USE OF COMMON ADVERBS

 

Use of Very, Much:

1_‘Very’, ‘much’ can be used like an adverb:

a_This is the very place I was talking of.

b_There is much disturbance in this room.  

2_‘Very’ is used in the sentences bearing positive degree and ‘much’ in the sentences bearing comparative degree:

a_He is very intelligent.                       

b_She is much more beautiful than you are.

3_ When present participles and past participles are used as adverbs, ‘very’ is used with present participles, and ‘much’ with past participles:

a_This is very horrifying story.           

b_I was much surprised to see you there.     

4_ ‘Very’ is used with particular past participles as an adjective:

a_She is very pleased to see her father.        

b_He is a very experienced person.              

5_ ‘Very’ is used with adverb ‘Much’:

a_He looks very much weak.              

b_Thank you very much.                   

Use of Too:

1_When your implication is ‘more than proper or desirable’, ‘too’ is used:

a_It is too hot to go outside.      

b_The peasant was too simple.  

2_The adverb ‘too’ means ‘more than enough’:

a_We were very late, but not too late to catch the train.

b_I am very tired,  but not too tired to walk a little farther.

3_‘Too’ is used even in the sense of ‘also’:

a_He abused me and kicked me too.

b_She too went to the theatre.   

4_‘Too’ is used with ‘to’ in the negative sense:

a_It is too dusty to go outside.   

b_The patient is too weak to walk.     

5_‘Much too’ can be used with an objective:

a_She is much too clever for you.                 

6_‘Too much’ can be used before a noun:

a_She talks too much.                

b_She is not too much considerate to me.     [

7_‘Only too’ is used in the affirmative sense:

a_The old man was only too happy to see his lost son.

Use of Enough:

1_‘Enough’ is used after the verb or the adjective which it qualifies:

a_You have talked enough, you should now stop.

b_She is lucky enough to get married.

2_‘Enough’ can be used as an adjective:

a_They have enough provision for a month.

3_When ‘enough’ is used to modify an adjective, it follows the same:

a_She is intelligent enough to pass the test.

b_He is clever enough to see through her game.

Use of Quite:

1_‘Quite’ means ‘wholly’ or ‘completely’:

a_The patient is quite well.

b_It is quite a big room.   

Use of Before, Ago:

1_When the meaning is previously or formerly, ‘before’ is used. But if meaning is past or gone-by, ‘ago’ is used:

a_I have never been to this place before.

b_He left India five weeks ago.           

Use of Else, But:

1_‘Else’ is used with ‘but’:

a_I can give you nothing else but sympathy.

Use of Fairly, Rather:

1_ Both mean ‘moderately’. ‘fairly’ is mainly used with favourable adjectives or adverbs e.g. Good, bravely, well, nice, etc. While ‘rather’ is mainly used with unfavourable adjectives or adverbs e.g. Bad, stupidly, ugly, etc.:

a_He is fairly rich, but his uncle is rather poor.

b_This book is rather heavy, but that one is fairly light.