Adverbs

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What are adverbs?
They are used to describe actions, to modiIy adjectives or other adverbs in a sentence.
Most adverbs end in 'ly, but there are many exceptions.
Examples: slowly / dangerously / early / Iast / lately / quickly / well / badly / hard

What kinds of adverbs are there?
There are diIIerent kinds oI adverbs, including adverbs oI time, adverbs oI place,
adverbs oI certainty, adverbs oI manner and adverbs oI degree. They are usually used in
various situations.

Why do you use adverbs of manner and degree?
Adverbs oI manner show how something happens. They are usually placed aIter the
main verb or aIter the object.
Example: She dances beautiIully.
Adverbs oI degree show the degree oI an action, an adjective or another adverb. They
are usually seen aIter the main verb but in Iront oI the adjective or another adverb.
Example: She dances very beautiIully.
More examples: Iairly / quite / rather/ very / really / extremely

ow do you change adjectives into adverbs?
Some adverbs can be derived Irom the adjectives. They are Iormed in diIIerent ways.
The Iollowing shows the examples

Adjectives You should. Examples
With most adjectives ly
bad badly
quick quickly
slow slowly
Ending in 'le - e y
gentle gently
sensible sensibly
terrible terribly
Ending in 'ily Change y to ily
busy busily
easy easily
happy happily
With some adjectives No change or new word
early early
Iast Iast
hard hard
good well
What else can we learn about the position of adverbs?
The adverb should 349 be put be9ee3 the verb and the object.
Example: She corrected careIully her mistakes.
! She corrected her mistakes careIully.
Sometimes an adverb oI manner is placed beIore a verb object to add emphasis.
Example: Mary strongly said that she had not broken the window.
Adverbs 41 Ma33er a3d Degree W4rkshee9 ( 1 )

Name:() Class: Date:

Complete the table below.
Adjec9ves Adverbs Adjec9ves Adverbs
1. angry 22. hungry
2. bad 23. last
3. beautiIul 24. late
4. brave 25. lazy
5. bright 26. loudly
6. busy 27. neatly
7. careIul 28. nicely
8. careless 29. noisily
9. clear 30. prettily
10. correct 31. quickly
11. dangerous 32. quietly
12. deep 33. regularly
13. dirty 34. simply
14. early 35. slowly
15. easy 36. skillIully
16. Iast 37. soItly
17. gentle 38. strongly
18. good 39. suddenly
19. greedy 40. sweetly
20. happy 41. weakly
21. heavy 42. widely

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Adverbs 41 Ma33er a3d Degree W4rkshee9 ( 2 )

Name:() Class: Date:
Fill in the blanks with adverbs.
Example : Their mother is getting a3gry.
She is speaking to them angrily.
1. ohn`s character is very s9r43g.
He Iaces diIIiculties .

2. Susan is a very care1: person.
She does her homework .

3. Helen is a happy girl.
She smiles .

4. Chow Yun Fat is a good actor.
He acts very .

5. ack is a very punctual student.
He goes to school .

B. Put the Iollowing words in the correct order.
Example: Kelly Chan / energetically / danced
Kelly Chan danced energetically.

1. They / soItly / talked

2. badly / The / boys / behaved

3. works / ackie / hard / extremely

4. too / sings / He / quite / poorly

5. walks / rather / Steven / slowly.



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Adverbs 41 Ma33er a3d Degree W4rkshee9 ( 3 )

Name:() Class: Date:

Fill in the blanks with adverbs corresponding to the adjectives provided.

Mimi is a very careIul girl. She does everything very careIully (careIul). Her
bedroom is very neat because she put all her books, decorations, CDs, etc. very
1 (neat). It is also reIlected in her studies. Her homework is
never done 2 (poor). When her Iriends ask her why it can be
completed so 3 (good), she 4
(simple) says, ' It is not that diIIicult as you think.

She loves cooking and eating very much, so she gains weight 5
(easy). Once, she ate up Iive bowls oI noodle 6 (quick) in a meal.
Although she is Iat, she can dance 7 (beautiIul) and run quite
8 (Iast). Mimi has a strong voice. She speaks 9 (noisy)
while her younger sister speaks 10 (weak).

B. Read the Iollowing passage. There is at least one mistake / a missing word on each
numbered line. Correct it above it.


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Two years ago, Sally decided to learn how to swim. She started to get up earily in the morning.
One day, when she had Iinished breakIast, she ran to the bus stop quick. Suddenly, she Iound
that she had Iorgotten to take her swimsuit, so she went back home immediate and missed the
bus.
AIter she arrived at the swimming pool, the coach knew that she was lately Ior practice and
shouted at her loud. She explained it to the coach and he did not accept it. Sally Ielt very unhappy
and could not pay attention to what the coach taught. She swam % badly.
When she was at school, she could not do her schoolwork very careIul. She made many
mistakes. Miss Chan Ielt that she was % sad that day and asked her why. She cried out and told
her teacher about it. Miss Chan was % sorry Ior her and gave her a card.
She Ielt much well aIter that and thanked Ior her card.


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Adverbs 41 Ma33er a3d Degree W4rkshee9 ( 1 )

Name:() Class: Date:

Complete the table below. 1
Adjec9ves Adverbs Adjec9ves Adverbs
1. angry (j )
angrily
22. hungry ( )
hungrily
2. bad ( )
badly
23. last (@ )
last
3. beautiIul ( )
beautiIully
24. late ( )
late
4. brave ( )
bravely
25. lazy (j )
lazily
5. bright ( | )
brightly
26. loud ( )
loudly
6. busy ( j )
busily
27. neat ( )
neatly
7. careIul (( )
careIully
28. nice ( )
nicely
8. careless (7 )
carelessly
29. noisy (@| )
noisily
9. clear ((] )
clearly
30. pretty ( )
prettily
10. correct ( )
correctly
31. quick ( ] )
quickly
11. dangerous ([)
dangerously
32. quiet ( )
quietly
12. deep (,/ )
deeply
33. regular (][ )
regularly
13. dirty ( )
dirtily
34. simple ( )
simply
14. early ( )
early
35. slow (j )
slowly
15. easy (\ )
easily
36. skillIul (J) )
skillIully
16. Iast ( ] )
Iast
37. soIt ( )
soItly
17. gentle ( } )
gently
38. strong ( )
strongly
18. good (@ )
well
39. sudden ({ )
suddenly
19. greedy (}( )
greedily
40. sweet (j )
sweetly
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20. happy (( )
happily
41. weak ( )
weakly
21. heavy ( )
heavily
42. wide () )
widely

Adverbs 41 Ma33er a3d Degree W4rkshee9 ( 2 )

Name:() Class: Date:
Fill in the blanks with adverbs. 1
Example : Their mother is getting a3gry.
She is speaking to them angrily.
1. ohn`s character is very strong.
He Iaces diIIiculties strongly.

2. Susan is a very careIul person.
She does her homework careIully.

3. Helen is a happy girl.
She smiles happily.

4. Chow Yun Fat is a good actor.
He acts very well.

5. ack is a very punctual student.
He goes to school punctually.

B. Put the Iollowing words in the correct order. 1
Example: Kelly Chan / energetically / danced
Kelly Chan danced energetically.

1. They / soItly / talked
They talked soItly.
2. badly / The / boys / behaved
The boys behaved badly.
3. works / ackie / hard / extremely
ackie works extremely hard.
4. too / sings / He / quite / poorly
He sings quite poorly too.
5. walks / rather / Steven / slowly.
Steven walks rather slowly.

Adverbs 41 Ma33er a3d Degree W4rkshee9 ( 3 )
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Name:() Class: Date:

Fill in the blanks with adverbs corresponding to the adjectives provided.1

Mimi is a very careIul girl. She does everything very careIully (careIul). Her
bedroom is very neat because she put all her books, decorations, CDs, etc. very
1 neatly (neat). It is also reIlected in her studies. Her homework is never done 2 poorly
(poor). When her Iriends ask her why it can be completed so 3 well (good), she 4 simply
(simple) says, ' It is not that diIIicult as you think.

She loves cooking and eating very much, so she gains weight 5 easily (easy). Once,
she ate up Iive bowls oI noodle 6 quickly (quick) in a meal. Although she is Iat, she can
dance 7 beautiIully (beautiIul) and run quite 8 Iast (Iast). Mimi has a strong voice. She
speaks 9 noisily (noisy) while her younger sister speaks 10 weakly (weak).


B. Read the Iollowing passage. There is at least one mistake / a missing word on each
numbered line. Correct it above the line. (10)


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early
Two years ago, Sally decided to learn how to swim. She started to get up earily in the morning.
quickly
One day, when she had Iinished breakIast, she ran to the bus stop quick. Suddenly, she Iound
immediately
that she had Iorgotten to take her swimsuit, so she went back home immediate and missed the
bus.
late
AIter she arrived at the swimming pool, the coach knew that she was lately Ior practice and
loudly
shouted at her loud. She explained it to the coach and he did not accept it. Sally Ielt very
so/rather
unhappy and could not pay attention to what the coach taught. She swam badly.
carefully
When she was at school, she could not do her schoolwork very careIul. She made many
so/very
mistakes. Miss Chan Ielt that she was sad that day and asked her why. She cried out and told
really/very
her teacher about it. Miss Chan was sorry Ior her and gave her a card.
very
She Ielt much well aIter that and thanked Ior her card.

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