Adverbs of Manner Exam

1 Adverb Formation. Fill the gaps in the table below. Adjectives 1 ____________________ 2 3 bad beautiful Adverbs anxiously ____________________ _______ carefully easily fast ____________________ well

4 ____________________ 5 ____________________ 6 ____________________ 7 8 hard ________

2 Choose a word in brackets to fill the gaps. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 They dance the cha-cha-cha ________________________ (beautiful / beautifully) She planned their trip to Greece very ________________________. (careful / carefully) Jim painted the kitchen very ________________________. (bad / badly) She speaks very ________________________. (quiet / quietly) Turn the stereo down. It's too ________________________. (loud / loudly) He skipped ________________________ down the road to school. (happy / happily) He drives too ________________________. (fast / well) She knows the road ________________________. (good / well) He plays the guitar ________________________. (terrible / terribly) We're going camping tomorrow so we have to get up ________________________. (early / soon) Andy doesn't often work ________________________. (hard / hardly) Sometimes our teacher arrives ________________________ for class. (late / lately)

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Rewrite the complete sentence using the adverb of frequency in brackets in its correct position. 1. They go to the movies. (often) 2. She listens to classical music. (rarely) 3. He reads the newspaper. (sometimes) 4. Sara smiles. (never) 5. She complains about her husband. (always) 6. I drink coffee. (sometimes) 7. Frank is ill. (often) 8. He feels terrible (usually) 9. I go jogging in the morning. (always) 10. She helps her daughter with her homework. (never) 11. We watch television in the evening. (always) 12. I smoke. (never) 13. I eat meat. (seldom) 14. I eat vegetables and fruits. (always)

Rewrite the complete sentence using the adverb of frequency in brackets in its correct position.

They go to the movies. (often) She listens to classical music. (rarely)

He reads the newspaper. (sometimes)

Sara smiles. (never) She complains about her husband. (always)

I drink coffee. (sometimes) Frank is ill. (often) I go jogging in the morning. (always)

She helps her daughter with her homework. (never)

We watch television in the evening. (always)

I smoke. (never) I eat meat. (seldom) I eat vegetables and fruits. (always)

He feels terrible (usually)

Rewrite the complete sentence using the adverb of frequency in brackets in its correct position.

They go to the movies. (often) She listens to classical music. (rarely)

He reads the newspaper. (sometimes)

Sara smiles. (never) She complains about her husband. (always)

I drink coffee. (sometimes) Frank is ill. (often) I go jogging in the morning. (always)

She helps her daughter with her homework. (never)

We watch television in the evening. (always)

I smoke. (never) I eat meat. (seldom) I eat vegetables and fruits. (always)

He feels terrible (usually)

List of Common Adverbs

abnormally absentmindedly accidentally acidly actually adventurously afterwards almost always angrily annually anxiously arrogantly awkwardly

badly bashfully beautifully bitterly bleakly blindly blissfully boastfully boldly bravely briefly brightly briskly broadly busily

calmly carefully carelessly cautiously certainly cheerfully clearly cleverly closely coaxingly colorfully commonly continually coolly correctly courageously crossly cruelly curiously

daily daintily dearly deceivingly delightfully deeply defiantly deliberately delightfully diligently dimly doubtfully dreamily

fairly faithfully famously far fast fatally ferociously fervently fiercely fondly foolishly fortunately frankly frantically freely frenetically frightfully fully furiously

generally generously gently gladly gleefully gracefully gratefully greatly greedily

happily hastily healthily heavily helpfully helplessly highly honestly hopelessly hourly hungrily

immediately innocently inquisitively instantly intensely intently interestingly inwardly irritably

keenly kiddingly kindheartedly kindly kissingly knavishly knottily knowingly knowledgeably kookily

lazily less lightly likely limply lively loftily longingly loosely lovingly loudly loyally

madly majestically meaningfully mechanically merrily miserably mockingly monthly more mortally mostly mysteriously

naturally nearly neatly needily nervously never nicely noisily not

painfully partially patiently perfectly physically playfully politely poorly positively potentially powerfully promptly properly punctually

quaintly quarrelsomely queasily queerly questionably questioningly quicker quickly quietly quirkily quizzically

rapidly rarely readily really reassuringly recklessly regularly reluctantly repeatedly reproachfully restfully righteously rightfully rigidly roughly rudely

sadly safely scarcely scarily searchingly sedately seemingly seldom selfishly separately seriously shakily sharply sheepishly shrilly shyly silently sleepily slowly smoothly softly solemnly

solidly sometimes soon speedily stealthily sternly strictly successfully suddenly surprisingly suspiciously sweetly swiftly sympathetically

ultimately unabashedly unaccountably unbearably unethically unexpectedly unfortunately unimpressively unnaturally unnecessarily utterly upbeat upliftingly upright upside-down upward upwardly urgently usefully uselessly usually utterly

vacantly vaguely vainly valiantly vastly verbally very viciously victoriously violently vivaciously voluntarily

warmly weakly wearily well wetly wholly wildly willfully wisely woefully wonderfully worriedly wrongly

yawningly yearly yearningly yesterday yieldingly youthfully