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to the meaning of
a verb, an adions
verb. They add (add+
verb) ctive
Adverbs tell us more about a

or another adverb. takes place.

often an action
when and how
Adverbs tell us how, where,

How did you lose

the watch?
Father :
Dad.
Sara dropped somewhere,
it
Father: Where did it fall?

Somewhere here.
Sara :

Father When did this happen?

I think it was this morning.
Sara
to be careful.
Father How many times I've told you
So sorry, Dad.
Sara
understand.
Read these sentences aloud in order to
how was the action done?
The guard blew his whistle loudhy.-
where was the action done?
The thiefis hiding upstairs.
when was the action done?
Ileft home early.
He alwas shuts the door- how often was the action done?
The words loudly, upstairs, early and always tell us something more about the verbs blew,
hiding, left and shuts. These words are called adverbs.
We will study four types ofadverbs:
O Adverbs of Manner how an action takes place
O Adverbs of Place where an action takes place de b
O Adverbs ofTime when an action takes place.
O Adverbs of Frequency how often an action takes place.
Adverbs of Manner
n Adverbs of Manner are also called How -adverbs.
Asha sangsweetly
LL How did Asha sing? - sweetly. The adverb sweetly describes the manner in which she ng
(verb).
 Adverbs of manner belong to the biggest group of adverbs.

of the adverbs ofmannerend by adding/ly/ to the adjective.

Most
Most
with your spellings. Consult
Form adverbs by adding/ly/ to these adjectives. Be careful
the dictionary ifin doubt.

1. easy 6. full
2. loud 7. loving
sweet 8. real
3.
4 cheerful *eY*******a
9. sound

5. careful 10. recent

Fill in the blanks with some oftheadverbs you have just formed in the previous exercise
also be placed in mid
Adverbs ofmanner are usually placed at the end of a sentence but they may
middle ofa sentence).
position (in the
drove the car most.
********

1. It was raining and the roads were slippery. So she

2. heard the news that she has gone abroad.

3 All babies sleep

4. The boy could ....do all the sums and faced no difficulty.
Mr. Mathew spokeso.. that he woke up everyone.
5. . . .

all the way to the picnic spot.

6. We students sang
behaviour.
7. 1am snnsna. Sorry. Please excusemy
within minute he had
. . to the angry neighbour that
a
8. Aunty spoke s o .
calmed down.

However, all adverbs ofmannerdo not end in /ly/.

Words like hard. fast. just, well, are also adverbs ofmanner.

Make oral sentences with these adverbs and put them

to memory.

Adverbs of Place
Adverbs of Place answer the question Where?

Read and learn some more common adverbs ofplace.

Adverbs of Place usually go in end position i.e. at the end ofa sentence
here there up down near

upstairs downstairs indoors nowhere away

anywhere everywhere somewhere outside inside
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 blanks.
Write Adverbs of Place in the
Sit next to me.
Come.
.He s a w a spider
on the ceiling.
low.
2. Fatherlooked.. have
searched high and
found. We
The puppy is.
o be
the trees and the roads
3. covered the lawn,
* o a 4 * * * * *

.
It soon

4. The snow was falling searched for them

. .

?Ihave

5. Can you see my spectacles

the lawn.
It's very hot in
6. Let's go..
.

7. Iam free thisevening. Let's

go. live.. a forest
far . I remember they
8. Their residence is
(close to)
Adverbs of Time

called When Adverbs.

Adverbs of Time also are
something took place.
adverbs which tell us when
Read aloud few ofthese
a
now
later today
late SOon early
daily immediately
then morning formerly lately
but adverbs like
i.e. at the end ofa
sentence

Adverbs of Time are usually placed in end position-

soon and now may go in the middle of a sentence.
sentences.
fill in the blanks in these
D.Use adverbs oftime to dinner.
We have guests coming o v e r for
1. Come home. . .

2. Iam sorry but I will be.

***** *** *

3. Tell me the truth right.

Dona said she would come but . on, she changed her mind.
4. * *

upon a time, there lived a handsome prince.

5. ****

6. I phoned the doctor and he came

7. Iarrivedin the ..* *****

8 Igetthe newspapers.
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n Adverbs of Frequency
Adverbs of Frequency ask the question How often?
Adverbs of Frequency are usually placed in mid position i.e. in the middle ofa sentence but they
may also be placed in front or end positions.

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 Tinderline the Adverbs of Frequency in these sentences.
W e often go out for dinner.
9Twice the man struck the boy.

3. I rarely eat fish. /I eat fish rarely.

and the roads
4. Occasionally, we go to watch a film in a theatre.

5. Every day we gojogging. /We gojogging every day.

6. Sometimes, I feel very weak./Ifeel very weak sometimes.
We must always speak the truth./Always speak the truth.
to our village once.
...-.a forest 8. The minister came once to our village./The
minister came

Position of Adverbs
sometimes, rarely, seldom,
used Adverbs are usually, always, often,
The most commonly
never, ever.

Where do adverbs go
in a sentence?
are called the front
position (at the
There are three places where an adverb can go. They the end of a
and the end position (at
the mid position (in the middle of a sentence)
beginning),
sentence)
dverbs like
(Theadverbs are underlined).
Front Middle End
Then the man quickly walked away

Outside it w a s really raining hard

between the verb and the direct object.
O An adverb does not usually go in

It is placed after the object.

(The objects have been underlined).
Tate my breakfast quickly. (NotI quickly atemy breakfast).
Weplayed scrabbleyesterday. (Not We yesterday played scrabble).
O For/be/ verbs like is, am, are, was, were, we place the Adverb of Time after the verb.

l am seldom late for my music lessons. We are always hopeful.

LO

O Too/Very-Note the difference.

It is too hot to
go out,= So we cannot go Out. L
Itis very hot.
but they =But we can still go out.