KS2 English Quiz: Explore Adverbs and Boost Your Writing

English Quiz - Adverbs 01 (Questions)

Get ready for a cool KS2 English quiz all about adverbs! Adverbs are words that jazz up verbs, adjectives, and even other adverbs. They do lots of jobs in sentences, like making verbs more specific. Imagine someone 'stepping stealthily into the room' versus 'stepping suddenly' – adverbs like 'stealthily' and 'suddenly' make a big difference!

Using adverbs makes your writing awesome! For instance, saying 'He angrily kicked the ball' makes the story more exciting. Ready for the challenge? Take this quiz and become a super adverb detective!

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Find the adverbs in the following sentence.
She whispered the secret carefully into her best friend's ear.

[ ]	whispered
[ ]	carefully
[ ]	best
[ ]	ear

Find the adverbs in the following sentence.
"Who broke the dish?" my little brother asked innocently.

[ ]	Who
[ ]	broke
[ ]	little
[ ]	innocently

Find the adverbs in the following sentence.
They gazed absentmindedly at their feet during the teacher's fifth explanation of the work.

[ ]	absentmindedly
[ ]	fifth
[ ]	explanation
[ ]	of

Find the adverbs in the following sentence.
The team played poorly because many players were injured.

[ ]	played
[ ]	poorly
[ ]	players
[ ]	were

Find the adverbs in the following sentence.
The syrup oozed sloppily down the sides of the bottle.

[ ]	syrup
[ ]	oozed
[ ]	sloppily
[ ]	of

Find the adverbs in the following sentence.
He shouted loudly for help.

[ ]	He
[ ]	shouted
[ ]	loudly
[ ]	for

Find the adverbs in the following sentence.
Slipping on the treacherous ice, my sister landed awkwardly.

[ ]	Slipping
[ ]	treacherous
[ ]	landed
[ ]	awkwardly

Find the adverbs in the following sentence.
The nurse spoke gently, but removed the bandage carelessly.

[ ]	nurse, gently
[ ]	spoke, carelessly
[ ]	gently, carelessly
[ ]	removed, bandage

Find the adverbs in the following sentence.
She tried hard, but failed to hit the target.

[ ]	hard
[ ]	failed
[ ]	hit
[ ]	the

10.

Find the adverbs in the following sentence.
The car went so fast, it appeared to be a blur.

[ ]	went, fast
[ ]	so, fast
[ ]	appeared, blur
[ ]	be, blur

English Quiz - Adverbs 01 (Answers)

Find the adverbs in the following sentence.
She whispered the secret carefully into her best friend's ear.

[ ]	whispered
[x]	carefully
[ ]	best
[ ]	ear

'Carefully' is an example of an adverb which has been formed by adding the suffix, '-ly', to the end of an adjective.

Find the adverbs in the following sentence.
"Who broke the dish?" my little brother asked innocently.

[ ]	Who
[ ]	broke
[ ]	little
[x]	innocently

'Innocently' affects the verb 'asked' - it describes how the question was asked.

Find the adverbs in the following sentence.
They gazed absentmindedly at their feet during the teacher's fifth explanation of the work.

[x]	absentmindedly
[ ]	fifth
[ ]	explanation
[ ]	of

The word 'absentmindedly' is 14 letters long and means lost in thought or distractedly.

Find the adverbs in the following sentence.
The team played poorly because many players were injured.

[ ]	played
[x]	poorly
[ ]	players
[ ]	were

'Poorly' changes the verb 'played' - it describes how the team played.

Find the adverbs in the following sentence.
The syrup oozed sloppily down the sides of the bottle.

[ ]	syrup
[ ]	oozed
[x]	sloppily
[ ]	of

'Oozed' is the verb and 'sloppily' describes how the syrup oozed.

Find the adverbs in the following sentence.
He shouted loudly for help.

[ ]	He
[ ]	shouted
[x]	loudly
[ ]	for

I hope someone came to help him!

Find the adverbs in the following sentence.
Slipping on the treacherous ice, my sister landed awkwardly.

[ ]	Slipping
[ ]	treacherous
[ ]	landed
[x]	awkwardly

'Landed' is the verb and 'awkwardly' describes how she landed.

Find the adverbs in the following sentence.
The nurse spoke gently, but removed the bandage carelessly.

[ ]	nurse, gently
[ ]	spoke, carelessly
[x]	gently, carelessly
[ ]	removed, bandage

'Gently' describes how the nurse spoke, while 'carelessly' describes how she removed the bandage. Compare the effect of this sentence: The nurse spoke carelessly, but removed the bandage gently.

Find the adverbs in the following sentence.
She tried hard, but failed to hit the target.

[x]	hard
[ ]	failed
[ ]	hit
[ ]	the

'Hard' changes the verb 'tried', so here it is an adverb. In the phrase, 'the hard ground', 'hard' is an adjective because it describes the noun 'ground'.

10.

Find the adverbs in the following sentence.
The car went so fast, it appeared to be a blur.

[ ]	went, fast
[x]	so, fast
[ ]	appeared, blur
[ ]	be, blur

'So' and 'fast' are both adverbs here.