KS3 Adverbs | Learn About the Words that Modify Others

English Quiz - Adverbs 01 (Questions)

One of the most frequent jobs for an adverb to perform is to add information to the verb. In the sentence, "He shouted loudly to his friend", the verb is "shouted" and the adverb is "loudly". The word "loudly" modifies the verb.

Adverbs also modify adjectives and other adverbs. In the sentence, "She moved rather quickly", the adverb "quickly" adds some information to the verb, "moved". But she didn't just move "quickly", she moved "rather quickly". "Rather" is an adverb modifying, or adding information to, another adverb. In the sentence, "It was an extremely pleasant evening", the adjective "pleasant" is modified by the adverb "extremely". As you can see, adverbs are very adaptable and can be used to add all sorts of information to your writing. One tip which might help you spot some adverbs is that many of them end with the -ly suffix.

Find the adverb(s) in the following: He ran quickly in last year's race.

[ ]	last year's
[ ]	quickly
[ ]	race
[ ]	He ran

Find the adverb(s) in the following: Use words effectively to produce interesting writing.

[ ]	words
[ ]	interesting writing
[ ]	Use
[ ]	effectively

Find the adverb(s) in the following: Produce interesting writing consistently using adverbs.

[ ]	interesting writing
[ ]	consistently
[ ]	using adverbs
[ ]	Produce

Find the adverb(s) in the following: Interesting writing is produced by using adverbs well.

[ ]	Interesting writing
[ ]	is produced
[ ]	well
[ ]	using adverbs

Find the adverb(s) in the following: Produce writing efficiently using adverbs well.

[ ]	Produce, using
[ ]	efficiently, well
[ ]	writing, adverbs
[ ]	Produce, well

Find the adverb(s) in the following: Write efficiently using many adverbs effectively.

[ ]	efficiently, effectively
[ ]	Write, using
[ ]	many adverbs
[ ]	using many

Find the adverb(s) in the following: Use many adverbs effectively to enhance your writing.

[ ]	effectively
[ ]	enhance
[ ]	many
[ ]	Use

Find the adverb(s) in the following: Many interesting adverbs enhance writing appropriately.

[ ]	appropriately
[ ]	interesting
[ ]	enhance
[ ]	writing

Find the adverb(s) in the following: He ran quickly last season but slowly this season.

[ ]	last season, this season
[ ]	last, this
[ ]	quickly, slowly
[ ]	He ran, but

10.

Find the adverb(s) in the following: He started slowly then ran quickly and finished early.

[ ]	slowly, quickly, early
[ ]	started, ran, finished
[ ]	He, then, and
[ ]	slowly, quickly, finished

English Quiz - Adverbs 01 (Answers)

Find the adverb(s) in the following: He ran quickly in last year's race.

[ ]	last year's
[x]	quickly
[ ]	race
[ ]	He ran

The word "quickly" adds to the verb "ran"

Find the adverb(s) in the following: Use words effectively to produce interesting writing.

[ ]	words
[ ]	interesting writing
[ ]	Use
[x]	effectively

The word "effectively" modifies the verb "use"

Find the adverb(s) in the following: Produce interesting writing consistently using adverbs.

[ ]	interesting writing
[x]	consistently
[ ]	using adverbs
[ ]	Produce

The word "consistently" modifies the verb "produce"

Find the adverb(s) in the following: Interesting writing is produced by using adverbs well.

[ ]	Interesting writing
[ ]	is produced
[x]	well
[ ]	using adverbs

The word "well" modifies the present participle verb, "using"

Find the adverb(s) in the following: Produce writing efficiently using adverbs well.

[ ]	Produce, using
[x]	efficiently, well
[ ]	writing, adverbs
[ ]	Produce, well

"Efficiently" modifies "produce" and "well" modifies "using"

Find the adverb(s) in the following: Write efficiently using many adverbs effectively.

[x]	efficiently, effectively
[ ]	Write, using
[ ]	many adverbs
[ ]	using many

"Efficiently" refers to the verb "write", while "effectively" refers to using adverbs. Both of these adverbs describe "how" to do the action (write, use)

Find the adverb(s) in the following: Use many adverbs effectively to enhance your writing.

[x]	effectively
[ ]	enhance
[ ]	many
[ ]	Use

"Effectively" is the adverb here. "Many" is an adjective

Find the adverb(s) in the following: Many interesting adverbs enhance writing appropriately.

[x]	appropriately
[ ]	interesting
[ ]	enhance
[ ]	writing

Adverbs and the verbs they modify can be separated by other words: enhance (verb) writing appropriately (adverb)

Find the adverb(s) in the following: He ran quickly last season but slowly this season.

[ ]	last season, this season
[ ]	last, this
[x]	quickly, slowly
[ ]	He ran, but

Adverbs can be used in pairs: "quickly" and "slowly" are antonyms

10.

Find the adverb(s) in the following: He started slowly then ran quickly and finished early.

[x]	slowly, quickly, early
[ ]	started, ran, finished
[ ]	He, then, and
[ ]	slowly, quickly, finished

Adverbs can describe verbs in many ways. "Early" is an example of an adverb describing the time an action took place