The boy walks quickly.

“quickly” is an adverb

because it tells us how

the man walks.

The boy walks quickly.

A word adding to the

meaning of a verb is called an adverb.

The boy walks quickly.

Most adverbs are formed by adding ‘ly’ to an adjective.

brave bravely

fortunate fortunat

elyly

heavy

heavilyheavily

joyful

joyfullyjoyfully

noisy

noisilynoisily

soft

softlysoftly

skilful

skilfullyskilfully

careful

carefullcarefullyy

anxious anxiouslanxiouslyy

bitter bitterlybitterly

brutal brutallybrutally

careful carefullycarefully

fearless fearlesslfearlesslyy

noble noblynobly

Underline those words which are

not adverbs:

Underline those verbs which are not adverbs:

softly truly make

kills heavily brutally

Underline the adverbs in the

following sentences.

Underline the adverbs:

David dealt fearlessly with

Goliath.

Underline the adverbs:

Jesus talked gently to the

children.

Underline the adverbs:

We must cross the

road carefully.

Underline the adverbs:

The boys in the car were

laughing loudly.

Underline the adverbs:

In a library we should

talk quietly.

Underline the adverbs:

Sharon sew skilfully.

Form adverbs from the following

words.

Form adverbs:

slow

slowly

Form adverbs:

clear

clearly

Form adverbs:

greedy

greedily

Form adverbs:

quick

quickly

Form adverbs:

careful

carefully

Form adverbs:

happy

happily

Form adverbs:

skilful

skilfully