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12 Adverbs

Warm-up

Fill in the blanks with the correct option.

1. He could (hard/hardly) walk.
2. Mahima was (bad/badly) injured.

3. She has a (cheerful/cheerfully) face.

4. It is a (beautiful/beautifully) picture.

5. The cake smells (delicious/deliciously).

6. She picked up the puppy (gentle/gently).

7. The balloon rose (quick/quickly) in the sky.

8. She worked (hard/hardly) to clear the exam.

9. You must drive (careful/carefully) on this road.

10. The shopkeeper gave me a (great/greatly) offer on
the oven.

An adverb modifies a verb, an adjective or another adverb.

Kinds of Adverbs

There are ten kinds of adverbs. Let us study them.

1. Adverbs of Manner tell us how an action happens. For example,
y She entered the room silently.
y He played well.
y She was badly hurt in the accident.

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