1.副词可以根据它们的意思分为下面几类:
a.时间副词 b.地点副词 c.方式副词 d.程度副词 e.疑问副词 f.连接副词 g.关系副词 h.其他性质的副词
2.时间副词包括:
l)表示某时间的副词:
now,then,yesterday,today,tomorrow,tonight,lately,ago,before,just now,so far等。
2)表示频率的副词(可称为频率副词):
always,often,usually,sometimes, frequently,constantly,continually
3)其他时间副词:
already,yet,late,early,soon,long,since,at once,(at) first,(at) last,finally,presently,shortly,immediately,right away等。
3.地点副词可分为:
1)表示地点的副词:
here,there,home,upstairs,downstairs,anywhere,everywhere,nowhere,somewhere,abroad,elsewhere等。
2)表示位置关系的副词(这些多和介词同形):
above,over,below,down,up,out,in,across,back,along,round,around,away,near,off,on,inside,outside,past等。
4.方式副词一般都是用来描绘动作的,其中绝大部分由形容词加词尾-1y构成,如:
anxiously,badly,bravely,fluently,gratefully,intentionally,calmly,carefully,carelessly,nervously,patiently,Politely,Proudly,Properly,rapidly,sadly,suddenly,successfully,angrily,mildly,merrily,happily,slowly,softly,willingly,warmly等。
有些副词是由过去分词或现在分词加-ly构成:admiringly,threateningly, hurriedly,unexpectedly,也有一些不带-ly词尾,如well,slow,quick,hard,alone,high,straight。