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LESSON 19:
ADVERB
Adverbs
• Adverbs are one of the four major
word classes, along with nouns, verbs
and adjectives.
• Adverbs describe how an action
happen.
Example:
He eats slowly. (How he eat?)

The baby sleeps quietly (How the baby sleep?)

How we identify adverb?
• We can identify adverbs through asking these
questions.
• How
• When
• Where
• To what Extent
• Why
Lets look at how these adverbs modify the verb flew

1. The eagle flew quietly. (how)

2. Yesterday, the eagle flew.(when)
3. The eagle flew here. (where)
4. The eagle flew because it needed food.(why)
Adverbs:
• Adverbs have many different
meanings and functions.
• They are especially important
for indicating the time,
manner, place, degree and
frequency of something.
Adverbs:
time I never get up early at the weekends.

manner Walk across the road carefully!

When we got there, the tickets had

place sold out.

degree It’s rather cold, isn’t it?

frequency I’m always losing my keys.

Exercise:
1. Hana sits ________ in the library while waiting
for her friend. (how?)
2. Jenny was tired therefore she walks _____ to her
class. (how?)
3. She was absent from school because she is not
feeling well _________. (when?)
4. The winter this year is _______ cold. (how?)
5. The women is angry and shout ______ to his
son. ( how?)
Answer:
1. Hana sits quietly in the library while waiting for
her friend. (how?)
2. Jenny was tired therefore she walks slowly to her
class. (how?)
3. She was absent from school because she is not
feeling well yesterday. (when?)
4. The winter this year is very cold. (how?)
5. The women is angry and shout loudly to his
son. ( how?)