英语中的状语用来修饰动词、形容词或副词，主要由副词、介词短语、动词不定式、分词充当，或由连词引导状语从句，状语的类型主要有以下：时间、地点、程度、目的、方式，比较、让步、条件、原因、结果、伴随。

至于怎么区别，主要就是看状语在句子中表示什么意思，如表示时间那就是时间状语，我每个状语各举一些例子，你自己对比一下应该很容易明白的。

(1) 时间状语I often get up at 5:30 in the morning. 我常常在早上5:30起床。

Hearing the news, they felt very excited. 听到这个消息，他们感到很兴奋。

Go along this street until you reach the end. 沿着这条街走直到到达尽头为止。

(2) 地点状语Pandas only live in China. 熊猫仅生活在中国。

You should put the book where it was. 你应该把这本书放回原来的地方。

(3) 程度状语He read very carefully. 他读得很他仔细。

I have quite a lot of work to do. 我有相当多的工作要做。

(4) 目的状语We’ll go to the beach for a picnic this Sunday. 这个星期天我们将去沙滩野炊。

He took some change from his pocket to buy a newspaper. 他从口袋里掏出一些零钱来买报纸。

She got up early so that she could catch the first bus. 她早早地起床，以便能够赶上这辆早班车。

(5) 方式状语We usually go to school on foot. 我们通常步行去上学。

Please do it as I told you. 请按我告诉你的去做。

(6) 让步状语Though she has a lot of money, she is unhappy. 虽然她很有钱，而她并不幸福。

No matter what happens, I will never lose heart. 无论发生什么，我将决不失去信心。

(7) 条件状语If you don’t work hard, you’ll fall behind the others. 假如你不努力学习，你将落后于别人。

Given more attention, the flowers would have grown better. 如果给予更多的关心的话，这些花将长得更好。

(8) 比较状语Your watch is not the same as mine. 你的手表与我的不一样。

Mike is not as (so) tall as Jack. 迈克不及杰克高。

(9) 原因状语We didn’t go to the park because of the bad weather. 由于天气不好，我们没有去公园。

I’m glad to meet you. 见到你我很高兴。

Being ill, he didn’t go to school. 由于病了，他没有去上学。

(10) 结果状语The wind was so strong that we could hardly move forward. 风是如此地猛烈，以致于我们寸步难行。

He left early, so that he caught the train. 他早早地离去，(结果) 因此赶上了火车。

(11) 伴随状语The doctor hurried off, with a medicine box under his arm. 这位医生匆匆离去，胳膊下夹着一个药箱子。

The teacher came into the classroom, followed by a group of his students. 老师进到教室里来，后面跟着一群学生。