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Adverbs
Advérbios são palavras que modificam o sentido de verbos, adjetivos e até de outros advér-
bios.
Ex.: They solved the problem sagely.
Reparem que adjetivos nos falam de um nome (alguém ou alguma coisa) e os usamos an-
tes de substantivos:
Ex.: He bought a slow car.
Ex.: It’s an easy work.
Advérbios nos contam sobre um verbo (como alguém faz algo ou como algo acontece).
Ex.: Camila said that he ran slowly because he hurt his leg.
Ex.: It can be solved easily.
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Exceções:
True – truly
Due – duly
Alguns advérbios podem ter tanto a forma de adjetivos como de advérbios, sem mudar seu
significado.
Ex.: Don’t speak so loud / Don’t speak so loudly.
Ex.: He did it so quick / He did it so quickly.
Ex.: I found the way to here very easy / I found the way to here very easily.
Alguns deles (hardly / lately) admitem a forma com –LY, entretanto seus significados mu-
dam.
Ex.: He can hardly see the sunlight. He has a serious problem. (mal pode, quase não)
Ex.: Have you seen John lately? (ultimamente, recentemente)
Entretanto well também pode ser um adjetivo no sentido “em bom estado / em boa saúde”.
Ex.: “How are you today?” “I’m very well, thanks.”
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Atenção! Precisamos prestar atenção que nem todas as palavras terminadas em –LY são
advérbios:
Adjetivos: silly, lovely, friendly, lonely, elderly.
Substantivos: rally, folly.
Posição do advérbio
Podemos ter três posições do advérbio em uma oração. Ele pode vir antes do sujeito, entre
o sujeito e o verbo ou depois do primeiro auxiliar e no final da oração. É importante destacar
que não se pode colocar o advérbio entre o verbo e o objeto.
A) antes do sujeito:
Ex.: “Yesterday all my troubles seemed so far away”. The Beatles
Ex.: “Suddenly I see this is what I wanna be” KT Tunstall
C) no final da oração:
Ex.: I will be waiting for you tomorrow.
Ex.: If you want to win so badly, you have to run fast.
Advérbios de lugar, frequência definida e tempo definido são mais comuns no final da ora-
ção.
Ex.: They live upstairs.
Ex.: She goes weekly.
Ex.: Eva had a baby in May.
2) Advérbios de frequência:
Como o nome diz, eles falam a frequência com que algo ocorre. Por exemplo, daily, weekly,
monthly e yearly.
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Didaticamente, montamos uma tabela com advérbios em grau de frequência. O sentido da
seta para baixo diminui a frequência.
100% Always
Usually
Frequently
Often
50% Sometimes
Ocasionally
Rarely
Seldom
Herdly ever
0% Never
Os advérbios de frequência com sentidos negativos podem ir para o início da oração. Entre-
tanto, quando isso ocorre há uma inversão entre o sujeito e o verbo.
Ex.: He little realizes what problems he creates for others.
Ex.: Little does he realize what problems he creates for others.
Ex.: I have never used this book before.
Ex.: Never have I used this book before.
3) Advérbios de tempo:
Indicam em que tempo algo aconteceu, ou seja, quando aconteceu.
Today / yesterday / tomorrow / soon / eventually / finally / forever / next month / in December
/ now / then / still / yet / afterwards / before/ after / in the morning / at night / just
O just como advérbio de tempo pode ser colocado antes do verbo principal e antes do verbo
auxiliar.
4) Advérbios de lugar
Indicam o local onde determinada coisa aconteceu.
Inside / outside / above / over / down / away / here / there / in USA / near / far / around / at
home / from the inside / by here
5) Advérbios de intensidade:
Reforçam a ideia dos adjetivos, verbos ou outros advérbios.
Enough / too / so / such / quite / pretty / rather / fairly / very / very much / completely / kind of
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Exercícios
01. (EFOMM) Complete the sentences with the correct verb tenses:
I – Little ________ what problems he creates for others.
II – No sooner _________ the receiver with a great sign of relief, help arrived.
III – Not for one moment _________ his integrity.
IV – Under no circumstances _________ class.
a) does he realize / he had put down / would I doubt / should you miss
b) does he realize / had he put down / would I doubt / should you miss
c) he realizes / he had put down / will I doubt / you should miss
d) he will realize / he puts down / will I doubt / should you miss
e) he realized / he would put down / would I doubt / you should miss
02. (EFOMM) In the sentence "There was a lengthy pursuit, over seven hours", there is a
word formed by the suffix "y". In which option below the word is formed by the same suf-
fix?
a) lately
b) mostly
c) fury
d) ally
e) healthy
03. (EFOMM) Take it easy, John! You need not work so __________.
a) hardly
b) harder
c) hard
d) hardest
e) hardy
04. (EEAR) “You can fold most umbrellas” means that we can:
a) enlarge them.
b) open them easily.
c) hardly carry them.
d) make them smaller.
06. (UFRS) Gradually and powerfully are adverbs formed from the adjectives gradual + ly
and powerful + ly, respectively. Other adjectives can take the same suffix to form ad-
verbs, in the same way, except:
a) historic
b) usual
c) wild
d) abrupt
e) intelligent
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07. (JFS) Which word is not an adverb?
a) Wholly.
b) Weekly.
c) Earthly.
d) Sadly.
e) Proudly.
12. (MACKENZIE) The same as “She little realizes how smart she looks” is:
a) How smart does she realize she looks
b) How smart she looks she doesn't realizes
c) Little she realizes how smart she looks
d) Does she realizes how smart she looks little
e) Little does she realize how smart she looks
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