ADVERB TEST

ADVERB TESTMrs. PhillipsLanguage Arts1. Lazily, the dog got up and walked to his water bowl. Which is the adverb?a. Lazilyb. Got upc. Walkedd. water

2. There was a spy behind the teacher.What is the adverb?ThereWasSpyBehind

3. Miserably ,Alex was forced to do his Reading homework.

What question does theAdverb answer?A. How?B. When?C. Where?D. To What Extent?

4. An adverb is a word that modifies a(an) ?, a(an) ?, or a(an) ?.

adjective, preposition, & nounnoun, verb, pronounadverb, adjective, verbnoun, adjective, adverb 5. Many adverbs are formed by adding the suffix ______ to adjectives. erestLyliBen plays the trumpet beautifully.6. What question does the adverb answer?

A. How?B. When?C. Where?D. To What Extent?

7. Which of these sentences does contain an adverb?

A. Mrs. Phillips interestingly listened to the story about the football team, again.B. Mrs. Phillips decided to move Elijah, again.C. Mrs. Phillips loved hearing the constant bickering in 7th period.

8. Which of these words in the following sentence is an adverb? Nick looked longingly into Becky's lovely blue eyes. LookedLonginglyLovelyblue

The children were negatively influenced.9. Which word in the sentence is an adverb?ChildrenWereNegativelyInfluenced

The teacher sometimes plotted against the unsuspecting students.Which is an adverb?A. SometimesB. PlottedC. AgainstD. Unsuspecting

11. Adding the suffix -ly to anadjective commonly turns itinto an adverb. A. True B. False

12. An adverb typically describes a verb, adjective, or adverb.

A. True B. False13. Which of these sentences does contain an adverb?

Tim greedily ate the chocolate cake.The dog bit Alex on the ear because he was hungry.c. Tim threw up chocolate cake.d. The dog ate Tims recycled chocolate cake.

14. Which of these is an Adverb?RapidRapidlyRapwrap

15. The dog weakly agreed to an ear examination before biting off the vets arm.

What is the adverb in the sentence?WeaklyEarExaminationBefore

16. The irritated snowman was up early stealing carrots for his nose.What question does the Adverb answer?A. How?B. When?C. Where?D. To What Extent?

17. Which of these words is an adverb?

A. ShylyB. EagerC. BeautifulD. Stinky

18. The a. teacher had an b. extremely c. silly d. laugh. Which is the adverb?

Write the correct word on your scantron in the white area. Positive Comparative Superlative badly 19.? worst carefully more carefully ? 20. little 21. ? least much 22. ? most 23. ? sooner soonest 24. ? better best