Adverbs
Biord fortæller ofte noget om måde, grad, tid eller sted, fx:
He walked slowly (måde). She was very old (grad). He came immediately (tid). Click here to update (sted).
Biord kan dannes af tillægsord ved at tilføje -ly: quickly, beautifully, easily, happily
De kan også være ægte biord: well, very, almost, perhaps, never, again, now, here
Biord kan lægge sig til og fortælle noget om de ord, som er streget under i det følgende:
Udsagnsord: They ran quickly / Everything went well / She spoke softly.
Tillægsord: He was enormously fat / He was very tired / I'm not so sure.
Andre biord: They walked extremely slowly / He returned very quickly.
Hele sætninger: There are obviously many good reasons to do so.
Biord kan ikke lægge sig til navneord (substantiver). Det er tillægsordenes (adjektivernes) opgave:
This is a slow car. Tillægsord (lægger sig til navneordet car)
The car drives slowly Biord (lægger sig til udsagnsordet drives)