Adverbs Students

What are adverbs? An adverb is adverb is a word that modifies _______________________________________. Adverbs vs Adjectives The difference between an adverb and an adjective is the following: 

An adjective modifies a noun.: "John is ________ is ________." ." (The adjective tall modifies tall modifies the noun John) John) An adverb modifies a verb, an adjective or another adverb. : "That idea is _______ is  ____________ _____ ridiculous."  ridiculous." (The adverb simply modifies simply modifies the adjective ridiculous) ridiculous) "She sings _______ sings _________ __." ." (The adverb nicely modifies nicely modifies the verb sing) sing) "She did it ________ it ___________ ___ well. well." (the adverb really modifies really modifies the adverb well) well) 

Read the passage: Mrs Smith ________ Smith ________________ ____________ ____ called  called the police when she saw the criminals assaulting _____.. It was the most horrible scene that she the poor boy ________ boy _____________ had ________ had ________ witnessed  witnessed in her life. She had  ___________  ___________ lived  lived ________  ____________ ____ in  in that neighborhood. No one had ________ had _________ _  disturbed her quiet nights _______ nights  ___________ ____.. there" are adverbs. The words " immediately, aggressively, peacefully, ever, always, there" What are the different types of adverbs? Basically, most adverbs tell you how  you  how , in what way , when, when, where, where, and to what extent something is done. In other words, they describe the manner ,  place, or time of an action. Here are some examples: 

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He speaks ________ speaks ______________ ______.. ( adverb of _________.) I live _________ live ___________ __.. (adverb of ___________.) We'll leave _________ leave __________ _ . (adverb of ______________.) She _______ She __________ ___ sleeps  sleeps late . (adverb of _____________.)

Adverb rules: 1. Regular adverbs: Adverbs in English often end in -ly . These adverbs are formed by adding -ly  to  to the end of an adjective:

Examples:

Spelling rules: true → _____________ (the silent e is dropped and add ly) happy → ________________ ( y  becomes i  and add ly .)  possible → ____________ (e after a consonant is dropped and ly  is added.)  full → _______________ (after ll  and add y  is added.)  fanatic → _____________________ (after adjectives ending in -ic add -ally  - there is an exception: public-_____________)

2. Exceptions: However, this is not the only way to form an adverb. Many adverbs do not end in -ly. This is a list of adverbs that don't follow the rule:

Some adjectives change their form when they become adverbs:

3. Things to remember: Many words are not adverbs although they end in -ly . Here are examples of adjectives that end in -ly . Examples: a ___________ teacher a _____________ girl

an _____________ person a __________________ policeman

To decide whether a word is an adverb ask questions with how , where and when. 

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How does James speak Spanish? He speaks Spanish ______________. Where do the kids play soccer? They play soccer _________________. When did she write the email to her husband? She wrote the email ____________________.

Position of adverbs 1. Adverb of Manner Examples of adverbs of manner are "  ______________________________________________..." These adverbs come after the direct object or after the verb if there isn't any direct object. 

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He did the work ______________. (The adverb of manner ) He drove the lorry ___________________. (The adverb of manner .) He spoke ________________. (The adverb of manner.)

2. Adverbs of Place Examples of adverbs of place are "_______________________________________________..." Adverbs of place are like adverbs of manner. They come after the direct object or the verb.  

I met him ______. (The adverb of place ) He sat _________. (The adverb of place )

3. Adverbs of Time Examples of adverbs of time are " _________________________________________ Adverbs of time are usually put at the end of the sentence but they may also come at the beginning of the sentence. 

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I will show you the house ____________.  _________________, I will show you the house.

4. Adverbs of Frequency Examples of adverbs of frequency are "________________________________..." 

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Adverbs of frequency come before the main verb except the main verb "to be": I ________________ visit my uncle. o We have _______________ seen him pass by the house. o They are ______________ at work. o  ____________________________________________________  ______________ can also go at the beginning or at the end of a sentence:  ________________, they visit him. o I miss him _________________________ . o

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 __________ and ___________ can also go at the end of a sentence (often with "very"): We see them ____________. o John eats meat very _______________. o

Write down the correct form of the words in brackets (adjectives or adverbs). 1. Liza is (quick)

. She walks

2. Nancy is a (careless)

girl. She drives her car

3. The man is (nice) 4. He was (bad)

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. He behaves

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injured. He had

accident.

5. They can do the maths problems (easy) an

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. They think maths is

school subject.

6. Marie is a (good)

writer. She writes

7. It's a (beautiful)

drawn picture. it looks

8. Drivers must drive (slow)

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in this road. It is a (dangerous)

9. She smiled (happy)

. She had a

10. I did the homework (complete) (autonomous)

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road?

face. by myself. I'm an

student.

Find the adjective in the first sentence and fill in the blanks with the corresponding adverb. 1. James is careful. He drives

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2. The girl is slow. She walks

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3. Her English is perfect. She speaks English

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4. Our teacher is angry. She shouts

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5. My neighbor is a loud speaker. He speaks 6. He is a bad writer . He writes

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7. Jane is a nice guitar player. He plays the guitar 8. He is a good painter . He paints

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9. She is a quiet girl. She does her job 10. This exercise is easy. You can do it

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