Sentence adverbs A useful and simple way to describe

your attitude

Sentence adverbs

• In English, some adverbs are called sentence or attitude adverbs. These words describe how a person feels about an event being described in the sentence.

• Unfortunately = “It is unfortunate, or bad, that…”• Obviously = “It is obvious, or very clear, that…”• Luckily = “It is lucky, or good, that…” (Similar

to fortunately.)• Fortunately = “It is fortunate, or good, that…”• Sadly = “It is sad that…”• Apparently = “It appears, or seems, that…”• Honestly = “It is my belief that…”• Clearly = “It is clear, or obvious, that…” (Similar

to obviously.)• Probably = “It is probable, or likely, that…” (You are 75%

sure.)• Possibly = “It is possible, or might be true, that…”

• Unfortunately, when the fire fighters came, the wood was already destroyed.

• I didn’t think he would get here on time, but here he is, so, obviously, I was wrong.

• I left my wallet on the shop counter but, luckily, someone saw and came after to give it back to me.

• The road was closed because there had been an accident, but, luckily, we had decided to take another route.

• Sadly, she didn’t come out of the coma and died.• I’ve never heard him play, but apparently, he’s one of

the top pianists in the world.• Honestly, we’re paying too much attention to your

brother’s antics. Let’s ignore him from now on.• Clearly, it’s going to snow soon. I can smell it in the air.• Cristiano Ronaldo is probably one of the best-paid

athletes in the world.• The Beatles are possibly the most famous music band

of all times.