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Class 6 English — Adverbs: how, when and where

Recognise an adverb, say whether it tells how, when or where, and build one from an adjective.

Name: ________________________

  1. 1.Sort each word by whether it describes a noun or an action.

    Groups: Adjective · Adverb

    • silent
    • brave
    • bravely
    • neat
    • silently
    • neatly

  2. 2.Match each adverb to what it means.

    • rarely
    • immediately
    • nearby
    • carelessly
    • daily
    • without taking care
    • at once
    • close to here
    • every day
    • not often

  3. 3.Which sentence contains an adverb?

    • a) The garden is large.
    • b) They bought a red car.
    • c) The soup was hot.
    • d) She answered politely.

  4. 4.Sort each adverb by the question it answers.

    Groups: How? · When? · Where?

    • loudly
    • everywhere
    • soon
    • slowly
    • yesterday
    • outside

  5. 5.Build the adverb from the adjective "easy".

  6. 6.Which word does the adverb tell you more about? "The rain fell steadily all night."

    • a) fell
    • b) all
    • c) rain
    • d) night

  7. 7.Which word is the adverb in this sentence? "The workers finished the wall neatly."

    • a) wall
    • b) workers
    • c) neatly
    • d) finished

  8. 8.What does the adverb tell you in "We will leave tomorrow"?

    • a) When we will leave
    • b) How we will leave
    • c) Where we will leave
    • d) Why we will leave

Answer key — Class 6 English — Adverbs: how, when and where

  1. 1. brave → Adjective; bravely → Adverb; neat → Adjective; neatly → Adverb; silent → Adjective; silently → Adverb
  2. 2. rarely → not often; immediately → at once; nearby → close to here; carelessly → without taking care; daily → every day
  3. 3. d) She answered politely.
  4. 4. slowly → How?; yesterday → When?; outside → Where?; loudly → How?; soon → When?; everywhere → Where?
  5. 5. easily
  6. 6. a) fell
  7. 7. c) neatly
  8. 8. a) When we will leave