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Adverbs add extra information to sentences and can describe actions, modify adjectives or other adverbs, or indicate when, how, how much, or where something occurs. Common types of adverbs include those indicating manner, frequency, degree, and time or place. Exercises are provided to help identify and use adverbs properly in sentences.

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Adverbs add extra information to sentences and can describe actions, modify adjectives or other adverbs, or indicate when, how, how much, or where something occurs. Common types of adverbs include those indicating manner, frequency, degree, and time or place. Exercises are provided to help identify and use adverbs properly in sentences.

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Adverbs add extra information to a sentence.

They can describe an action (he listened


carefully) or modify an adjective or other adverbs (extremely rude, very slowly).
They can be either one word (sometimes) or a phrase (twice a day)

TYPES OF ADVERBS

They tell usThey


HOW
tell us HOW
somebody does
OFTEN something
something. happens.
We
Position:
make them Before
by
the main verb
adding ly to
the always smiles
*She
adjective (slowly)
After to be or
Position: auxiliaries:
-after the *She
verb is always happy
*She dancesSome
well can go at the
or the whole
beginning of the
expression sentence for
*Maria dances
emphasis (sometimes,
salsa well.usually, normally)

They tell us WHEN


things happen: *He
replied immediately
*I came back last
Monday. Position:
-after the verb
*She starts work
next Monday.
-whole expression
*Shes coming back
from France next
Monday.

They tell us HOW

MUCH something is
They
Theytell
change
us WHERE
the whole
things
sentence
or people
and
are.
make
done.
Position:

Position:
a comment
after
about
thethe
verb
situation.
if there Position:
isnt an
Before
the
adverb
or
object:
Any position
Peter
ran at
away.
the beginning makes the
adjective
theybut
After
adverbverb+object
more emphatic.
or verb+preposition+object
modify.
*I
*Luckily
saw aMandy
he found
outside
the the
car house.
keys.
*Shes
very
honest
person.
Iffor
they
*I
*We
looked
were
late,
Mandy
unfortunately
outside the
. house.
modify a verb,
before the main
verb:
*I ran but almost
missed the train.

EXERCISE 1 Form adverbs from the following adjectives and place them in the right column.

+-ly
Slowly

EXERCISE 2

-le

-ly
Probably

-y

-ily
Happily

-ic

-ically

Dramatically

EXERCISE 3

irregular
Fast

Underline the correct option.


Identify the type of adverb and write
M (manner) F (frequency) D (degree)
1-He sings incredible/incredibly well
T (time) P (place) S (sentence adverbs)
2-This story is incredible/incredibly!
careless / possible / hard / horrible / fortunate / lucky / frantic /
3-Lucky/luckily we got there on time.
specific / easy / basic / early / sad / terrible / merry / good
1-clearly _____
2-badly__________
4-He got up immediate/immediately
3-there ______
4-obviously ______
5-I hard ever/hardly ever drink tea.
5-lately ______
6-seldom ________
6-Tina rare/rarely goes to the theatre.
7-nearly ______ 8-surely _________
7-I like your sister very/very much.
9-hard _______ 10-really _________
8-He probable/probably got lost.
11-today _____
12-Hopefully ______
9-She didnt ever/even say goodbye.
13-much _____
14-joyfully _______
10-Oh dear! Im terrible/terribly sorry!
15-actually ___
16-hardly ever _____
11-Its a terrible/terribly film.
17-upstairs ____ 18-well ___________
12-My friend drives too fastly/fast.
19-often ______ 20-apparently _____
13-Marina is a good/well dancer.
21-just _______ 22-rather ________
14-Marina dances very good/well.
23-probably ___ 24-already _______
15-Fortunate/fortunately I won the match.
25-then ______
16-extremely _____
16-Ann is a very fortunate/fortunately girl

EXERCISE 4 Rewrite the sentences using the adverb in brackets.


1-Jenny went to the cinema (last night) _________________________________________
2-Im sorry about what happened. (terribly) ______________________________________
3-Prices go up during at Christmas (usually) _______________________________________
4-Im sure Im going to pass the exam. (quite) _____________________________________
5-Peter plays the piano well (extremely) __________________________________________
6-Sally hates alcoholic drinks. (definitely) ________________________________________
7-He started to laugh at me. (suddenly) __________________________________________
8-We thought about the problem. (carefully) ______________________________________
9-Mary was tired when she got home. (incredibly) __________________________________
10-I like watching television. (really) ____________________________________________
11-My grandfather speaks French. (perfectly) _____________________________________
12-I forgot to buy the salt. (In the end) _________________________________________

EXERCISE 5
Replace the underlined part of each sentence with one of the following comment adverbs:
Frankly/personally/unbelievably/sadly/luckily/generally/hopefully/apparently
1-In my opinion, I think people should work less hours.
2-It is extremely surprising but I passed my driving test.
3-Its fortunate that Peter didnt break his leg when he fell down.
4-To be honest I think you should give up smoking. Its bad for your health.
5-It is regrettable that we cant keep you working here due to the economical crisis.
6-It is supposed to be true that you can find a job easily but in practice it is hard.
7-I wish it becomes true that you will win the contest.
8-On average, it takes four or five months to get a driving license.
KEY

EXERCISE 1

+-ly
Slowly
CARELESSLY
SADLY

-le

-ly

-y

-ily

-ic

-ically

Probably

Happily

Dramatically

HORRIBLY

EASILY

FRANTICALLY

POSSIBLY

LUCKILY

SPECIFICALLY

irregular
Fast
HARD
WELL

FORTUNATELY

TERRIBLY

MERRILY

3-P
13-D
23-S

5-T
15-S
25-T

BASICALLY

EARLY

EXERCISE 2
1-S
11-T
21-T

2-M
12-S
22-D

EXERCISE 3

1-Incredibly
5-hardly ever
9-even
13-good

4-S
14-M
24-T

2-Incredible
6-rarely
10-terribly
14-well

6-F
16-F
26-D

3-luckily
7-very much
11-terrible
15-fortunately

EXERCISE 4 Some adverbs can have different positions.

7-D
17-P

8-S
18-M

4-immediately
8-probably
12-fast
16-fortunate

1-Jenny went to the cinema last night (last night)


2-Im terribly sorry about what happened. (terribly)
3-Prices usually go up during at Christmas (usually) (various positions)
4-Im quite sure Im going to pass the exam. (quite)
5-Peter plays the piano extremely well (extremely)
6-Sally definitely hates alcoholic drinks. (definitely) (various positions)
7-Suddenly he started to laugh at me. (suddenly) (various positions)
8-We thought carefully about the problem. (carefully)
9-Mary was incredibly tired when she got home. (incredibly)
10-I really like watching television. (really)
11-My grandfather speaks French perfectly. (perfectly)
12-In the end I forgot to buy the salt. (In the end)

EXERCISE 5
1-personally
2-unbelievably
3-luckily
4-frankly
5-sadly
6-apparently
7-hopefully
8-generally

9-M
19-F

10-D
20-S

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