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WORKSHEETS, ACTIVITIE S & GA ME S Adverbs Introduction

Activity Type Introduction

Vocabulary Exercises: This adverbs of manner worksheet helps to teach students how to
matching, word form and use manner adverbs.
formation, rewriting
sentences, binary choice, Procedure
gap-fill, guessing (pair
work) Give each student a copy of the two-page worksheet.

Students begin by matching sentence halves together and

Focus underlining the adverb of manner in each sentence.
Adverbs of manner
Exercise A - Answer key

1. e / fast 5. c / quickly
Aim
2. d / hard 6. h / well
To learn how to form and 3. g / badly 7. a / happily
use adverbs of manner. 4. b / quietly 8. f / heavily

Next, the students read how to form adverbs of manner from

Preparation adjectives. Students then practice changing adjectives into
adverbs.
Make one copy of the
two-page worksheet for
Exercise B - Answer key
each student.
1. bad > badly 5. angry > angrily
Level 2. slow > slowly 6. easy > easily
3. loud > loudly 7. happy > happily
Pre-intermediate (A2) 4. quick > quickly 8. messy > messily

The students then look at irregular manner adverbs and write

Time adjectives in their irregular adverb form.
35 minutes
Exercise C - Answer key

1. good > well 4. early > early

2. hard > hard 5. late > late
3. fast > fast 6. daily > daily

After that, students change sentences containing adjectives into

verb-adverb sentences.

Exercise D - Answer key

1. Ants work hard. 4. Alice cooks badly.

2. Mary sings beautifully. 5. Cheetahs run fast.
3. I drive carefully. 6. Lucy draws well.

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WORKSHEETS, ACTIVITIE S & GA ME S Adverbs Introduction

Activity Type Procedure continued

Vocabulary Exercises: Next, students circle the correct adjective or manner adverb to
matching, word use in each sentence.
formation, rewriting
sentences, binary choice, Exercise E - Answer key
gap-fill, guessing (pair
work) 1. angry / carelessly 5. happy / loudly
2. good / hard 6. heavily / clearly
3. awful / properly 7. carefully / easy
Focus 4. quickly / hungry 8. bad / quickly
Adverbs of manner
Students then move on to complete sentences with adjectives
from a box in their adverb form.
Aim
Exercise F - Answer key
To learn how to form and
use adverbs of manner. 1. badly 5. warmly
2. loudly 6. hard
3. angrily 7. late
Preparation 4. slowly 8. neatly
Make one copy of the
two-page worksheet for In the last exercise, students work with a partner. Without talking
each student. to them, students complete sentences about how they do things
and guess how their partner does the same things. Afterwards,
students go through the sentences with their partner to find out
Level how many of their guesses were correct.
Pre-intermediate (A2) Finally, find out which student had the most correct guesses and
review the material from the worksheet.
Time
35 minutes

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WORKSHEETS, ACTIVITIE S & GA ME S Adverbs Introduction

A. Match the sentence halves. Then, underline the adverb of manner in each sentence.

1. Joe was stopped by the police ........ a. and they played happily in the sand.

2. Tim is an excellent student because ........ b. so we spoke quietly.

3. I have a terrible voice so ........ c. so she ate her lunch quickly.

4. We didn't want to wake the baby ........ d. he studies very hard.

5. Ann was in a hurry ........ e. because he was driving too fast.

6. Her mother is from France so ........ f. because it was raining heavily.

7. We took the children to the beach ........ g. I sing really badly.

8. We couldn't go to the park ........ h. she speaks French really well.

B. Adverbs of manner are formed from adjectives and are used to describe the way
we do things. To change most adjectives into an adverb, add -ly. If the adjective ends
in -y, remove the -y and add -ily. Now, change the adjectives below to adverbs.

Adjective Manner Adverb Adjective Manner Adverb

bad angry
slow easy
loud happy
quick messy

C. Some adverbs of manner don't end in -ly or -ily. These are irregular adverbs. Write
the adjectives in their irregular adverb form.

Adjective Irregular Manner Adverb

good
hard
fast
early
late
daily

D. Change the sentences containing adjectives into verb-adverb sentences.

Example: Tim is a quick eater. Tim eats quickly.

................................................................
1. Ants are hard workers. ................................................................
2. Mary is a beautiful singer. ................................................................
3. I am a careful driver. ................................................................
4. Alice is bad at cooking. ................................................................
5. Cheetahs are fast runners. ................................................................
6. Lucy is good at drawing. ................................................................

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E. Circle the correct adjective or manner adverb to use in each sentence.

1. The teacher was angry / angrily because I had done my homework careless / carelessly.

2. Beth is a good / well student. She works very hard / hardly.

3. Our meal was awful / awfully because the chef hadn't cooked the meat proper / properly.

4. We ate our food quick / quickly because we were hungry / hungrily.

5. The happy / happily fans cheered loud / loudly when their team scored a goal.

6. It was snowing so heavy / heavily that I couldn't see the other cars clear / clearly.

7. I did my homework careful / carefully because the questions were not easy / easily.

8. The weather was bad / badly, so I walked home quick / quickly.

F. Complete the sentences with the adjectives from the box in their adverb form.

slow neat warm loud angry bad late hard

1. Sam was feeling tired because he had slept ........................ the night before.

2. The man was speaking so ........................ that everyone on the bus could hear him.

3. My mother shouted ........................ when she realised I was playing football in the house.

4. We watched the tortoise as it moved ........................ across the grass.

5. It was freezing when we visited Moscow last winter, so we had to dress ........................

6. If you want to be rich one day, you have to work ........................

7. I missed my first lesson today because I woke up ........................

8. I wish you would write ........................, I can't read anything you've written.

G. Work with a partner. Without talking to them, complete the sentences about how
you do things and guess how your partner does the same things. Then, go through
the sentences with your partner to find out how many of your guesses were correct.

1. I wake up ........................, and I think my partner wakes up ..........................

2. I eat lunch ........................, and I think my partner eats lunch ..........................

3. I do my homework ........................, and I think my partner does theirs ..........................

4. I cook ........................, and I think my partner cooks ..........................

5. I clean my room ........................, and I think my partner cleans theirs ..........................

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