ADJECTIVE OR ADVERB

Adverbs describe VERBS Adjectives describe NOUNS

He left quickly. It was a happy song.

RULE ADJECTIVE ADVERB

quick quickly
Most adjectives Add –ly nice nicely
beautiful beautifully
Adjectives ending with
Change –e to –y horrible horribly
–ible
Adjectives ending with -y Change –y to –ily happy happily
1. Change the adjectives into adverbs!
1) easy - 5) careful – 9) dangerous –
2) dramatic - 6) fast – 10) lucky –
3) slow - 7) short – 11) proud –
4) hard - 8) graceful – 12) sad –
2. Read the sentence. Circle the –ly word. Decide whether it is an adverb or an adjective. Write the
appropriate term on the line.
1) No one wanted to live by the smelly house. ________adjective_________
2) The people in the small town were friendly. _________________________
3) The boat sailed peacefully down the river. _________________________
4) The elderly man could not walk very far. _________________________
5) I like curly hair better than straight hair. _________________________
6) The soldiers fought bravely against the enemy. _________________________
7) The sun was shining brightly in the deep blue sky. _________________________
8) They visited their grandparents frequently in the summer. _________________________
9) We walked slowly down the side of the road in the rain. _________________________
10) The winter weather was chilly. _________________________
11) The wind blew gently through the tall trees. _________________________
12) She whispered softly in his ear, “I like you.” _________________________
13) The children enjoyed singing the silly songs. _________________________
14) They hiked tirelessly up the high mountain. _________________________
15) He smiled at the lovely woman as she walked by. _________________________
16) We happily joined the party when we finished working. _________________________
17) They sadly lowered their heads. _________________________
18) Jennifer smiled shyly at the students in her class. _________________________
19) We were upset when the man looked at us strangely. _________________________
20) My baby sister held her lovely teddy bear while she slept. _________________________
3. Write the correct word!
1) Marilyn is a ___________________ student. She does her homework __________________ .
(careful / carefully)
2) Our washing machine is very _______________ . It works ___________________. (silent / silently)
3) Alice is really a ___________________ girl. She always behaves ___________________ . (rude/
rudely)
4) Mike is a __________________ student. He answers all the questions__________________.
(clever / cleverly)
5) This man buys clothes from this shop ___________________. He is our ___________________
customer. (regular/ regularly).
6) Brian really walks ___________________. He is a ___________________ walker. (quick / quickly)
7) Sally ___________________opened the door and saw the thief. (slow / slowly)
8) Steve is my ___________________ friend. We always go out together. (close / closely)
9) Michael is a really ___________________ person. (kind / kindly)
10) Rachel behaved really ___________________ towards all the students in the class. (kind/ kindly)
11) That teacher treats her students ___________________. Nobody likes her. (bad / badly)
12) He looked out of the window _______________ as he heard a strange sound. (slow/ slowly)
13) He is a ___________________ painter. He painted our house. (good / well)
14) A crocodile lives near rivers and it is really a ___________________ animal. (wild / wildly)
15) John sang ___________________ at the party last Sunday. (beautiful / beautifully)
16) Sindy is the most ___________________ girl I have seen in my whole life. (beautiful / beautifully)
17) I understood the lesson very ___________________ today. (clear/ clearly)
18) These questions are very ___________________. (easy/ easily)
19) All my answers in the last Maths exam were ___________________. This means I answered all the
questions ___________________ (correct / correctly)
4. Write sentences using the given words.
1) Loudly _____________________________________________________________________
2) late _____________________________________________________________________
3) safe _____________________________________________________________________
4) dangerously _____________________________________________________________________
5) funny _____________________________________________________________________