0607 CCPASS S2 English Grammar Adverbs

Adverbs
Name: ____________________ ( ) Class: ______ Date: _______________
What are adverbs?
 They are used to describe actions, to modify adjectives or other adverbs in a sentence.
 Most adverbs end in “ly”, but there are many exceptions.
Examples: slowly / dangerously / early / fast / lately / quickly / well / badly / hard

What kinds of adverbs are there?

 There are different kinds of adverbs, including adverbs of time, adverbs of place,
adverbs of certainty, adverbs of manner and adverbs of degree. They are usually used in
various situations.

Why do you use adverbs of manner and degree?

 Adverbs of manner show how something happens. They are usually placed after the
main verb or after the object.
Example: She dances beautifully.
 Adverbs of degree show the degree of an action, an adjective or another adverb. They
are usually seen after the main verb but in front of the adjective or another adverb.
Example: She dances very beautifully.
More examples: fairly / quite / rather/ very / really / extremely

How do you change adjectives into adverbs?

 Some adverbs can be derived from the adjectives. They are formed in different ways.
The following shows the examples

Adjectives You should… Examples

With most adjectives + ly bad → badly
quick → quickly
slow → slowly
Ending in “le” -e+y gentle → gently
sensible → sensibly
terrible → terribly
Ending in “ily” Change y to ily busy → busily
easy → easily
happy → happily
With some adjectives No change or new word early → early
fast → fast
hard → hard
good → well
What else can we learn about the position of adverbs?
 The adverb should not be put between the verb and the object.
Example: She corrected carefully her mistakes.
 She corrected her mistakes carefully.
 Sometimes an adverb of manner is placed before a verb + object to add emphasis.
Example: Mary strongly said that she had not broken the window.
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Adverbs of Manner and Degree Worksheet ( 1 )

Name:_______________(___) Class:_____ Date:____________

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Complete the table below. 1%@
Adjectives Adverbs Adjectives Adverbs
1. angry ( ) 22. hungry ( )
2. bad ( ) 23. last ( )
3. beautiful ( ) 24. late ( )
4. brave ( ) 25. lazy ( )
5. bright ( ) 26. ( ) loudly
6. busy ( ) 27. ( ) neatly
7. careful ( ) 28. ( ) nicely
8. careless ( ) 29. ( ) noisily
9. clear ( ) 30. ( ) prettily
10. correct ( ) 31. ( ) quickly
11. dangerous ( ) 32. ( ) quietly
12. deep ( ) 33. ( ) regularly
13. dirty ( ) 34. ( ) simply
14. early ( ) 35. ( ) slowly
15. easy ( ) 36. ( ) skillfully
16. fast ( ) 37. ( ) softly
17. gentle ( ) 38. ( ) strongly
18. good ( ) 39. ( ) suddenly
19. greedy ( ) 40. ( ) sweetly
20. happy ( ) 41. ( ) weakly
21. heavy ( ) 42. ( ) widely
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Adverbs of Manner and Degree Worksheet ( 2 )

Name:_______________(___) Class:_____ Date:____________

Fill in the blanks with adverbs. 1%@ 10
Example : Their mother is getting angry.
She is speaking to them angrily.
1. John’s character is very strong.
He faces difficulties _________________________.

2. Susan is a very careful person.

She does her homework _________________________.

3. Helen is a happy girl.

She smiles _________________________.

4. Chow Yun Fat is a good actor.

He acts very _________________________.

5. Jack is a very punctual student.

He goes to school _________________________.

B. Put the following words in the correct order. 3%@

Example: Kelly Chan / energetically / danced
Kelly Chan danced energetically.

1. They / softly / talked

2. badly / The / boys / behaved

3. works / Jackie / hard / extremely

4. too / sings / He / quite / poorly

5. walks / rather / Steven / slowly.

Adverbs of Manner and Degree Worksheet ( 3 )

Name:_______________(___) Class:_____ Date:____________

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Fill in the blanks with adverbs corresponding to the adjectives provided.（1%@）

Mimi is a very careful girl. She does everything very carefully (careful). Her
bedroom is very neat because she put all her books, decorations, CDs, etc. very
1 __________________ (neat). It is also reflected in her studies. Her homework is never
done 2 __________________ (poor). When her friends ask her why it can be completed
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so 3 __________________ (good), she 4 __________________ (simple) says, “ It is
not that difficult as you think.”

She loves cooking and eating very much, so she gains weight 5 _____________
(easy). Once, she ate up five bowls of noodle 6 __________________ (quick) in a meal.
Although she is fat, she can dance 7 __________________ (beautiful) and run quite
8 __________ (fast). Mimi has a strong voice. She speaks 9 __________________
(noisy) while her younger sister speaks 10 __________________ (weak).

B. Read the following passage. There is at least one mistake / a missing word on each
numbered line. Correct it above it. (10%)

1 Two years ago, Sally decided to learn how to swim. She started to get up earily in the morning.
2 One day, when she had finished breakfast, she ran to the bus stop quick. Suddenly, she found

3 that she had forgotten to take her swimsuit, so she went back home immediate and missed the

bus.
4 After she arrived at the swimming pool, the coach knew that she was lately for practice and
5
shouted at her loud. She explained it to the coach and he did not accept it. Sally felt very unhappy
6
and could not pay attention to what the coach taught. She swam  badly.
7
When she was at school, she could not do her schoolwork very careful. She made many
8
mistakes. Miss Chan felt that she was  sad that day and asked her why. She cried out and told her
9
teacher about it. Miss Chan was  sorry for her and gave her a card.
10
She felt much well after that and thanked for her card.
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Adverbs of Manner and Degree Worksheet ( 1 )

Name:_______________(___) Class:_____ Date:____________

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Complete the table below. 1%@
Adjectives Adverbs Adjectives Adverbs
1. angry (憤怒 ) angrily 22. hungry (飢餓 ) hungrily
2. bad ( 惡劣 ) badly 23. last (最後 ) last
3. beautiful ( 美麗 ) beautifully 24. late (遲 ) late
4. brave ( 勇敢 ) bravely 25. lazy (懶惰 ) lazily
5. bright ( 光明 ) brightly 26. loud (響亮 ) loudly
6. busy ( 忙碌 ) busily 27. neat (整齊 ) neatly
7. careful (小心 ) carefully 28. nice (美 ) nicely
8. careless (大意 ) carelessly 29. noisy (嘈吵 ) noisily
9. clear (清楚 ) clearly 30. pretty (美麗 ) prettily
10. correct (正確 ) correctly 31. quick ( 快 ) quickly
11. dangerous (危險) dangerously 32. quiet (沉默 ) quietly
12. deep (深入 ) deeply 33. regular (定時 ) regularly
13. dirty (污穢 ) dirtily 34. simple (簡單 ) simply
14. early (早 ) early 35. slow (慢 ) slowly
15. easy (容易 ) easily 36. skillful (有技巧 ) skillfully
16. fast ( 快速 ) fast 37. soft (輕柔 ) softly
17. gentle (溫和 ) gently 38. strong (強烈 ) strongly
18. good (優良 ) well 39. sudden (突然 ) suddenly
19. greedy (貪心 ) greedily 40. sweet (甜美 ) sweetly
20. happy (開心 ) happily 41. weak (柔弱 ) weakly
21. heavy (沉重 ) heavily 42. wide (寛闊 ) widely
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Adverbs of Manner and Degree Worksheet ( 2 )

Name:_______________(___) Class:_____ Date:____________

Fill in the blanks with adverbs. 1%@ 10
Example : Their mother is getting angry.
She is speaking to them angrily.
1. John’s character is very strong.
He faces difficulties strongly.

2. Susan is a very careful person.

She does her homework carefully.

3. Helen is a happy girl.

She smiles happily.

4. Chow Yun Fat is a good actor.

He acts very well.

5. Jack is a very punctual student.

He goes to school punctually.

B. Put the following words in the correct order. 1%@

Example: Kelly Chan / energetically / danced
Kelly Chan danced energetically.

1. They / softly / talked

They talked softly.
2. badly / The / boys / behaved
The boys behaved badly.
3. works / Jackie / hard / extremely
Jackie works extremely hard.
4. too / sings / He / quite / poorly
He sings quite poorly too.
5. walks / rather / Steven / slowly.
Steven walks rather slowly.

Adverbs of Manner and Degree Worksheet ( 3 )

Name:_______________(___) Class:_____ Date:____________

Fill in the blanks with adverbs corresponding to the adjectives provided.（1%@）

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Mimi is a very careful girl. She does everything very carefully (careful). Her
bedroom is very neat because she put all her books, decorations, CDs, etc. very
1 neatly (neat). It is also reflected in her studies. Her homework is never done 2 poorly
(poor). When her friends ask her why it can be completed so 3 well (good), she 4 simply
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(simple) says, “ It is not that difficult as you think.”

She loves cooking and eating very much, so she gains weight 5 easily (easy). Once,
she ate up five bowls of noodle 6 quickly (quick) in a meal. Although she is fat, she can
dance 7 beautifully (beautiful) and run quite 8 fast (fast). Mimi has a strong voice. She
speaks 9 noisily (noisy) while her younger sister speaks 10 weakly (weak).

B. Read the following passage. There is at least one mistake / a missing word on each
numbered line. Correct it above the line. (10%)

early
1 Two years ago, Sally decided to learn how to swim. She started to get up earily in the morning.
quickly
2 One day, when she had finished breakfast, she ran to the bus stop quick. Suddenly, she found
immediately
3 that she had forgotten to take her swimsuit, so she went back home immediate and missed the
bus.
late
4 After she arrived at the swimming pool, the coach knew that she was lately for practice and
loudly
5 shouted at her loud. She explained it to the coach and he did not accept it. Sally felt very
so/rather
6 unhappy and could not pay attention to what the coach taught. She swam ︿ badly.
carefully
7 When she was at school, she could not do her schoolwork very careful. She made many
so/very
8 mistakes. Miss Chan felt that she was ︿ sad that day and asked her why. She cried out and told
really/very
9 her teacher about it. Miss Chan was ︿ sorry for her and gave her a card.
very
10 She felt much well after that and thanked for her card.