Use Adverbs

Use Adverbs

​-       Adverbs describe verbs, adjectives, or other adverbs.

• Adverbs can tell how, when, and where.

1.     Types of adverbs

Example:

​- The boy is running.

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How is he running?

-> He is running slowly.

​- Use an adverb to describe a verb.

• Adverbs often end in –ly.

The storm came suddenly.

                    verb v

​-       Use an adverb to make an adjective or another adverb stronger.

​ He is running very/ really slowly.

Multiple Choice

Which adverb tells when?

• early

• below

• accidentally

• inside

Multiple Choice

How do we 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

​2.     Adverbs of manner formation:

Multiple Choice

We tried to complete these exercises _________.

• quick

• quickly

• good

• fastly

Multiple Choice

COMPLETE WITH ADVERBS

Harry is a bad player because he plays ...

• badly

• bad

Multiple Select

Identify the ADVERBS in the following sentence. Check all that apply.

Christian was signed instantly because he was quite talented.

• Christian

• signed

• instantly

• quite

• talented

Multiple Choice

Which adverb best completes the sentence? (**the adverb needs to tell how)

She ____ laid the baby in the crib.

• soon

• excitedly

• carefully

• often

Multiple Choice

How do you study?

• Hard

• Lazy

• Slow

Multiple Choice

Which of the following is the correct sentence.

• This shawl is ugly pretty.

• This shawl is extremely pretty.

• This shawl is beautifully pretty.

• This shawl is best pretty.

Multiple Choice

Which adverb best completes the sentence? (**The adverb needs to tell when.)

_____, I baked brownies.

• Yesterday

• Quickly

• Wisely

• Here

Multiple Choice

What is the adverb in the sentence?

The girls went upstairs to get their coats.

• girls

• went

• upstairs

• their

Multiple Select

Identify the adverb:

Ruben and Jeanine often write quietly on our white boards.

• often

• write

• quietly

• on

• white

Multiple Select

Adverbs tell about ___________.

• conjunctions

• verbs

• prepositions

• nouns

• adjectives

Multiple Choice

Identify the adverbs:

John quickly explained the math homework yesterday.

• quickly, yesterday

• math, homework

• quickly, math

• John, yesterday

Multiple Choice

Identify the adverbs:

Tuesday, Mark desperately tried to finish all of his homework before it was due.

all,

• Tuesday, desperately

• finish, desperately

• Mark, homework

• all, before