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Adverbs Exercises with Answers

Practice these Adverbs exercises to improve your understanding of how adverbs modify verbs, adjectives, and other adverbs.

Exercise 1 – Identify the Adverb

Read the sentences and identify the adverb.

1. Emma danced gracefully at the competition.
2. The train arrived late due to bad weather.
3. Tom quickly completed his homework.
4. My sister speaks French fluently.
5. We visited the museum yesterday.
6. The baby slept peacefully in her crib.
7. She always arrives early to class.
8. David shouted loudly at the football match.
9. They will meet us there.
10. The stars shone brightly in the sky.

Answers for Exercise 1

1. gracefully
2. late
3. quickly
4. fluently
5. yesterday
6. peacefully
7. always
8. loudly
9. there
10. brightly

Exercise 2 – Fill in the Blanks

Complete the sentences using the correct adverb.

1. Lisa sings ______ (sweet/sweetly) in the choir.
2. The baby is sleeping ______ (quiet/quietly).
3. We will leave ______ (soon/sooner) for the airport.
4. Mark runs very ______ (fast/fastly) in races.
5. She spoke so ______ (soft/softly) that I could hardly hear.
6. Jack completed his work ______ (neatly/neat).
7. The soldiers fought ______ (bravely/brave) in the battle.
8. Emily finished her assignment ______ (quick/quickly).
9. The sun is shining ______ (bright/brightly) today.
10. The students listened ______ (carefully/careful) to the teacher.

Answers for Exercise 2

1. sweetly
2. quietly
3. soon
4. fast
5. softly
6. neatly
7. bravely
8. quickly
9. brightly
10. carefully

Exercise 3 – Choose the Correct Adverb

Select the correct adverb from the options given.

1. They arrived at the station ______. (late/lately)
2. He completed the task ______. (easily/easy)
3. The dog barked ______ at the stranger. (angry/angrily)
4. She writes essays very ______. (neatly/neat)
5. We go to the park ______. (daily/day)
6. It rained ______ last night. (heavy/heavily)
7. James drives his car ______. (carefully/careful)
8. The sun shines ______ in the morning. (bright/brightly)
9. He works on his project ______. (hard/hardly)
10. The baby laughed ______. (happily/happy)

Answers for Exercise 3

1. late
2. easily
3. angrily
4. neatly
5. daily
6. heavily
7. carefully
8. brightly
9. hard
10. happily

Exercise 4 – Rearrange the Sentences

Rearrange the following words to form meaningful sentences.

1. carefully / the / glass / handled / waiter
2. neatly / writes / assignments / Jenny
3. happily / danced / birthday / his / he / on
4. we / reached / safely / home
5. moved / the / slowly / turtle
6. storm / heavily / rained / the / during
7. speaks / English / fluently / John
8. morning / early / wakes / up / Lily
9. project / the / completed / carefully / team
10. time / school / on / arrives / always / he

Answers for Exercise 4

1. The waiter handled the glass carefully.
2. Jenny writes assignments neatly.
3. He danced happily on his birthday.
4. We reached home safely.
5. The turtle moved slowly.
6. It rained heavily during the storm.
7. John speaks English fluently.
8. Lily wakes up early in the morning.
9. The team completed the project carefully.
10. He always arrives at school on time.

Frequently Asked Questions

Q1. What are adverbs?

Adverbs are words that modify a verb, an adjective, or another adverb.

Q2. How many types of adverbs are there?

There are eight types of adverbs:

• Adverbs of Time
• Adverbs of Frequency
• Adverbs of Place
• Adverbs of Manner
• Adverbs of Degree
• Adverbs of Affirmation and Negation
• Adverbs of Reason
• Interrogative Adverbs

Q3. What are adverbs of manner?

Adverbs of manner describe how an action is performed. For example: quickly, slowly, happily.

Q4. What are adverbs of time?

Adverbs of time tell us when an action happens. For example: yesterday, today, soon.

Q5. What are adverbs of frequency?

Adverbs of frequency tell us how often an action happens. For example: always, sometimes, never.

Q6. What are interrogative adverbs?

Interrogative adverbs are used to ask questions about time, place, reason, or manner. For example: when, where, why, how.