ADVERB WORKSHEET 2

Circle the adverb that describes the verb. Frame your own sentences using the adverbs.

 1. My grandpa snored loudly.

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2. Koel played on the beach yesterday.

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 3. I will visit my friend tomorrow.

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4. Vyome, will you come here?

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5. My sheepdog sat lazily in the pool.

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6. Neil slowly placed a card on the card house.

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7. Vyome stopped suddenly and listened.

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 8. Vyome stamped his feet angrily.

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 9. Vyome carefully glued the last piece onto the model.

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10.Vyome accidentally slipped on the ice.

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11. Yesterday, we  played a game.

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12. The engine grumbled loudly.

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13. We will go to the concert soon.

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14. Vyome waited patiently for the computer to load.

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15. Ramya finally arrived at the park.

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16. My mother nicely reminded me to do my homework.

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17. The astronaut easily fixed the problem.

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18. I usually hug my mother when I get home.

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19. My dog always barks.

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20. Vyome neatly wrote a shopping list.

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·         ADVERB WORKSHEET

Adverb Worksheet

Adverbs are words that describe or modify verbs and sometimes adjectives and other adverbs. They often answer the questions HOW, WHERE, or WHEN.

For example:

·         Even after one year of lessons, Luke plays the piano badly.

“Badly” is an adverb that modifies the verb “play” and tells us how Luke plays the piano.

·         The class is very difficult. Many students don’t pass it.

“Very” is an adverb that modifies the adjective “difficult” and tells us how difficult the class is.

Now let's get some practice using adverbs!

Worksheet to Test Adverbs Skills

I. Fill in the Gap

 Complete the sentences with the best adverb.

    Hint: Not every adverb is needed.

slowly     carefully   beautifully      well        loudly        carelessly       easily       excitedly       finally      suddenly       quickly           quietly

1.     Come here ____________. You have to see this!

2.     We knew that she had got the job when we saw her _________ talking on the phone.

3.     He ______________ put the vase on the table. It fell to the floor.

4.     Sharon is throwing a party on Saturday. She ___________ finished her PhD.

5.     Let’s walk ________________. I don’t want to be the first one at the meeting.

6.     Alex _____________ put up the bookshelves. It was too difficult for me to do on my own.

7.     Every thing happened so ______________. We had to move to California in less than a month.

8.     Why does he always have to talk so ____________. You can hear him in the next room!

9.     Although she speaks five languages, she did not do ___________ on the translation exam.

10.          I was so surprised. His new apartment was _____________ decorated.

Answer Key: 1. quickly, 2. excitedly, 3. carelessly, 4. finally, 5. slowly, 6. easily, 7. suddenly, 8. loudly, 9. well, 10. beautifully

II.  Adverb or Adjective?

Complete the sentence using an adjective or adverb.

To make adverbs we often add –ly at the end of an adjective (words that describe a noun)

Example: beautiful (adjective) girl (noun) 

               beautiful + ly = beautifully (adverb)

1.     He’s always in a rush. I don’t understand why he walks so ____________ (quick/quickly).

2.     I prefer studying in the library. It’s always_______________ (quiet/quietly).

3.     Michael __________ (happy/happily) took the assistant job. He had been looking for a position all summer. 

4.     Marta dances _____________ (beautiful/beautifully). She’s been taking ballet since she was five years old.

5.     They speak French very ____________ (good/well). They lived in France for two years. 

6.     My neighbor always plays ___________ (loud/loudly) music on the weekends. It’s so annoying.

7.     Please be __________ (careful/carefully) in the hallway. The walls have just been painted.

8.     Dan is very smart, but he is not a very___________ (good/well) student.

9.     He reacted __________ (angry/angrily) to the news. I have never seen him so upset.

10.          We didn’t ______________ (complete/completely) understand the teacher’s instructions. Most of us did not finish the assignment.

Answer Key: 1. quickly, 2. quiet, 3. happily, 4. beautifully, 5. well, 6. loud, 7. careful, 8. good, 9. angrily, 10. completely

Adverbs

Carol drives carefully. (How does she drive?)
I looked for her everywhere. (Where did you look for her?)
She came to London yesterday. (When did she come to London?)


Adverbs are generally divided into seven groups:

1) Manner: slowly, bravely, carefully, simply, quietly...
2) Place: there, here, up, down, near...
3) Time: yesterday, tomorrow, now, yet, still...
4) Frequency: never, always, often, once, twice...
5) Sentence: actually, really, obviously, evidently...
6) Degree: very, quite, rather, fairly, hardly...
7) Focus: just, only, simply, even, also...

Forming Adverbs

They are generally made from adjectives.


Many adverbs of manner and degree are formed by putting -ly at the end of an adjectives.

slow - slowly	happy - happily
cold - coldly	rapid - rapidly
bad - badly	kind - kindly

I don’t know why, but they spoke to me coldly.
The weather was awfully cold.
You should treat people gently.
Please, drive the car slowly.

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When an adjective ends in consonant + y, it becomes -ily.

busy - busily
happy - happily
easy - easily
heavy - heavily

She is working busily.
Chuck passed the test easily.

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When an adjective ends in -le, we omit -e and add -(l)y 

noble - nobly
possible - possibly
simple - simply
gentle - gently

Ex: My mom brushes my hair gently every day.

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When an adjectives ends in -e, we keep -e and add -ly.

extreme - extremely
free - freely
brave - bravely
safe - safely

His political ideas are extremely dull.
Our army fought bravely.

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When an adjective ends in -ic, we add -ally.

Systematic - systematically
Phonetic - phonetically

We searched the attic systematically.
Mrs. Burns wanted us to write the words phonetically.

Degrees of Adverbs

• Positive : Expresses a quality without a comparison.
  
  Ivan walks slowly. 

• Comparative : Expresses a higher or lower degree than the positive.
  
  Ida walks faster than Ivan.

• Superlative : Expresses the highest or the lowest degree when comparing more than two things/persons.
  
  Brad walks the slowest. 

1. Adverbs having the same form as adjectives:

POSITIVE	COMPARATIVE	SUPERLATIVE
fast	faster	the fastest
early	earlier	the earliest
late	later	the latest
hard	harder	the hardest
They came earlier than me. Kenyans always win prizes in marathons because they run the fastest of all. My parents’ plane will arrive later than my uncle's.	COMPARATIVE	SUPERLATIVE
easily	more easily	most easily
quickly	more quickly	most quickly
fluently	more fluently	most fluently
carefully	more carefully	most carefully

Linda drives more carefully than her husband.
Elizabeth speaks English the most fluently.