Adverbs practice – Write the adverb

1. Adverbs answer the questions When? Where? How? or To what extent?

2. Adverbs describe verbs, adjectives, or other adverbs. If a word is describing a

noun, it’s an adjective. If a word is describing an adjective, it’s an adverb.

Circle the adverbs!

1. Charlie happily plays ball.

2. Often the team travels on a bus.

3. My sister ran downstairs.

4. The dancer gracefully performed onstage.

5. Yesterday I had volleyball practice.

6. Paul is somewhat confused about math.

7. Kate did rather well on her science quiz.

8. The stain on Fred’s shirt was barely noticeable.

9. The coach was unusually quiet during the game.

10. After the marathon, Rosemary was very tired.

11. For many centuries men and women frequently wore wigs.

12. Wigs gradually became the mark of high fashion.

13. In many countries people grandly dressed their wigs with gold and jewels.

14. Queen Elizabeth I of England dearly loved clothes and jewelry.

15. She soon revived the style of wearing fancy wigs.

16. In France, Queen Marie Antoinette gracefully hid her hair loss with a wig.

17. All of her subjects eagerly followed her style.

18. Many ministers preached energetically against wigs, while other ministers wore them
proudly.
19. Colonists heavily powdered their high, puffy wigs.

20. George Washington surely considered his wig high fashion.

21. People later stopped wearing wigs.

22. Wigs were obviously part of the old world.

23. The new Americans certainly wanted freedom in style.

24. They powdered their hair and tied it tightly at the back of the neck.

25. They soaked their hair heavily in oil to hold the powder.

Answer key:

1.happily 16. gracefully

2. often 17. eagerly

3.downstairs 18. energetically, proudly

4. gracefully, onstage 19. heavily

5.’ yesterday 20. surely

6. somewhat 21. later

7. rather, well 22. obviously

8. barely 23. certainly

9. unusually 24. tightly

10. very 25. heavily

11. frequently

12. gradually

13. grandly

14. dearly

15. soon