Adverbs Rules, Examples and Exercises

Adverbs are words that give us more information about verbs. Adverbs of time, place and manner tell us how, when, or where things take place. Most but not all adverbs end in “-ly”.The ones that do are mostly derived from adjectives.

Examples:

Susan sings.(the word ‘sings’ is the verb in this sentence)

Susan sings loudly.(the word ‘loudly’ is an adverb in this sentence and tells how Susan sings)

Examples:

Adverb	Sentence	How	When	Where
Easily	Dan solved all the sums easily.	√
Yesterday	They watched the film Yesterday.		√
Happily	The dog ate the bone happily	√
Upstairs	Greg and Tina are studying upstairs.			√
Loudly	Mr. Lee spoke loudly.	√
Outside	The children are playing outside.			√
Carefully	Larry carried the eggs carefully.	√
Quietly	The mouse nibbled on the cheese quietly.	√
Sadly	The widow sobbed sadly.	√
Angrily	Bob slammed the door angrily.	√
Beautifully	Peter painted the landscape beautifully.	√
Comfortably	Grandpa sat in his chair comfortably.	√
Nicely	The waitress served the guests nicely.	√
Tomorrow	We will go on a picnic tomorrow.		√
Inside	Tea has been arranged inside.			√
Greedily	The boy ate all the candies greedily.	√
Politely	The banker spoke with the customers politely.	√
Honestly	Mona judged the contest honestly.	√
Gently	Gina set the plates on the shelf gently.	√
Quickly	The maid dusted the room quickly	√
Tonight	We will go to the cinema tonight.		√
Far	Erin works far from her office.			√
Late	The play started late.		√
Suddenly	The tent fell on the visitors suddenly.			√
Patiently	Dad listened to Jim’s complaints patiently.	√
Today	I will wear a suit today.		√
Soon	The movie will be released soon.		√
Nervously	The new actor auditioned nervously.	√
Confidently	Ron dealt with the clients confidently.	√