Grammar: Groups & phrases: Adverb group

Overview

What is an adverb group?

An adverb group is one type of group. The other types are noun groups and verb groups. Groups go together to make up a clause:

An adverb group consists of an adverb (as the Head) plus other words which contribute to the meaning.

Adverb groups do many different jobs:

	they can provide more detail about an activity: HOW?         very softly indeed WHEN?      fairly recently WHERE?    over here
	they can indicate the degree of certainty: quite possibly, most probably, very definitely
	they can express a personal viewpoint: rather unfortunately, much more importantly, quite honestly
	they can link one sentence to another sentence in a text: even so, yet again, soon after, ever since Boris had eaten ten bananas, even so he was still hungry.
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For more information, see:

	Grammar: Groups & phrases: Overview
	Text types: General Descriptions: Describing time, place and manner
	Text types: Recounts: Locating events in time and place
	Text types: Stories: Locating events in time and place