ADVERBS of all types places, frequency.pptx

Learning Adverbs with activities

1. ADVERBS

2. An adverb is a word that describes the action. Eg : He works hard . Here the word hard describes how he works. Therefore it is an adverb .

3. The form of adverbs. In general: adjective + - ly Slow - slowly Exceptions in spelling silent e is dropped in true, due, whole y becomes i le after a consonant is dropped after ll only add y Adjectives ending in - ic : adjective + -ally fantastic - fantastically full - fully sensible - sensibly happy - happily true - truly The following adjectives are also used as adverbs (without modification): daily, enough, early, far, fast, hourly, little, long, low, monthly, much, straight, weekly, yearly, …

4. Write the appropriate adverb. careful - ______________________ secret - ______________________ beautiful - ______________________ foolish - ______________________ bad - ______________________ fluent - ______________________ angry - ______________________ dramatic - ______________________ scientific - ______________________ specific - ______________________ favorable - ______________________ humble - ______________________ simple - ______________________ full - ______________________ quick - ______________________ loud - ______________________ noisy - ______________________ complete - ______________________ normal - ______________________ surprising - ______________________ true - ______________________ shy - ______________________ busy - ______________________ proper - ______________________ lucky - ______________________ ready - ______________________ immediate - ______________________ thick - ______________________ carefully secretly beautifully foolishly badly fluently angrily dramatically scientifically specifically favorably humbly quickly loudly noisily completely normally surprisingly truly shily busily properly luckily readily simply fully immediately thickly

5. Find the adjective in the first sentence and fill the gap with the adverb. 1. Wasana is happy. She smiles _______________ 2. The boy is loud. He shouts _____________ 3. Her English is fluent. She speaks English ____________ 4. Our mum was angry. She spoke to us ________________ 5. My neighbour is a careless driver. He drives _____________________ 6. The painter is awful. He paints _____________________ 7. Jim is a wonderful piano player. he plays the piano ____________________ 8. This girl is very quiet. She often goes out of the house __________________ 9. She is a good dancer. She dances really _______________ 10. This exercise is simple. You _____________________ have to put one word in each space.

6. Adverbs of Degree Adverbs of degree tell us about the intensity of something. Adverbs of degree are usually placed before the adjective, adverb, or verb that they modify, although there are some exceptions. The words "too" , "enough" , "very" , and "extremely" are examples of adverbs of degree. 1. man / talks / fast / the / extremely ______________________________________________ 2. very / water / cold / the / was ________________________________________________ 3. almost / she / finished / has ____________________________________________________ 4. tired / I / am / work / too / to __________________________________________________ 5. food / enough / have / we ____________________________________________________ 6. is / she / beautiful / very _____________________________________________________ 7. quiet / coffee / my / is / hot __________________________________________________ 8. the / boy / school / at / scarcely / is _____________________________________________ 9. like / golf / playing / a lot / I ___________________________________________________ 10. rather / running / the / girl / good / at / is ______________________________________ Make these sentences right.

7. Adverbs of frequency Adverbs of frequency show you how often something happens. This can be always 100% or never 0% These adverbs can go before the main verb or after a form of to be ( am /is / are/ was /were ) Eg : We usually play cricket in the evening. Tharutha is never late. The adverbs often , usually , sometimes and occasionally can go at the beginning of a sentence. Eg : Sometimes I go swimming. Put the adverb of frequency in the right place. 1. He listens to the radio. (often) ______________________________________ 2. They read a book. (sometimes) ___________________________________ 3. Pete gets angry. (never) _____________________________________ 4. Tom is very friendly. (usually) _________________________________ 5. I take sugar in my coffee. (sometimes) ____________________________ 6. Ramon is hungry. (often) ________________________________ 7. My grandmother goes for a walk in the evening. (always)____________________________ 8. Walter helps his father in the kitchen. (usually) _________________________________ 9. They watch TV in the afternoon. (never) ____________________________________ 10. Christine smokes after dinner. (seldom) __________________________________

8. Adverbs of Manner Adverbs of manner tell us how something happens. They are usually placed either after the main verb or after the object Eg : He swim well . Saman ate the chocolate cake greedily . An adverb of manner cannot be put between a verb and its direct object. The adverb must be placed either before the verb or at the end of the clause . Eg : He gave us generously the money ( wrong ) He gave us the money generously. He generously gave us the money. Find the adverbs of manner in the following sentences. 1. Janaka reads his book quickly. 2. Meena is studying the words on the board very carefully. 3. Vinod is quietly singing the English song he learnt yesterday. 4. Mohan is smiling happily at his friend. 5. Lionel is sitting quietly at his desk. 6. Amal is trying hard to find a word in his dictionary 7. Yara is speaking clearly to her friend 8. Kajol is trying desperately to fix the air-conditioner. 9. Yasin is laughing loudly at the joke. 10. Thamara is looking innocently at the teacher.

9. Change the following adjectives into adverbs of manner and complete the sentences below. 1. Secretaries can type very _______________________ 2. Tortoises move so _____________________ 3. When children misbehave their mothers shout ________________________ at them. 4. When I'm in the shower I sing ________________________ 5. Barack Obama thinks ___________________________ about his future plans. 6. My dogs always play _______________________ in the garden. 7. When my room-mate is sleeping I talk ____________________ to my friends. slow loud quick happy quiet angry careful Adverbs of Place 1. John looked _______________ but he couldn't see the monkey. 2. I searched ________________ I could think of. 3. I'm going ________________to school. 4. They built a house ________________. 5. She took the child _________________. { nearby , back , around , outside , everywhere }

10. Make sentences and put the adverbs in correctly. 1. is / over there / the cinema - The cinema is over there. 2. inside / go / let's - ________________________________________________________ 3. the kitchen / downstairs / is - _________________________________________________ 4. playing / the kids / are / outside - _______________________________________________ 5. she / not / been / here / has - ____________________________________________________ 6. the bathroom / is / upstairs - __________________________________________________ 7. were / everywhere / we / for / looking / you - ________________________________________ 8. we / anywhere / you / find / couldn't - ______________________________________________ 9. ? / there / a post office / nearby / is - ______________________________________________ 10. must / we / walk / back home - _________________________________________________ Write sentences with the following words. 1. I told / is over there / the place/ you about. ______________________________________________________________ 2. can't / find / I / anywhere / her. _______________________________________________________________________

11. Arrange the words to make sentences. Place time expressions at the end of the sentence. 1. haven't / recently / seen / I / him - I haven't seen him recently. 2. I'll / you / see / soon - ________________________________________________________ 3. afterwards / met / at the pub / him / we - ___________________________________________ 4. help / immediately / I / need - _____________________________________________________ 5. was / arrogant / he / then / very - __________________________________________________ 6. ? / now / are / where / you - _____________________________________________________ 7. ? / to go / where / you / do / want / today - ___________________________________________ 8. ? / do / yesterday / did / you / what - _________________________________________________ 9. as soon as possible / you / him / the truth / tell / should - ________________________________ 3. were / everywhere/ there / people. ____________________________________________________________________ 4. She / already / there / with / the boys / is _______________________________________________________________ 5. I / to bed / night / late / last / went / very ________________________________________________________________ Adverbs of Time

12. Underline the adverb and say what kind of adverb is it. 1. They played badly. ___________________________________________ 2. We walked along the river. __________________________________________ 3. She sang well. __________________________________________ 4. Shirantha rarely gets angry. _______________________________________ 5. Please come here. ___________________________________ 6. You performed absolutely. _______________________________________ 7. Unfortunately we missed a great opportunity. ________________________________ 8. I walk slowly. ______________________________________ 9. I’m extremely sorry for your lost. _______________________________________ 10. Can you spell the word correctly. ________________________________ 10. hasn't won / lately / my team - __________________________________________________