简单来说：
副词按其用途和含义可分为下面五类：
1)时间副词 时间副词通常用来表示动作的时间。常见的时间副词有：now，today, tomorrow, yesterday, before, late, early, recently, immediately等。例如： He often comes to school late. What are we going to do tomorrow?
2)地点副词 地点副词通常用来表示动作发生的地点。常见的地点副词有：here, there, inside, outside, home, upstairs, anywhere, everywhere, nowhere, somewhere, down, up, off, on, in, out等。例如：
I met an old friend of mine on my way home. He went upstairs. Put down your name here.
句子中同时出现时间和地点时，地点先，时间后。I met him in the market yesterday.
3)方式副词 方式副词一般都是回答“怎样的？”这类问题的，其中绝大部分都是由一个形容词加词尾-ly构成的。常见的方式副词有：anxiously, badly, bravely, widely, calmly, carefully, proudly, rapidly, suddenly, successfully, angrily, happily, slowly, warmly, luckily, possibly, probably, impossibly, well, fast, hard, high, straight等。例如：
The old man walked home slowly. Please
listen to
the teacher carefully. The birds are flying high. He runs very fast.
但lively, friendly, lovely, lonely等只能做形容词用。 He is very friendly to us. She is a lovely girl.
4)程度副词 程度副词多数用来修饰形容词和副词，有少数用来修饰动词或介词短语。常见的程度副词有：very，much, (a) little, a bit, so, too, enough, quite, rather, pretty, greatly, completely, nearly, almost, deeply, hardly, partly, really, truly等。例如：Her pronunciation is very good. She sings quite well. I can hardly agree with you.
a little, much, a bit, a lot 通常用来修饰比较级形容词或副词，来说明程度。much taller, a bit fatter
5)疑问副词(连接副词-引导宾语从句/关系副词-引导定语从句)是用来引导特殊疑问句的副词。常见的疑问副词有：how, when, where, why等。例如： How are you
getting along with
your studies? Where were you yesterday?
6) 否定副词 常见的有no, not, neither, nor, never, hardly, seldom, rarely等。
I can hardly answer this question. He hasn’t been to the USA, either. (Neither/Nor has he)
7) 频度副词 常见的有always, usually, often, sometimes, ever, rarely, seldom, never等。
You are always late for school. I sometimes go to work by bus. He has never been to Hong Kong before.
此外，副词还有比较级、最高级的用法。