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    Adverbs are words that modify verbs, adjectives, and other adverbs by describing manner, place, or time. They often answer how, where, or when questions. For example, the adverb "badly" modifies the verb "plays" in "Luke plays the piano badly" by describing how Luke plays. The adverb "very" modifies the adjective "difficult" in "the class is very difficult" by describing how difficult the class is. Adverbs are formed by adding -ly to adjectives. For example, "quiet" becomes the adverb "quietly." Adverbs are used to modify verbs, adjectives, and other adverbs, while adjectives are used

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    Adverbs are words that modify verbs, adjectives, and other adverbs by describing manner, place, or time. They often answer how, where, or when questions. For example, the adverb "badly" modifies the verb "plays" in "Luke plays the piano badly" by describing how Luke plays. The adverb "very" modifies the adjective "difficult" in "the class is very difficult" by describing how difficult the class is. Adverbs are formed by adding -ly to adjectives. For example, "quiet" becomes the adverb "quietly." Adverbs are used to modify verbs, adjectives, and other adverbs, while adjectives are used

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    Adverbs are words that modify verbs, adjectives, and other adverbs by describing manner, place, or time. They often answer how, where, or when questions. For example, the adverb "badly" modifies the verb "plays" in "Luke plays the piano badly" by describing how Luke plays. The adverb "very" modifies the adjective "difficult" in "the class is very difficult" by describing how difficult the class is. Adverbs are formed by adding -ly to adjectives. For example, "quiet" becomes the adverb "quietly." Adverbs are used to modify verbs, adjectives, and other adverbs, while adjectives are used

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    Adverbs are words that modify verbs, adjectives, and other adverbs by describing manner, place, or time. They often answer how, where, or when questions. For example, the adverb "badly" modifies the verb "plays" in "Luke plays the piano badly" by describing how Luke plays. The adverb "very" modifies the adjective "difficult" in "the class is very difficult" by describing how difficult the class is. Adverbs are formed by adding -ly to adjectives. For example, "quiet" becomes the adverb "quietly." Adverbs are used to modify verbs, adjectives, and other adverbs, while adjectives are used

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    Adverbs are words that describe or modify verbs and sometimes adjectives and

    other adverbs. They often answer the questions HOW, WHERE, or WHEN.

    For example:

    Even after one year of lessons, Luke plays the piano badly.

    Badly is an adverb that modifies the verb play and tells us how Luke plays
    the piano.

    The class is very difficult. Many students dont pass it.


    Very is an adverb that modifies the adjective difficult and tells us how
    difficult the class is.

    1. Fill in the Gap - Complete the sentences with the best adverb.

    Hint: Not every adverb is needed.

    slowly carefully beautifully well loudly carelessly easily


    excitedly finally suddenly quickly quietly

    1. Come here ____________. You have to see this!


    2. We knew that she had got the job when we saw her _________ talking on
    the phone.
    3. He ______________ put the vase on the table. It fell to the floor.
    4. Sharon is throwing a party on Saturday. She ___________ finished her
    PhD.
    5. Lets walk ________________. I dont want to be the first one at the
    meeting.
    6. Alex _____________ put up the bookshelves. It was too difficult for me
    to do on my own.
    7. Every thing happened so ______________. We had to move to California
    in less than a month.
    8. Why does he always have to talk so ____________. You can hear him in
    the next room!
    9. Although she speaks five languages, she did not do ___________ on the
    translation exam.
    10. I was so surprised. His new apartment was _____________ decorated.

    Answer Key: 1. quickly, 2. excitedly, 3. carelessly, 4. finally, 5. slowly, 6.


    easily, 7. suddenly, 8. loudly, 9. well, 10. beautifully

    2. Adverb or Adjective?

    Complete the sentence using an adjective or adverb.

    To make adverbs we often add ly at the end of an adjective (words that


    describe a noun)

    Example: beautiful (adjective) girl (noun)

    beautiful + ly = beautifully (adverb)

    1. Hes always in a rush. I dont understand why he walks so ____________


    (quick/quickly).
    2. I prefer studying in the library. Its always_______________
    (quiet/quietly).
    3. Michael __________ (happy/happily) took the assistant job. He had been
    looking for a position all summer.
    4. Marta dances _____________ (beautiful/beautifully). Shes been taking
    ballet since she was five years old.
    5. They speak French very ____________ (good/well). They lived in France
    for two years.
    6. My neighbor always plays ___________ (loud/loudly) music on the
    weekends. Its so annoying.
    7. Please be __________ (careful/carefully) in the hallway. The walls have
    just been painted.
    8. Dan is very smart, but he is not a very___________ (good/well) student.
    9. He reacted __________ (angry/angrily) to the news. I have never seen
    him so upset.
    10. We didnt ______________ (complete/completely) understand the
    teachers instructions. Most of us did not finish the assignment.

    Answer Key: 1. quickly, 2. quiet, 3. happily, 4. beautifully, 5. well, 6. loud, 7.


    careful, 8. good, 9. angrily, 10. completely

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