Adverbs

K: Know the definition of adverbs.

U: Understand the use of adverbs in sentences.

D: Create adverbs to suitable sentences.

What are adverbs?

In short, an adverb is a word which gives information about a verb.

Examples:

How? The students answered politely.

When? She played the piano today.

Where? The teachers are talking downstairs.

Many 'how' adverbs put -ly in the end of an adjective.

Example: Charlie quickly tore off the chocolate wrapper.

The verb action 'tore' is described by the adverb.

When an adjective ends in the letter y, change the y to an i and then add -ly to turn it into an adverb.

Example: noisy/noisily

Task Time

If you brought your textbook home, do write down the answers in the textbook. If not, type the answers in the comments section below this blog post.

Part A: Change these adjectives into adverbs by adding -ly.

lazy     silent     happy     scary     marvelous

Part B: Identify whether these adverbs are telling you either how, where, or when.

1. outside

2. tomorrow

3. cheerfully

4. yesterday

5. quickly

6. somewhere

7. before

8. lazily

Part C: Fill in the blanks with suitable adverbs.

1. Once the performance had finished, the audience clapped _______ to show what they thought of the performance.

2. The children played football _______ in spite of the bad weather.

3. The violinist played his violin _______ because he wanted to perform solo at the concert.

4. He ate the chocolate cake ______ after cutting himself a large slice.

5. The children went _____ through the park on their way to the swimming pool.

End Task

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