Adverb exercises-Adverb examples

1. Identify the Adverbs in the following sentences:
(a) She spoke softly.
(b) This athlete runs fast.
c) He often visits this area.
(d) You have been badly treated.
(e) He hit the ball strongly.
(f) The old man slipped and fell down.
(g) He is very intelligent boy.
(h) You never stole anything.
(i) Come now.
(j) Don't go there.
(k) Luckily, all escaped unhurt.
(l) He is certainly expected today.
(m) The soldier fought bravely.
(n) We hope you will soon be well.
(o) You did badly in the test.
(p) The bull attacked angrily.
(q) The Commandos moved silently.
(r) He was brutally murdered.
(s) They entered the Parliament house noisily.
(t) We should not treat any one cruelly.

2. Put suitable Adverbs in the following sentences:
(a) They came ______.
(b) You closed the door ______.
(c) The students fared ______ in the examination.
(d) The birds sing ______.
(e) You should not go ______.
(f) I can ______ believe it.
(g) The girl is ______ shy.
(h) I left the house ______ today.
(i) I don't decide anything ______.
(j) The principal spoke ______.
(k) We can ______ guess.
(l) The patient is ______ better.
(m) I ______ go to his house.
(n) The boys ran ______.

(a) Jhorna is happy. (She smiles happily.)
(b) The boy is loud. (He shouts ______.)
(c) Her English is fluent. (She speaks English ______.)
(d) Our mother was angry. (She spoke to us ______.)
(e) My neighbour is a careless driver. (He drives ______.)
(f) The painter is awful. (He paints ______.)
(g) Zahir is a wonderful guitar player. (He plays the guitar ______.)
(h) This girl is very quiet. (She often keeps sitting at a corner ______.)
(i) She is a quick runner. (She runs ______.)
(j) This exercise is simple. (You ______ have to put one word in each space.)

occasionally	sometimes	usually	rarely	once
very	never	mostly	often	always

(a) I ______ go to school at 9 o'clock.
(b) I have ______ been to Germany.
(c) I have been to Kuakata just ______.
(d) I ______ have a cup of tea after breakfast.
(e) My friends are ______ vegetarians.
(f) My grandparents live in Khulna. I visit them ______.
(g) I was ______ happy to see him again.
(h) 1 ______ go for a walk by the river side.
(i) I watch films ______.
(j) They ______ come to visit me.

5. Choose a word from brackets to fill in the gaps. The first one is done as an example.
(a) They did the work beautifully. (beautiful/beautifully)
(b) She planned their trip to Italy very ______. (careful/ carefully)
(c) He painted the wall very ______. (bad/badly)
(d) She speaks very ______. (quiet/ quietly)
(e) He walked ______ along the road to school. (slow/ slowly)
(f) He drives too ______. (fast/well)
(g) She knows the road ______. (good/well)
 (h) He plays the guitar ______. (terrible/terribly)
(i) We will catch the train in the morning. So we have to get up ______. (early/ late)

(a) is/ over there/ the cinema-The cinema is over there.
(b) inside/ go/ let's ______.
(c) the kitchen / downstairs/ is ______.
(d) playing/ the kids/are/ outside ______.
(e) she/not/been/here/ has ______.
(f) the bathroom/ is/ upstairs ______.
(g) were/ everywhere/ we/for/looking/you ______.
(h) we /anywhere/ you/find/ couldn't ______.
(i) there/ a post office/ nearby/ is ______.
(j) must/ we/ walk/ back home ______.
7. Fill in the blanks with the suitable time adverb. Do not use WHEN or IN.
(a) Titanic is the most beautiful film I have ______ seen.
(b) People of Bangladesh are ______ in favour of democracy.
(c) The wedding was celebrated in a community hall and ______ a party was arranged.
(d) It's only fifty years ______ the computer was invented.
(e) People ______ believed that women were inferior to men.
(f) Many painters ______ go to Paris to get inspiration.

8. Rewrite the complete sentence using the adverb in brackets in its usual position.
Example: I play tennis on Sundays. (often)
Answer: I often play tennis on Sundays.
(a) He listens to the radio. (often)
(b) They read a book. (sometimes)
(c) Lubna gets angry. (never)
(d) Piya is very friendly. (usually)
(e) I take sugar in my coffee. (sometimes)
(f) My son and daughter are hungry. (often)
(g) My aunt goes for a walk in the evening. (always)
(h) Rajesh helps his father in the kitchen. (usually)
(i) They watch TV in the afternoon. (never)

(a) He was driving and crashed into the car in front. (carefully/ carelessly)
(b) ______ the tiger appeared from nowhere. (suddenly/ slowly)
(c) The rain poured ______ and we took shelter under a tree. (heavily/lightly)
(d) The teacher told a funny story and the children laughed ______ (loudly/ softly)
(e) The dancers performed ______ and we all clapped. (gracefully/ clumsily)
(f) Why are you shouting ______ (loudly/quietly)?
(g) She has a sweet voice. She sings ______. (beautifully/ badly)
( h) Don't take a decision ______, think it over for sometime. (hastily/ slowly)
(i) The soldiers fought so ______ that the enemy troops fled. (bravely/ timidly)
(j) If you walk ______, you will not reach there in time. (slowly/ fast)