Adverbs
Personal Information Name: _Class: _Class number: _ My Goal After doing this exercise, I should know how to use Adverbs of Manner. Watch this video and answer the questions that follow. She moves rapidly.The adverb rapidly tells h ow she moves.The bird flew inside.The adverb inside tells w here the bird flew.He plays everyday.The adverb everyday tells w hen he plays.An adverb tells when, where or how something happens. Today we will just focus on Adverbs of Manner which tell you HOW an action is done.We usually form Adverbs of Manner from adjectives.Exercise 1 Write the correct adverbs in the spaces given. Adjective (e.g. slow) Adverb (e.g. slowly) 1. careful carefully 2. quiet quietly 3. polite politely 4. comfortable comfortably 5. busy busily 6. happy happily 7. late late 8. hard hard 9. fast fast 10. good well Exercise 2 Complete the sentences below using the correct adverbs. 1. Bill did his homework carelessly. (careless)2. Karen did the work easily. (easy)3. The boy talks to his friend rudely (rude).4. Susan arrived late (late) for class.5. Robert shouted angrily (angry) at his little brother.6. You must wait patiently (patient) for your name to be called.7. The soldiers fight bravely. (brave)8. He can run very fast (fast).9. Peter sang the song well. (good)10. The little boy ate his meal hungrily. (hungry) Where should you put the adverb in a sentence? The most common position is AFTER a verb.She read quietly.My parents danced well.If there is an object, the adverb usually goes AFTER IT (the object).She read her book quietly.My parents danced the tango well. Exercise 3 Put the words in the correct order. e.g. laughs / Tom / loudly / . Tom laughs loudly.1. audience / the / loudly / clapped / .The audience clapped loudly.2. English / speaks / fluently / Penny / .Penny speaks English fluently.3. carefully / his / folds / up / Henry / clothes / .Henry folds up his clothes carefully.4. very / grandpa / slowly / walks / our / .Our grandpa walks very slowly.5. football / quietly / dad / match / the / my / watched / .My dad watched the football match quietly. Exercise 4 Make sentences using the adverbs given. Your sentence should show the meaning of the adverb. e.g. quickly: I was late, so I quickly got out of bed. Q1 'nervously' Q2 'honestly' Q3 'badly'