In this presentation you can practice adverbs.

2. I Adverb Search. Read the paragraph. Circle all of the
adverbs. Write the adverbs on the lines below.
Today I helped my mom cook dinner. We carefully cut the
vegetables and slowly placed them into a boiling pot of
water. Next, mom quickly browned the chicken and
patiently let it cook through. I eagerly waited for my next
job, which was to gently sprinkle spices into the soup. But, I
accidentally poured in too much cumin. I quietly told my
mom my mistake, and she sweetly told me, as a child, she
had coincidently made the same mistake.

3. II

4. III Decide what is the question to the adverb: HOW-
WHEN - WHERE.

5. IV 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) He’s always in a rush. I don’t understand why he walks so ____________
(quick/quickly).
2) I prefer studying in the library. It’s 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). She’s 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. It’s 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 didn’t ______________ (complete/completely) understand the
teacher’s instructions. Most of us did not finish the assignment.

6. Adverbs - quiz . Read the sentences
and in a separated sheet of paper
write your answer.
1. There are no adverbs in this sentence: The speech was
interesting.
A) True B) False
2. There is one adverb in this sentence: Their house is newly
decorated.
A) True B) False
3. There are 3 adverbs in this sentence: My son can run faster
than me now.
A) True B) False
4. There are 2 adverbs in this sentence: That shop always runs
out of newspapers quickly.
A) True B) False
5. There is one adverb in this sentence: A vegetarian never eats
meat. A) True B) False

7. 6. 'Sometimes' is an adverb.
A) True B) False
7. 'The' is an adverb.
A) True B) False
8. 'Could' is an adverb.
A) True B) False
9. 'Nicely' is an adverb.
A) True B) False
10. 'Soon' is an adverb.
A) True B) False