Eagle Learning Centre Palembang: English Work Sheet Primary
Eagle Learning Centre Palembang: English Work Sheet Primary
An adjective tells about a noun. An adverb tells us about a verb. Many adjectives can
become adverbs if you add -ly to the end of them.
Change the adjective in the parentheses into an adverb by adding -ly to fill in the
blank. The first sentence has been done for you.
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Choose the word that best completes the sentence:
a) strange b) strangely
a) fluent b) fluently
a) nice b) nicely
a) terrible b) terribly
a) sweet b) sweetly
a) beautiful b) beautifully
a) pleasant b) pleasantly
a) nice b) nicely
a) extreme b) extremely
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10. He drove very __________because it was raining and the road was wet.
a) careful b) carefully
a) loud b) loudly
a) clear b) clearly
a) beautiful b) beautifully
a) terrible b) terribly
a) excellent b) excellently
a) objective b) objectively
a) perfect b) perfectly
a) slow b) slowly
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19. It’s __________that we’ve never met before.
a) strange b) strangely
b) awful b) awfully
Read the sentence below and fill in the word in brackets. Then decide if it’s an
adjective or an adverb and write the answer on the line.
To form regular adverbs. Add ‘-ly- to most adjectives. Adjectives ending in ‘-y’ change to
‘-ily’. Adjectives ending in ‘-le’ drop the ‘-e’ and add ‘-y’
good-well
fast - fast
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Change the words below to their adverb forms and write complete sentences with
them in the spaces provided.
2. (good) __________________________________________________________
3. (happy) __________________________________________________________
4. (terrible) _________________________________________________________
5. (excited) _________________________________________________________
6. (hungry) _________________________________________________________
7. (loud) __________________________________________________________
8. (nervous) ________________________________________________________
9. (fast) __________________________________________________________
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Martha eats the Pete waited................. She................... She waved her Paulo
berries ---------------. (patient) for the fish to (gentle) held the sign. flag................... (wild) drove ...................
(quick) bite. (slow) on the highway.
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She thought................ The box ................... They are listening........ He bite................... Anna............ (careful)
(dreaming) of her (complete) hid Jenna (intent) to the story. (sharp) into the apple. poured the hot tea.
prince charming. from sight.
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She stood.................. Vicky ................... ‘I don’t know,’ said the Carlo............... (tight) She ...................
(quiet) holding her gift. (glad) practiced her detective............ gripped the broom. (deep) dug a large hole
moves. (short) in the yard.
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