much, more, most as adverb

 A         more and most can be used fairly freely:

You should ride more.    I use this room most.

But much, in the positive form, has a restricted use.

B         much meaning a lot can modify negative verbs:

He doesn't ride much nowadays.

In the interrogative much is chiefly used with how. In questions without how, much is possible but a lot is more usual:

How much has he ridden?    Has he ridden a lot/much?

In the affirmative as/so/too + much is possible. Otherwise a lot/ a good deal/a great deal is preferable:

He shouts so much that...   I talk too much.

But He rides a lot/a great deal.

C             very much meaning greatly can be used more widely in the affirmative. We can use it with blame, praise, thank and with a number of verbs concerned with feelings: admire, amuse, approve, dislike, distress, enjoy, impress, like, object, shock, surprise etc.:

Thank you very much.    They admired him very much.

She objects very much to the noise they make.

much (= greatly), with or without very, can be used with the participles admired, amused, disliked, distressed, impressed, liked, shocked, struck, upset:

He was (very) much admired.

She was (very) much impressed by their good manners.

D             much meaning a lot can modify comparative or superlative adjectives and adverbs:

much better        much the best              much more quickly

much too can be used with positive forms:

He spoke much too fast.

E             most placed before an adjective or adverb can mean very. It is mainly used here with adjectives/adverbs of two or more syllables:

He was most apologetic.         She behaved most generously

far, farther/farthest and further/furthest

A         further, furthest

These, like farther/farthest, can be used as adverbs of place/distance:

It isn't safe to go any further/farther in this fog.

But they can also be used in an abstract sense:

Mr A said that these toy pistols should not be on sale.

Mr B went further and said that no toy pistols should be sold.

Mr C went furthest of all and said that no guns of any kind should be sold.

B         far: restrictions on use

far in the comparative and superlative can be used quite freely:

He travelled further than we expected.

far in the positive form is used chiefly in the negative and interrogative:

How far can you see? ~ I can't see far.

In the affirmative a long way is more usual than far, and a long way away is more usual than far away:

They sailed a long way.              He lives a long way away.

But very far away is possible, and so is so/quite/too + far and far + enough:

They walked so far that…                      They walked too far.

We've gone far enough.

far can be used with an abstract meaning;

The new law doesn't go far enough.

You've gone too far! (You've been too insulting/overbearing/insolent etc.)

far, adverb of degree, is used with comparatives or with too/so + positive forms:

She swims far better than I do.             He drinks far too much.

Comparative and superlative adverb forms

A          With adverbs of two or more syllables we form the comparative and superlative by putting more and most before the positive form:

Positive            Comparative      Superlative

quickly                 more quickly           most quickly

fortunately           more fortunately      must fortunately

Single-syllable adverbs, however, and early, add er, est:

hard                     harder                     hardest

early                    earlier                     earliest (note the y becomes i)

B         Irregular comparisons:

         well                   better                best

         badly                worse               worst

         little                  less                  least

         much                more                 most

         far                    farther               farthest (of distance only)

                                            further               furthest (used more widely)

Adverbs-Form and Use

Adverb is the word that say somthing about verb or adjective.

             For Example : Piti Usha runs fast.         

  

            Here, fast is the word that says how Piti Usha runs. In this way this is called an adverb of  this sentence.

           Thus, we can find adverbs by asking question to verb with the word "how"

Kinds of adverbs

Manner:   bravely, fast, happily, hard, quickly, well

Place:    by, down, here, near, there, up

Time:    now, soon. still, then, today, yet

Frequency:   always, never, occasionally, often, twice

Sentence:   certainly, definitely, luckily, surely

Degree:   fairly, hardly, rather, quite, too, very

Interrogative:   when? where? why?

Relative:   when, where, why

Form and use

            The formation of adverbs with ly

A          Many adverbs of manner and some adverbs of degree are formed by adding ly to the corresponding adjectives:

grave, gravely    immediate, immediately    slow, slowly

Spelling notes

(a) A final y changes to i: happy, happily.

(b) A final e is retained: extreme, extremely.

Exceptions : true, due, whole become truly, duly, wholly.

(c) Adjectives ending in able/ible drop the final e and add y:

capable, capably               sensible, sensibly

(d) Adjectives ending in a vowel + l follow the usual rule:

beautiful, beautifully          final, finally

B          Exceptions

The adverb of good is well.

kindly can be adjective or adverb, but other adjectives ending in ly, e.g. friendly, likely, lonely etc., cannot be used as adverbs and have no adverb form. To supply this deficiency we use a similar adverb or adverb phrase :

likely (adjective)      friendly (adjective)        probably (adverb)      in a friendly way (adverb phrase)

C          Some adverbs have a narrower meaning than their corresponding adjectives or differ from them. coldly, coolly, hotly, warmly are used mainly of feelings:

We received them coldly, (in an unfriendly way)

They denied the accusation hotly, (indignantly)

She welcomed us warmly, (in a friendly way)

But warmly dressed = wearing warm clothes.

coolly = calmly/courageously or calmly/impudently;

He behaved very coolly in this dangerous situation. 

presently = soon: He'll be here presently.