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Adverbs
Look carefully at the following sentences.
The words in green are verbs and the
words in red are adverbs.
What job do you think the adverbs do in
the sentence?

She
The
Hastily,
He carefully
teacher
ranIthrough
pushed
sighed
readthe
my
the
wearily.
streets
work
words
into
quickly.
onmy
the
card.
bag.
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Adverbs
The adverb describes the verb. Click on
the adverbs to change this sentence.

I walked confidently
warily through the dark
slowly
briskly
streets of Cardiff.

briskly slowly confidently warily

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Adverbs
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The girl danced energetically

energetically to the
music.

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Happily, he accepted the award.

Happily

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He drove too fast along the motorway.

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The children were really excited.

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He devoured the cake greedily

greedily.

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Adverbs
Choose your own adverb to complete
these sentences.
........... I walked towards the door.
Please answer the questions as ........
as possible.
Mr Jones answered the phone and
sighed .........
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