GRAMMAR 043 ADVERB

Exercise 43
Adverb

Tom is quick.
Tom walks.
Tom walks quickly

He is sitting there quietly.
(From Primary English-Casco n LG Alexander)

Translate these phrases!
1 sit quietly.
2 cry bitterly
3 smile broadly
4 shout angrily
5 whisper softly
6 sleep soundly
7 chatter noisily
8 blow strongly.
9 dance gracefully
10 speak noisily.
11 smile pleasantly
12 work lazily
13 cut himself badly
14 work carefully
15 open suddenly.
16 talk loudly.
17 say angrily.
18 say sadly
19 forgot completely
20 walk slowly.

Now, below is the list of comparative adverb...
Fill in the blanks with correct words.

For adverbs ending with -ly use more and most
as angrily as         more angrily than the most angrily
as brightly as           as carefuly as
as  clearly as
as happily as
as quietly as
as slowly as

For one syllabel adv, use -er and -est
as fast as faster than the fastest
as hard as
as late as
as long as
as near as
as soon as
as early as

These are irregular adverbs, you must memorize..!
as far as         farther than the furthest
as badly as worse than the worst
as little as less than the least
as much as more than the most
as well as better than the best

Underline the adverbs and translate
1 Ruth ate faster than all her friends
2 The baby is sleeping soundly now.
3 John walks as slowly as Jake.
4 He crossed the road more carefully than he usually did
5 My neighbour spoke more noisily than yesterday
6 The park is more brightly than the night before
7 I completely forgot my manner!
8 He wrote faster than Ruby.
(adapted from Casco Publication)