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The only real mistake is the one from which we learn nothing. -- John Powell

Keep away from people who try to belittle your ambitions. Small people always do that, but the really great ones make you feel that you too, can become great.
--Mark Twain

Impossible is a word to be found only in the dictionary of fools.
--Unknown

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English - S1 Homework (Advanced) Adverbs

S1 English Homework. Exercise10.

Adverbs

Copy the following note into your jotter.

An adverb is a word that tells you more about a verb. An adverb nearly always answers the questions How? When? Where? or Why?

E.g. Ben ran quickly.

Q. How did Ben run? A. Quickly.

Most adverbs end in ly and come from adjectives.

E.g. soft? softly happy? happily busy? busily angry? angrily

Copy out the sentences below. Choose one of the adverbs to fill in the blanks . Only use each adverb once.

slowly loudly quickly angrily brightly

1. I want you to shout ______.

2. The sun shone ______ when we were on holiday.

3. The baby crawled ______ across the floor.

4. He glared ______ at the boy.

5. The girl ran ______ across the road.

Change the following adjectives into adverbs.

1. sunny 2. crazy 3. cosy 4. frosty

5. pretty 6. happy 7. sad 8. interesting.

Mrs D. Thomson