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ADVERBS: FILLING THE GAP
Read the short story below. Fill the gaps using the adverbs below. Use each listed word once only, apart from the two
words that are listed twice.

| after | after | brightly | completely | excitedly | extremely | finally | happily | happily |

| hastily | how | later | luckily | quickly | really | slowly | suddenly | very |
It was a beautiful summer afternoon with the sun shining __________. I __________ phoned my friends asking
them to come over __________ for a barbecue.
__________ making the calls I __________ drove into town to buy some food and drink. When I arrived at the
shops I was __________ surprised at __________ busy it was. Everyone must have been shopping for a barbecue!
The first butchers I visited had __________ run out of sausages. The next shop had some left so I __________
bought some. __________ visiting a few more shops I had __________ finished my shopping. But I was starting to worry as
it was 6 pm and I had invited my friends to visit at 6.30 pm.
I __________ rushed to the car park with all of my shopping and threw it in the boot. __________, I noticed that
the cars were moving __________ out of the car park and there was a bit of a traffic jam! It was past 6.30 pm when I arrived
home and I was __________ worried. As I drove into my drive I smiled __________ when I saw my friends sitting in my
front garden.. __________ they had realized I was stuck at the shops and they waited for me.We had a wonderful barbecue!
A. Direction: Underline the adverb/s in each sentence
1. Their leader tentatively put one calloused foot on the grass.
2. She then gingerly placed the other foot down.
3. She paused, thoughtfully scratched her forehead, and then started to waddle quite gracelessly toward the dim light.
4. Soon, the aliens followed her but they hung back inside the door of the spaceship.
5. Suddenly, they heard a short, high-pitched yelp.
6. The youngest alien had stepped accidentally on the tail of a small furry creature, and both of them cried out
instinctively.
7. The little alien regained his composure right away and, curious about the strange creature, he carefully reached down
to pick up the frightened mouse.
8. The mouse, still terrified, dashed away.
9. It ran over the sensitive toes of several aliens who squealed loudly.
10.The resulting commotion distracted the group, and they didn’t notice the two young children slowly riding up the
creaky bicycles.
B. Direction: Unscramble these syllables to form adverbs.

1. ly cal si mu ________________ 11. od ri pe ly i cal ________________

2. to ly au mat cal i ________________ 12. cal let ly ath i ________________
3. mo al e ly tion ________________ 13. i cif cal spe ly ________________
4. dem ly a i ca cal ________________ 14. den in tal ly ci ________________
5. ti sen ly tal men ________________ 15. ti ly fran cal ________________
6. cal ti mis op ly ti ________________ 16. cal i tor ly his ________________
7. al di tion ly tra ________________ 17. ly sar cal cas ti ________________
8. ti ly cal dras ________________ 18. per tal tem ly a men ________________
9. mat dra ly i cal ________________ 19. ly na al tion ________________
10. ly tal den ci ac ________________ 20. man cal ro ly ti ________________
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ANSWERS: Direction: Underline the adverb/s in each sentence
1. Their leader tentatively put one calloused foot on the grass.
2. She then gingerly placed the other foot down.
3. She paused, thoughtfully scratched her forehead, and then started to waddle quite gracelessly toward the dim light.
4. Soon, the aliens followed her but they hung back inside the door of the spaceship.
5. Suddenly, they heard a short, high-pitched yelp.
6. The youngest alien had stepped accidentally on the tail of a small furry creature, and both of them cried out
instinctively.
7. The little alien regained his composure right away and, curious about the strange creature, he carefully reached down
to pick up the frightened mouse.
8. The mouse, still terrified, dashed away.
9. It ran over the sensitive toes of several aliens who squealed loudly.
10.The resulting commotion distracted the group, and they didn’t notice the two young children slowly riding up the
creaky bicycles.
ANSWERS: Direction: Unscramble these syllables to form adverbs.
1. musically 11. periodically
2. automatically 12. athletically
3. emotionally 13. specifically
4. academically 14. incidentally
5. sentimentally 15. frantically
6. optimistically 16. historically
7. traditionally 17. sarcastically
8. drastically 18. temperamentally
9. dramatically 19. nationally
10. accidentally 20. romantically