Adverbs add extra information to a sentence.

They can describe an action (he listened

carefully) or modify an adjective or other adverbs (extremely rude, very slowly).
They can be either one word (sometimes) or a phrase (twice a day)

TYPES OF ADVERBS

They tell usThey

HOW
tell us HOW
somebody does
OFTEN something
something. happens.
We
Position:
make them Before
by
the main verb
adding ly to
the always smiles
*She
adjective (slowly)
After to be or
Position: auxiliaries:
-after the *She
verb is always happy
*She dancesSome
well can go at the
or the whole
beginning of the
expression sentence for
*Maria dances
emphasis (sometimes,
salsa well.usually, normally)

They tell us WHEN

things happen: *He
replied immediately
*I came back last
Monday. Position:
-after the verb
*She starts work
next Monday.
-whole expression
*Shes coming back
from France next
Monday.

They tell us HOW

MUCH something is
They
Theytell
change
us WHERE
the whole
things
sentence
or people
and
are.
make
done.
Position:

Position:
a comment
after
about
thethe
verb
situation.
if there Position:
isnt an
Before
the
adverb
or
object:
Any position
Peter
ran at
away.
the beginning makes the
adjective
theybut
After
adverbverb+object
more emphatic.
or verb+preposition+object
modify.
*I
*Luckily
saw aMandy
he found
outside
the the
car house.
keys.
*Shes
very
honest
person.
Iffor
they
*I
*We
looked
were
late,
Mandy
unfortunately
outside the
. house.
modify a verb,
before the main
verb:
*I ran but almost
missed the train.

EXERCISE 1 Form adverbs from the following adjectives and place them in the right column.

+-ly
Slowly

EXERCISE 2

-le

-ly
Probably

-y

-ily
Happily

-ic

-ically

Dramatically

EXERCISE 3

irregular
Fast

Underline the correct option.

Identify the type of adverb and write
M (manner) F (frequency) D (degree)
1-He sings incredible/incredibly well
T (time) P (place) S (sentence adverbs)
2-This story is incredible/incredibly!
careless / possible / hard / horrible / fortunate / lucky / frantic /
3-Lucky/luckily we got there on time.
specific / easy / basic / early / sad / terrible / merry / good
1-clearly _____
2-badly__________
4-He got up immediate/immediately
3-there ______
4-obviously ______
5-I hard ever/hardly ever drink tea.
5-lately ______
6-seldom ________
6-Tina rare/rarely goes to the theatre.
7-nearly ______ 8-surely _________
7-I like your sister very/very much.
9-hard _______ 10-really _________
8-He probable/probably got lost.
11-today _____
12-Hopefully ______
9-She didnt ever/even say goodbye.
13-much _____
14-joyfully _______
10-Oh dear! Im terrible/terribly sorry!
15-actually ___
16-hardly ever _____
11-Its a terrible/terribly film.
17-upstairs ____ 18-well ___________
12-My friend drives too fastly/fast.
19-often ______ 20-apparently _____
13-Marina is a good/well dancer.
21-just _______ 22-rather ________
14-Marina dances very good/well.
23-probably ___ 24-already _______
15-Fortunate/fortunately I won the match.
25-then ______
16-extremely _____
16-Ann is a very fortunate/fortunately girl

EXERCISE 4 Rewrite the sentences using the adverb in brackets.

1-Jenny went to the cinema (last night) _________________________________________
2-Im sorry about what happened. (terribly) ______________________________________
3-Prices go up during at Christmas (usually) _______________________________________
4-Im sure Im going to pass the exam. (quite) _____________________________________
5-Peter plays the piano well (extremely) __________________________________________
6-Sally hates alcoholic drinks. (definitely) ________________________________________
7-He started to laugh at me. (suddenly) __________________________________________
8-We thought about the problem. (carefully) ______________________________________
9-Mary was tired when she got home. (incredibly) __________________________________
10-I like watching television. (really) ____________________________________________
11-My grandfather speaks French. (perfectly) _____________________________________
12-I forgot to buy the salt. (In the end) _________________________________________

EXERCISE 5
Replace the underlined part of each sentence with one of the following comment adverbs:
Frankly/personally/unbelievably/sadly/luckily/generally/hopefully/apparently
1-In my opinion, I think people should work less hours.
2-It is extremely surprising but I passed my driving test.
3-Its fortunate that Peter didnt break his leg when he fell down.
4-To be honest I think you should give up smoking. Its bad for your health.
5-It is regrettable that we cant keep you working here due to the economical crisis.
6-It is supposed to be true that you can find a job easily but in practice it is hard.
7-I wish it becomes true that you will win the contest.
8-On average, it takes four or five months to get a driving license.
KEY

EXERCISE 1

+-ly
Slowly
CARELESSLY
SADLY

-le

-ly

-y

-ily

-ic

-ically

Probably

Happily

Dramatically

HORRIBLY

EASILY

FRANTICALLY

POSSIBLY

LUCKILY

SPECIFICALLY

irregular
Fast
HARD
WELL

FORTUNATELY

TERRIBLY

MERRILY

3-P
13-D
23-S

5-T
15-S
25-T

BASICALLY

EARLY

EXERCISE 2
1-S
11-T
21-T

2-M
12-S
22-D

EXERCISE 3

1-Incredibly
5-hardly ever
9-even
13-good

4-S
14-M
24-T

2-Incredible
6-rarely
10-terribly
14-well

6-F
16-F
26-D

3-luckily
7-very much
11-terrible
15-fortunately

EXERCISE 4 Some adverbs can have different positions.

7-D
17-P

8-S
18-M

4-immediately
8-probably
12-fast
16-fortunate

1-Jenny went to the cinema last night (last night)

2-Im terribly sorry about what happened. (terribly)
3-Prices usually go up during at Christmas (usually) (various positions)
4-Im quite sure Im going to pass the exam. (quite)
5-Peter plays the piano extremely well (extremely)
6-Sally definitely hates alcoholic drinks. (definitely) (various positions)
7-Suddenly he started to laugh at me. (suddenly) (various positions)
8-We thought carefully about the problem. (carefully)
9-Mary was incredibly tired when she got home. (incredibly)
10-I really like watching television. (really)
11-My grandfather speaks French perfectly. (perfectly)
12-In the end I forgot to buy the salt. (In the end)

EXERCISE 5
1-personally
2-unbelievably
3-luckily
4-frankly
5-sadly
6-apparently
7-hopefully
8-generally

9-M
19-F

10-D
20-S