HOW? — MANNER
The dog barked loudly at the mail carrier.
What question does loudly answer?
Answer: How?
Adverb: loudly
We will leave tomorrow.
What question does tomorrow answer?
Answer: When?
The children played outside.
What question does outside answer?
Answer: Where?
I always eat breakfast.
How often do I eat breakfast?
Answer: always
The test was very difficult.
Which word tells us to what extent the test was difficult?
Answer: very
Maria carefully carried the glass across the room.
What is the adverb, and what question does it answer?
Answer: carefully — How?
The students already finished their assignment.
Identify the adverb.
Answer: already
The bird flew away.
Identify the adverb.
Answer: away
Identify the adverb:
She rarely misses practice.
Answer: rarely
The movie was almost three hours long.
What does almost tell us?
Answer: It tells to what extent / how close the movie was to being three hours long.
The students worked quietly during the test.
What does the adverb describe?
Answer: The verb worked
Which word is the adverb?
The team will practice later.
Answer: later
Which word is the adverb?
Come here and look at this.
Answer: here
Which word shows frequency?
We often read during class.
A. we
B. often
C. read
D. class
Answer: B. often
Which sentence contains an adverb that shows degree?
A. We arrived yesterday.
B. The dog ran quickly.
C. The soup was too hot.
D. The children played outside.
Answer: C. The soup was too hot.
Choose the adverb that best completes the sentence:
The athlete ran __________ to the finish line.
A. tomorrow
B. quickly
C. outside
D. often
Answer: B. quickly
Choose the adverb that answers when:
A. carefully
B. upstairs
C. yesterday
D. always
Answer: C. yesterday
Choose the word that tells where:
The students looked __________ for their missing pencils.
A. carefully
B. everywhere
C. yesterday
D. often
Answer: B. everywhere
Which adverb means not often?
A. always
B. frequently
C. rarely
D. constantly
Answer: C. rarely
Choose the word that best completes the sentence:
The backpack was __________ heavy for the young child to carry.
A. yesterday
B. extremely
C. outside
D. rarely
Answer: B. extremely
Identify the adverb and explain what it tells you.
The boy answered the question confidently.
Answer: confidently tells how the boy answered.
Identify the adverb and the verb it modifies:
The teacher recently announced the new assignment.
Answer: recently; it modifies announced.
Identify the adverb and explain what it tells us:
The puppy followed us inside.
Answer: inside is an adverb because it tells where the puppy followed us.
Put these adverbs in order from least often to most often:
always — sometimes — never — usually
Answer:
never → sometimes → usually → always
Identify the adverb of degree and explain what it tells us:
The student was nearly finished with the assignment.
Answer: nearly; it tells us the student was very close to being finished.