LET US KNOW

Let us learn the describing words.

He rides his bicycle He rides his bicycle

carefully. carelessly.

The above sentences tell about how he rides his bicycle. Such words
that describe an action or verb are called adverbs.

An adverb describes a verb and tells how, when, where and how often.

How When

She walks slowly. He joined the duty yesterday.

How does she walk?___________ When did he join his duty?________

Where How often

He looked everywhere. He ate biscuits twice a day.

Where did he look?___________ How often did he eat?_________

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 A. Choose the correct answer.

happily sadly angrily

walks fast walks beautifully walks harshly

reads sadly reads joyfully reads angrily

speaks speaks speaks

silently rarely loudly

celebrate celebrate celebrate

sadly sorrowfully cheerfully

B. Circle and write the adverbs.

1. He laughed merrily. __________
2. We will leave today. __________
3. Suddenly the old man fainted. __________
4. I'm waiting here. __________
5. I drink coffee thrice __________

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 C. Pick and w
 rite the adverbs to complete the sentences.

loudly beautifully brilliantly bravely cunningly

1. My dog barks __________.

2. She won the game __________.

3. She coloured the picture __________.

4. The lion fought __________.

5. A jackal cheated the crow __________.

LET US LISTEN

Listen to the audio and fill in the blanks.

1. In North America football is known as __________.

2. It is a game with two teams of __________ players.

3. Fouls usually lead to a __________.

4. Two yellow cards are equal to one __________.

5. Yellow card is known as __________.

Note to the teacher: Scan the QR code to listen to the audio. Let the
children listen to the audio and answer the question. The listening passage is
given at the end.

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