ADVERBS WORKSHOP

1. Add “ly” to the word in ( ) to form an adverb that tells how.

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Martha eats the berries Pete waited. patiently She kindly (gentle) She waved her flag....... Paulo drove slowly
- quickly . (quick) (patient) for the fish to held the sign. wildly............ (wild) (slow) on the highway.
bite.
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She thought........ The box completely They are listening He bite...... Anna.... carefully........
dreamer........ (complete) hid Jenna intentionally (intent) to sharply............. (sharp) (careful) poured the
(dreaming) of her from sight. the story. into the apple. hot tea.
prince charming.
2. Listen to the following song and complete the lirycs

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bcQwIxRcaYs
93 Million Miles

Jason Mraz

93 million miles from the sun

____people____ get ready, get ready
'Cause here it comes it's a light
A ___beautiful______ light
Over the horizon in to your eyes
Oh, my, my
How beautiful
Oh my beautiful ___mother______
She told me
Son in life you're gonna go _____far___
If you do it right
You'll love where you are
Just know that wherever you go
You can __always_____ come home
240 thousand miles from the moon
You've come a long way to belong ___here_____
To share this view of the night
A glorious night
Over the horizon is ____another_____ bright sky
Oh, my, my
How beautiful
Oh my irrefutable father
He told me
Son _____sometimes______ it may seem dark
But the absence of the light is a ______necessary_____ part
Just know, that you're never alone
You can always come back home
Oh oh oh
Oh oh oh
You can always come backback
Every road is a slippery slope…
3. Adverbs Detectives. (Read)

“A ruby necklace is missing from Ms. Gemini’s store! Below are

sentences from the detectives’ descriptive report written after
closely investigating the scene of the crime and interviewing
Miss Gemini.”

Using the following adverbs a. immediately b. happily c. purposely d. excitedly e. With

great care f. thoroughly g. loudly h. securely i. leisurely j. quickly, match the appropriate
adverb with the verb it would be best suited to describe.

Ms. Gemini noted that she _ quickly____ unwrapped the new ruby
necklace from its box around 3:00 p.m. __ With great care ___ , she placed it on
the velvet pedestal in the display case at the front of the store.
Her cell phone then __ purposely ___ rang from within her pocket. Ms.
Gemini shared that she ___ leisurely __ answered it since it was her sister,
who she was anxious to tell about her pet poodle Sophie’s latest
tricks. As she was talking on the phone, she ___ securely __ gathered all
the paper wrapping that the necklace came ___ thoroughly __ packaged in.
Ms. Gemini said she _ excitedly ____ put the heap into the trash can. She
then __ happily ___ sat back in her desk chair to chat about Sophie. She
recalls _____ staring at the photograph of the dog on her desk.
At 4:00 p.m. she _____ strode back in to the showroom to count
the cash in the register, only to notice that the ruby necklace
was no longer on display.

References: https://www.education.com/download/worksheet/149829/adverb-detectives-to-the-rescue.pdf https://en.islcollective.com/english-

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