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Adverbs

Adverbs: How, When and Where

Beginner 1 min read 5-question quiz

An adverb adds information to a verb, an adjective or another adverb. Adverbs answer questions such as How? When? Where? How often?

  • How: quickly, carefully, well
  • When: yesterday, soon, now
  • Where: here, upstairs, outside
  • How often: always, never, sometimes

She speaks softly. He is very clever.

Many adverbs end in -ly, but not all

Quickly and carefully end in -ly, but fast, hard, soon and well do not.

Good or well?

Good is an adjective (“a good player”). Well is an adverb (“plays well”).

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5 questions · pass mark 70%

1Which word is an adverb in "He speaks softly to the baby"?
2In "She is very clever", which word is the adverb?
3He plays the guitar ___.
4Which word tells us how often something happens?
5In "She runs fast", the word "fast" is:
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