late. (Jim上学总是迟到。)
△简答句或简述句时，在be动词或助动词之前
例：1. Mr. Wang usually goes to the office by bus, but Mrs. Wang never does.
(王先生通常搭公交车上班，但王太太从不搭公交车上班。)
2. Did you ever talk to foreigners in English? No, I never did.
(你曾用英语和外国人交谈吗？不，从没有。)
注意：频率副词除always外，也可以用于句首。
例：Sometimes we eat dinner in that restaurant. (偶尔我们在那家餐厅吃晚餐。)
注意：询问频率用How often (多久一次)
例：How often do the buses run between the station and your school? → Once an hour.
(从车站到你们学校之间公交车隔多久来一班？一小时一班。)
(3) 地方副词→there (那里)，here (这里)，downstairs (楼下)，upstairs (楼上)，inside (在内)，outside (在外)，under the tree (在树下)…等。
△小地方+大地方
例：Her parents lived on a small farm in a remote country. (她父母住在偏远乡下的一个小农场上。)
△地方副词很少用于句首，如用于句首，通常用以表示对比或强调
例：1. The young girls are going upstairs. (那些年轻女孩们正往楼上走去。)
2. Upstairs they are having a party, and downstairs people are playing loud music. So I cannot study in my apartment. (楼上正在开派对，而楼下又有人大声的放音乐。所以我无法在我的公寓里读书。)
(4) 时间副词
△句首/句尾
例：Last week you promised me to do it. →You promised me to do it last week.
(上星期你承诺我要做这件事。)
△小时间+大时间
例：The wedding took place on Wednesday evening last week. (婚礼在上星期三晚上举行。)
注意：若有几个不同类的副词同时出现，其次序为：地方副词+情状副词+频率副词+时间副词
例：1. My sister went upstairs quietly a minute ago. (我姐姐不久前安静地上楼去了。)
2. A time bomb exploded at the station yesterday. (一颗定时炸弹昨天在车站爆炸。)
(5) 程度副词→ so (如此地)、too (太)、very (非常)、quite (相当地)、enough (够)
△用于所修饰的形容词或副词前。
例：so comfortable (如此舒适)、too tired (太累)、very carefully (非常小心)
△enough用于所修饰的形容词或副词之后。
例：tall enough (够高)，kind enough (够仁慈)
例：It's warm enough for you to play out of doors. (天气够暖和你可以到外面玩。)
3.特别注意的副词
very / much
△very修饰原级和最高级 much修饰比较级和最高级
例：1. He is a very good boy. (他是个非常棒的男孩。)
2. He is a much better boy than you. (他是个比你棒的男孩。)
3. He is much the best boy of all. = He is the very best boy of all. (他是所有男孩中最棒的。)
注意： very 修饰最高级的时候，要放在the 与最高级的中间。
△much及very much可修饰动词，但very不可以。
例：I don't like the idea (very) much.我不是很喜欢这想法。
△very可修饰现在分词（Ving）
much及very much可修饰过去分词（P.P.）
注意：现在分词、过去分词是形容词。
※列入字典当形容词的过去分词可用very。
例：1. English is an very interesting subject. (英文是非常有趣的科目。)
2. I am much (= very much) interested in English. (我对英语很感兴趣。)
3. I am very pleased to teach all of you English. (我非常高兴教大家英语。)
maybe / may be
maybe (或许)为副词；may为助动词，be为动词，意指“可能是”。
例：1. Maybe he is right. (也许他对了。)
2. He may be right. (他可能对了。）
sometime / some time
△sometime (某个时候)，some time (一些时间)
例：1. I saw him sometime last year. (我在去年某个时间见过他。)
2. I'll call on you sometime. (改天我会去拜访你。)
3. I'll do this if I can spare some time. (如果我能挪出一点时间，我会做这件事。)
everyday / every day
everyday (每天) 当形容词用 every day (每天)当副词用
例：1. Wear your everyday clothes. (穿便服吧。)
2. She helps her mom with kitchen work every day. (她每天帮她母亲做厨房工作。)
注意：某些副词可修饰整个句子
例：Unfortunately, John failed to pass the exam. (不幸地，John未能通过考试。)
注意：fail to V. (未能做成....)