名词作状语可以分成以下四类：
- 表示程度
这一类状语大多是表示数或数量概念的名词。例如：
The zoo is only two miles away from our school.
动物园离我们学校仅有两英里.
The temperature fell seven degrees after the rain.
雨后温度下降了7度。
- 表示方向
Swift hoofs were thundering south .
马蹄声往南疾驰而去。（这里south相当于southward或to the south）
please come this way.请从这边走。
- 表示时间
（1）表示一段时间
The meeting lasted three hours,会议持续了三个小时。
He used to come to see me three times a week.
他过去总是每星期来看望我三次。
（2）表示某一时间
可以直接在句子中作状语的词语有：
today,
yesterday,
the day before yesterday
tomorrow
the day after tomorrow
last Saturday
thay day
this week
nest year
every day
one day
some day
the other day
a few days ago
three years later
all the year round 等
还有，原来表示某一时间的词语一般都用介词，现在英美作品中倾向于不用介词。例如：
Be there (at)six o'clock.6点钟到那
She was always there (on)Saturday evering
星期六晚上她总在那儿
I'll see you (on)Sunday . 星期天我要见你
（3）表示习惯性发生的时间
He works night.他上夜班
Jack had his day off Friday.杰克星期五休息（每逢星期五休息）
- 表示方式
Don't talk to me that way ,please!请不要这样同我说话！
You are free to do it your own way.你可以按自己的办法去做。
有时名词常常成对地作状语。例如：
Jim painted his trunk top and bottom.
吉姆把他的箱子从上到下油漆了一遍。
They tied the thief up hand and foot.
他们把小偷的手脚都捆了起来。
