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Identifying and explaining adverbs

Look at these sentences. Can you identify and explain what the adverb is telling you about
the verb in the sentence? The first one has been done for you.

She sang loudly to the people in the room.


The adverb loudly is telling you how she sang.

1. The weather has been terrible all day; it has been raining constantly.

The adverb is telling you .

2. Please shut the door quietly behind you.

The adverb is telling you .

3. The parcel arrived yesterday.

The adverb is telling you .

4. I looked everywhere for my car keys.

The adverb is telling you .

5. Earlier I visited my mother in hospital.

The adverb is telling you .

© BBC 2011

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