Virtuosos

Virtuosos

Adverbs in English

Niccolò Paganini

The first pop star...?

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TRUE or FALSE:

Paganini came from a rich family.

• True

• False

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TRUE or FALSE:

He was living at home when he wrote his ‘Caprices’.

• True

• False

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TRUE or FALSE:

His concerts were exciting to watch.

• True

• False

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TRUE or FALSE:

He earned £16,000 in 1831 while he was touring Italy.

• True

• False

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What is an adverb?

• Adverbs are verbs

• Adverbs describe nouns (people and objects)

• Adverbs describe how something happens and how an action develops.

• Adverbs are words that describe how people is physically

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How do we generally form an adverb?

• Adding -er + -est to the adjective

• Adding more + the most to the adjective

• Adding -ing to the adjective

• Adding -ly to the adjective

Adverb Types - Quiz

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How do they describe it?

Most tell the following:

• How (easily, quickly, suddenly)

• When (always, eventually, sometimes)

• Where (far, nearby, south, there)

• How much (quite, rather, very)

Examples of "How"

• The balloon easily rose.

• The balloon's burner roared loudly.

• Carefully, we climbed into the big basket.

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What is the adverb in the following sentence?

The captain warmly welcomed us.

• captain

• warmly

• welcomed

• us

Examples of "When"

• Recently, we flew in the balloon.

• Soon, the huge balloon filled with hot air.

• Sometimes, we watch the balloons fill up.

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What is the adverb in the following sentence?

Occasionally, it will be unsafe to travel.

• occasionally

• will be

• unsafe

• travel

Examples of "Where"

• We flew the balloon westward.

• We drifted eastward in the brisk breeze.

• We traveled farther than anyone else.

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What is the adverb in the following sentence?

We are traveling nearby this time.

• we

• traveling

• nearby

• time

Examples of "How Much"

• We were very excited.

• It was a rather fun trip.

• I'm quite excited to fly again!

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What is the following adverb in the following sentence?

My parents and I were rather nervous.

• parents

• I

• were

• rather

Now let's do some practice...

Choose the correct adverb to complete the text about Mozart! 

Multiple Choice

Mozart came from a __________ musical family.

• very

• always

• incredibly

• brilliantly

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He could play the harpsichord ___________ at the age of three!

• hard

• never

• brilliantly

• very

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From the age of five, he was writing ____________difficult pieces of music, and by the time he was eight, he had become __________ popular all over Europe.

• sometimes/rarely

• extremely/incredibly

• very/always

• occasionally/hard

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He had a strange lifestyle – he __________ slept in the same bed for more than three nights.

• really

• unusually

• very

• rarely

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He wrote some __________ successful operas, but __________ became rich.

• highly/never

• strongly/occasionally

• often/very

• briliantly/usually

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