Adverbs give information about the time, place and manner of the action.

Most adverbs are formed from adjectives by adding ‘’___LY ‘’ at the end of

adjectives.

We can place adverbs in many possible positions in a sentence.

We can use adverbs to compare actions;

We can use adverbs to modify adjectives;

1. Jack is a heavy drinker.

He is always drinking

heavily.

2. Mary is a patient woman.She waits for the bus

patiently.

3. George is a reckless driver.

He always drives

‘’heavy, patient,

reckless, hard, wise, slow and steady are all adjectives that are modifying

the nouns.Whereas

‘’heavily, patiently, recklessly,

hard, wisely, slowly,

and steadily are all adverbs

describing action of the verb.

4. Peter is a hard worker.

He works hard all day long.

5. Hodja was a wise man.

He always spoke wisely.

6. Tortoise is a slow animal.

It walks slowly but

steadily.

Adjectives are words that modify or describe nouns.Adverbs describe or modify verbs and adjectives. Adverbs give more information about the action of the verb. Here are some examples:

I saw Jenny three months ago. I haven’t seen her since.When

She went to London to study English.

I miss her badly.

She said, she will return to Turkey soon.

but she must be speaking English fluently

now.

Where

How

generous generously

pretty prettily

sad sadly

glad gladly

quiet quietly

comfortable comfortably

Generously, he gives to the

charity.

He generously gives to the

charity.

Obviously, she doesn’t like him.She obviously doesn’t like him.

Rarely, Jane uses her mobile phone.She rarely uses her mobile phone.

Jenny’s shorthand is quicker than Mary.

Mary’s shorthand is neater than Jenny.

Which secretary’s shorthand is more efficient?

Jenny takes notes more quickly than Mary.

Mary takes notes more neatly than Jenny.

Which secretary takes notes more efficiently?

There are very many hungry people around the

world.

He is a highly reputable person in the media.

He was wrongly accused by everyone.

It is a well known fact that smoking kills.

Learning English is absolutely necessary.

I don’t like hard boiled egg.

1- Change the Adjectives into Adverbs

2- Change the Adjectives to Adverbs;

3- Choose the correct answer for the questions below.

Adjectives Adverbs

She is a patient teacher. She teaches ___________.

He is a good driver. He drives ____________.

He is a carefu l worker. He works ____________.

This is a free country. Everybody can speak ____________.

I want an immediate answer. You must answer ___________.

Be patient please! Can you wait ____________?

This egg is very hard. I don’t like _________ boiled eggs.

This is my direct line. You can call me __________.

1. Peter’s English is so _______ now. He began to speak English much more __________ after attending a

summer school in Bristol.

a. fluent /fluently b. confidently /fluent c. fluently /accurately d. fluent

/completely

2. We have to drive very ________ because it is snowing ________.

a. slowly / heavily b. slow / heavy c. slowly / heavy d. slow / heavily

3. The whole staff has to work very ______ if they are going to finish the project in _________.

a. hard / fully b. hardly / fully c. hard / full d. hardly / fully

4. Which of the following is NOT an adverb?

a. regretfully b. dearly c. lovely d. enormously

5. She is crying because she has driven so ________ on her test and she is going to fail again!

a. bad b. worse c. the worst d. badly

6. Jason is _________ sorry about not replying your call. He feels _________.

a. real /terrible b. terribly / terrible c. incredibly /terribly d. really /terribly

7. I am _______ again as I woke up very ______ and missed my bus. I have been doing this very much

______.

a. late/ later /lately b. late /late /late c. lately /late /later d. late /late /lately

8. The world was much more _________ place and everybody used to live more __________.

a. peace / peacefully b. peaceful / peacefully c. peacefully / peace

d. peaceful / peace

9. Your mum is shouting _________ again. Who made her _________?

a. angry / angrily b. angrily / anger c. angrily / angrily d. angrily / angry

10.Let’s get something to drink. It is a _______ interval and the film will start ___________.

a. shortly / short b. short / shortly c. shortly / shortly d. short / short

ADJECTIVE

ADVERBanxious normal wisegoodsimple cautious

ADJECTIVE

ADVERB

angry careful deep probable quick warm

ADJECTIVE

ADVERBfast efficient generous strange stronghard

ADJECTIVE

ADVERBusualhappy normal painfulclear free

1- a. fluent /fluently2- a. slowly / heavily3- c. hard / full4- c. lovely5- d. badly6- b. terribly / terrible7- d. late /late /lately8- b. peaceful / peacefully9- d. angrily / angry10- b. short / shortly