Advanced Adverbs | English Grammar | Speak Clearly & Confidently

Welcome back to JForrest English.

I'm Jennifer.

And today you're going to add the  10 most common C1 adverbs to your  

vocabulary so you can get to that  advanced fluent level in English.

And at the end, I'm going to quiz you to  make sure you really know these adverbs.

Let's get started.

In this video you're going  to learn advanced adverbs.

C1 adverbs.

The C1 level is an advanced  level of English proficiency.

Students at this level are expected to have a wide  

range of vocabulary and used  advanced language structures.

Now, before we start, just remember that adverbs  can modify verbs, adjectives, and other adverbs.

Adverbs are there to add  more detail, more clarity,  

or to emphasize the word used in the sentence.

Adverbs are easy to identify in a sentence because  

they're commonly formed by  adding ly to the adjective.

With that, let's review the top ten  C1 adverbs incessantly, Incessantly.

This means without interruption or continuously.

For example, the alarm kept ringing  incessantly until she finally woke up.

Of course, I could say the alarm kept  ringing until she finally woke up.

Adverbs are not required in a  sentence, but when I say incessantly,  

you have this picture in your mind of this  this action happening non-stop continuously.

So all of a sudden it sounds a lot more  annoying or frustrating than without the adverb.

The alarm kept ringing incessantly  until she finally woke up.

Inevitably, inevitably, that's fun to say.

Inevitably this means certain to happen.

So let's take an example with population growth.

I could say with the increasing population,  traffic jams are inevitably becoming more common.

Again, I could simply say traffic  jams are becoming more common,  

but when I add inevitably, it emphasizes that and  

you know that this is definitely going  to happen, this is certain to happen.

And of course, a traffic  jam is when you are unable  

to move because there are cars all around you.

A traffic jam, something that we  inevitably deal with inordinately,  

inordinately, This means excessively or unusually.

For example, he was inordinately  excited about his art exhibition.

Of course you expect someone  to be excited about their art  

expedition or any sort of event or presentation.

But if you say he was inordinately  excited all of a sudden, I don't  

think this is a good thing because it  means there is too much excitement.

The amount of excitement is not  appropriate to the situation.

So this is how adverbs are  so valuable because they can  

really change the overall meaning of a sentence.

He was inordinately excited about  his upcoming art exhibition,  

and maybe you were inordinately upset  about making a mistake In English.

It's normal to make mistakes,  

but the amount of upset that you became  was too much given the situation.

Magnanimously, Magnanimously.

That's a long word.

Magnanimously.

This means in a generous and forgiving way.

For example, my old boss was magnanimously  

friendly after he found out  I started my own company.

So I was working for this  company, but then I quit.

I left and I started my own company that's going  to compete directly with the existing company.

So you would expect that  my boss, my previous boss,  

my old boss, would be upset, but he was friendly.

So I can say magnanimously friendly to show  that he was friendly in a forgiving way.

He wanted to show that he wasn't upset because  I left and started my own company, ostensibly.

Ostensibly, this means appearing as one  thing when it is really something else.

For example, he was obstensively happy,  

so I know that he's appearing happy,  but there's really something else.

So in reality he isn't happy.

I know that because I said obstensively happy.

He was obstensively happy about the news,  but deep down he was really worried.

So he appeared happy.

But in reality he's worried deep down.

That represents the feelings on the inside  that we generally don't show to the public.

Perpetually, perpetually.

This means constantly or continuously  over a long period of time, for example.

She's perpetually late.

This is not a good thing, because  if you said she's late, well,  

that simply means she's late right  now in this specific situation.

But if I add the adverb perpetually, I  know it means constantly, which is all  

the time it's a reoccurring action, or  continuously over a long period of time.

She's perpetually late.

Not a good thing.

Precariously, precariously.

This means dangerously or in an unstable way.

For example, the hiker walked  precariously along the edge of the Cliff,  

so there's an edge of a Cliff.

That's already a dangerous situation,  

but if he's walking precariously, it  means he's walking in an unstable way.

So he's walking like this or a dangerous way.

He's extremely close to the edge of the Cliff.

Superfluously.

This is also fun to say superfluously.

This means in an unnecessary or excessive manner,  so too much, too much beyond what is needed.

For example, the report was superfluously long,  

so reports can be long, but if you say it was  superfluously long, it means unnecessarily long.

They made one section of the report 10 pages,  when it could have easily been one page.

So hopefully you don't think that  this video is superfluously long,  

excessively long, too long  than needed, wanted or desired.

Unanimously.

Unanimously.

This means with complete  agreement of all parties involved.

So everyone agrees with the same thing.

They all agree yes, or they all agree no,  or they all agree some other decision.

For example, the board members  unanimously approved the annual report.

This means that every board  member said yes, I approve.

They unanimously approved vehemently.

Vehemently.

This means in a strong and emotional way.

For example, she vehemently opposed  the idea of relocating to a new city.

When you relocate, it means you permanently move  from where you live now to a different location.

So she opposed this idea.

She didn't want to relocate.

But if I say she vehemently opposed,  you know it was with strong emotion.

She feels very strongly that she  doesn't want to move to relocate.

She vehemently opposed relocating to a new city.

So now you have 10 advanced  adverbs in your vocabulary  

to help you sound fluent and  advanced at that C1 level.

So let's find out how well you  know these adverbs with a quiz.

Here are the questions.

Hit pause, take as much time as you need, and  when you're ready to see the answers, hit play.

So how'd you do with that quiz?

Well, let's find out.

Here are the answers.

Hit pause, review them, and when  you're ready to move on, hit play.

So how do you do with that quiz?

Share your score in the comments below.

And remember, don't get inordinately upset if  you got one wrong or two wrong or even 10 wrong.

That's part of the learning process.

And share your favorite adverb from this  list in the comments and try an example  

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