Adjectives describe nouns, while adverbs describe verbs,
adjectives, and other adverbs
For example.
She is careful.
The adjective careful is describing the noun.
For example.
She walks carefully.
The adverb carefully is describing the verb.
Adverbs and adjectives
Formation of adverbs Most adverbs are formed
by adding -ly to the adjective:
For adjectives ending in -y, -e, -ic, the adverbs are formed as follows:
Some exceptions:
Tips: Although they end in -ly, the following words are adjectives. NOT adverbs:
friendly, llively, lonely, lovely, silly, ugly
For example, a friendly person, an ugly duckling
Adjectives:
quick careless
heavy
comfortable frantic
good hard fast early
Adverbs:
quickly carelessly
heavily comfortably frantically
well hard fast early
Your notes are not very clear. Please rewrite them _ clearly .
Joan has a beautiful voice. She sings ________________________________.
Look at the heavy rain. It is raining very ________________________________.
Alex is a careless driver. He drives ________________________________ all the time.
The boss has a loud voice. He often talks ________________________________.
Catherine is an efficient office worker. She does her job _______________________.
James is a good student. He will do ____________________ in the final examination.
The sofa is very comfortable. I'm lying on it ___________________________.
John was very angry. He shouted at his classmates ___________________________.
My brother is a serious learner. He learns everything ________________________.
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Fill in the blanks by changing the underlined adjectives into adverbs.
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Helen has a beautiful voice. She always sings well. ______Adv________
The old man is walking very slowly. ___________________
The students are working hard on the project. ___________________
The bread is very hard. I cannot eat it. ___________________
Ken is a friendly person. ___________________
It is very cloudy. I'm afraid it will rain soon. ___________________
Clara is always reliable. We can rely on her for the job. __________________
Michael answered all the questions quickly. ___________________
The students are arguing angrily now. ___________________
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Read the sentences below. Are the words underlined adjectives or adverbs? Write adj for adjectives and adv for adverbs. The first one has been done for you.
Andy wrote his name neatly (neat/ neatly).
I can't see ______________ (clear/ clearly) because I'm not wearing my glasses.
Please speak ___________________ (slow/ slowly). I cannot follow you.
James felt ___________________ (hungry/ hungrily), so he ate some bread.
Walk ___________________ (quick/ quickly) or you will be late.
Paul is fit and strong because he eats ___________________ (healthy/
healthily) food.
Maria looks after her little sister ___________________ (careful/ carefully).
The teacher explained all the things ___________________ (clear/ clearly).
Terry shouted at his brother ___________________ (angry/ angrily).
The news made my parents ___________________ (sad/ sadly).
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Complete the following sentences by choosing the word in brackets. The first one has been done for you.
e.g. He works carefully but he makes some badly mistakes.
He works carefully but he makes some bad mistakes.
1. This soup tastes terribly. Do you cook it correctly?
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2. Ken is a wonderful singer but he dances very bad in my opinion.
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3. They are wonderfully tennis players. They usually win easily.
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4. Peter is a good skier. He skis fastly and beautifully.
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There is ONE mistake in each of the following sentences. Correct the mistake and rewrite the sentences. The first one has been done for you.
1. John is a dangerous driver. ________John drives dangerously.________
2. They are fast swimmers. ______________________________________
3. My mother is a good cook. ______________________________________
4. Michael is a careless driver. ______________________________________
5. Shirley is a hard worker. ______________________________________
6. Keith is a good football player. ______________________________________
7. George is a bad tennis player. ______________________________________
8. I am a slow writer. _______________________________________
9. Emily is a wonderful dancer. ______________________________________
10. My cousins are quick learners. ______________________________________
11. Sue is a serious worker. ______________________________________
12. Jackie Chau is a good singer. ______________________________________
Rewrite the following sentences using an adverb instead of an adjective.
The first one has been done for you.
1. Joseph speaks French very _ _well (good/ well).
2. Joseph speaks very _______________________ (good/ well) French.
3. We enjoyed the picnic because the weather was very _________________
(good/ well).
4. The car was travelling very _______________________ (fast/ fastly).
5. We all know that Michael is a _______________________ (fast/ fastly) runner.
6. Don't eat your breakfast too ________________ (quick/ quickly). It's not good for you.
Choose the correct word in brackets to complete the sentences. The first one has been done for you.
The children are playing happily (happy) on the playground.
Our holiday was too short - the time went ____________________ (quick).
The teacher spoke very ____________________ (soft).
My sister speaks Mandarin ____________________ (fluent).
The driver of the car was ___________________ (serious) injured in the accident.
Oh, I'm ____________________ (terrible) sorry. I didn't mean to push you.
The examination was ____________________ (surprising) easy.
James answered all the multiple choice questions ____________________ (correct) and got full marks.
Bill ate his breakfast very _________________ (quick) because he was in a hurry.
The boys ate the food ____________________ (greedy).
The children were playing very ________________ (noisy) in the classroom.
The shop assistants greeted their customers __________________ (polite).
You'd better stay a little longer. It is raining __________________ (hard).
You must answer the questions ____________________ (immediate).
Stephen always listens very ____________________ (careful) in class.
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7. Susan always arrives _______________________ (late/ lately) for class.
8. Hainan chicken rice tastes very _______________________ (good/ well).
9. Joan got _______________________ (good/ well) results in the examination.
10. My puppy's health is not _______________________ (good/ well) at present.
Fill in the blanks with the proper form of the words given in brackets. The first one has been done for you.
