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Quizizz: Adverbs

Total questions: 45

Worksheet time: 24mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Adverbs can describe_____, ______, & ______.

a)

nouns, verbs, adjectives

b)

verbs, adjectives, adverbs

c)

pronouns, verbs, adjectives

d)

verbs, adverbs, nouns

2.
Which adverb best completes the sentence?
She ____ laid the baby in the crib.
**the adverb needs to tell how
a)
soon
b)
excitedly
c)
carefully
3.
Which adverb tells where?
a)
upstairs
b)
neatly
c)
excitedly
d)
later
4.
Which adverb tells how?
a)
soon
b)
here
c)
later
d)
neatly
5.
Which adverb tells when?
a)
early
b)
below
c)
accidentally
d)
inside
6.

Which adverb tells to what extent?

a)

inside

b)

later

c)

very

d)

kindly

7.
What is the adverb in the sentence?
Peter neatly wrote a shopping list.
a)
neatly
b)
wrote
c)
shopping
d)
list
8.
What is the adverb in the sentence?
My dog always barks.
a)
my
b)
always
c)
barks
d)
dog
9.

Adverbs modify verbs, adjectives or other adverbs. They often tell when, how, where, or to what degree/extent.

a)

TRUE

b)

FALSE

10.

Identify the adverb(s):

Ruben and Jeanine often write quietly on our white boards.

a)

write

b)

often, quietly

c)

boards

d)

quietly, white

11.

Identify the adverb(s):

Because she was tired, Kasey left early.

a)

tired

b)

early

c)

tired, early

d)

Because

12.

Most adverbs end with -ly.

a)

True

b)

False

13.

Identify the adverb(s):

My baby brother is sometimes too loud during the night.

a)

baby

b)

sometimes, too

c)

sometimes, too, loud

d)

my, baby

14.
Which one is an adverb?
a)
a
b)
big
c)
house
d)
clearly
15.
Usually you will find _____ at the end of an adverb.
a)
-es
b)
-ion
c)
-ly
d)
-ves
16.
Adverbs modify all of the following EXCEPT
a)
verbs
b)
adjectives
c)
other adverbs
d)
nouns
17.
Identify the adverbs:
John quickly explained the math homework yesterday.
a)
quickly, yesterday
b)
math, homework
c)
quickly, math
d)
John, yesterday
18.
Identify the adverbs: Sherlock Holmes slowly approached the mildly suspicious man.
a)
slowly, mildly
b)
approached, suspicious
c)
Sherlock, man
d)
slowly, approached
19.
Identify the adverbs: I am extremely hungry today.
a)
extremely, today
b)
hungry, extremely
c)
am hungry
d)
hungry
20.
I hungrily stared at the fresh pizza.
a)
adjective
b)
adverb
21.
What is the adverb in the sentence?
Kayla finally arrived at the park.
a)
at
b)
arrived
c)
park
d)
finally
22.
What is the adverb in the sentence?
The teacher said, "Write your name neatly."
a)
said
b)
neatly
c)
name
d)
write
23.
What is the adverb in the sentence?
The astronaut easily fixed the problem.
a)
fixed
b)
problem
c)
easily
d)
the
24.
Identify the adverb in the following sentence:
I reluctantly paused my quiz when the fire alarm rang.
a)
reluctantly
b)
paused
c)
quiz
d)
rang
25.
Identify the adverb in the following sentence:
At least I have time to finish my test I happily thought to myself.
a)
thought
b)
happily
c)
time
d)
least
26.
I'm always on time for class. I'm .... late.
a)
usually
b)
never
c)
often
27.
They .... visit their grandparents on weekends but this Saturday they won't be able to go.
a)
usually
b)
never
c)
rarely
28.
I almost never visit my relatives so I .... see my cousins.
a)
rarely
b)
always
c)
frequently
29.
I like it here.
a)
I
b)
like
c)
it
d)
here
30.
We played outside during recess.
a)
played
b)
outside
c)
recess
d)
we
31.

What is the adverb?

The player politely asked the official a question.

a)

player

b)

politely

c)

asked

d)

official

32.

What is the adverb?

The boy calmly took his final test.

a)

calmly

b)

took

c)

his

d)

final

33.

Which sentence is NOT correct?

a)

The boys slept heavily.

b)

They ran quickly.

c)

We worked hardly.

d)

He drives to work fast.

34.

Which word goes in the space?

We arrived at the airport too _____, so we missed the flight.

a)

lately

b)

late

c)

early

d)

fast

35.
We lost the football match 4-2 yesterday. I don't think we played ___.
a)
bad
b)
wrong
c)
badly
d)
worse
36.
… but the other side played really ___.
a)
goodly
b)
good
c)
nice
d)
well
37.
You drive quite ___ . I won’t be surprised if you have an accident one day!
a)
dangerously
b)
dangerous
c)
more dangerous
d)
dangerly
38.
“You’re late!” said Olga ___ . “Where have you been?”
a)
angrier
b)
angrily
c)
angry
d)
angryly
39.
The teacher spoke so ___ that the class couldn’t hear her.
a)
quietly
b)
quietely
c)
quiet
d)
soft
40.
This is a very important question. Please think ___ before you answer.
a)
careful
b)
carefuly
c)
carefully
41.
When I broke my leg, my friend Pam ___ offered to do the shopping for me.
a)
kindly
b)
kindely
c)
kind
42.
García Márquez is one of my favourite novelists. I think he writes ___.
a)
beautiful
b)
beautifuly
c)
beautifully
43.

An Adverb answers the question:

a)

Who, what, where, why, when?

b)

Where, when, how, to what extent

c)

Which one, what kind, how many, how much?

d)

What do you do, who does it, why are they doing it?

44.

Don’t eat so ( quick / quickly).

It’s not good for your stomach.

a)

quick

b)

quickly

45.

Could you please speak ( slow / slowly)?

a)

slow

b)

slowly