Adverbs: Fill in the Blanks

The literature section of English deals with stories, poems, and prose, whereas the language section deals with the usage of verbs, adverbs, nouns, pronouns, adjectives, tenses, punctuations etc. It becomes all the most important to understand the language part because it helps in the speaking as well as in comprehension.

The usage of correct articles in the sentences, along with the correct usage of nouns, pronouns, adjectives, verbs etc., helps in having a strong grip on the language and fluency while speaking.

What are adverbs and their examples?

Like we have nouns that may refer to any place, animal or thing or the adjectives that we use to describe a person, object or thing. In the same way, there are adverbs in English grammar that helps the person to understand the verbs.

An adverb in a sentence is a word that could change the verb, an adjective, a different adverb or a sentence as in whole.

A great and simple way to understand the adverb is to know that they often end on -ly, but sometimes they don’t. Sometimes, they can often be confused with adjectives.

Some examples of Adverbs are:

1. He walked slowly

Now walked is a verb. It tells that the person is walking but slowly is describing the verb. So slowly, this sentence is referred to as an adverb.

2. He is eating quickly.

Now, here we are talking about a man who is eating. He is a pronoun used for man, whereas the work he is doing is eating. So, eating over here is a verb. Now he is eating quickly. So quickly becomes an adverb.

So here quickly is an adverb.

Let’s take another example.

The match finished too early.

Now here we are referring to a match that finished early. So too, over here becomes an adverb as it is describing the action of the match that it finished too quickly.

Types of Adverbs

There are four types of Adverbs:

1. Adverb of time.
2. Adverbs of manners.
3. Adverb of Place
4. Adverb of Degree

1. Adverb of time

This type of adverb tells us about the timing of the actions as when they happened, how they happened. It particularly deals with the actions.

For example:

I feed my cat daily.

Her cat is a noun, and feed is an action. So feed is a verb over here. As the sentence says that the person feeds the cat daily, daily becomes an adverb over here.

She goes to Neena’s house every day.

Here in this sentence, she is a pronoun, and Neena is a noun. As Neena’s friend goes to her house daily, the word of action over here is ‘goes.’

Daily refers to the timing. So, this is an Adverb of time.

Another example is- The sun rises daily.

Here Daily refers to the timing, so daily is an adverb in this sentence.

2. Adverb of Manner-

The adverb of manners talks about how the action was done.

For example: 

1. The cat walked quietly

Here, the cat is a noun and walked is a verb because it talks about the action. But the word describing the cat’s walk isquiet. So quietly in this sentence is referred to as an adverb.

2. The lion walked towards the deer steadily.

Here lion and deer are nouns, and walking is a verb in the sentence. But the word that describes the walking of the lion is steady. So steadily in this sentence can be referred to as an adverb.

Note: It is often seen that in the case of Adverbs of manners, usually, the describing word ends on-ly.

3. Adverb of Degree

The adverb of degree is used for the comparison of the degree of the actions or verb.

The adverb of degree talks about the extent to which the work was done.

Some examples of adverb of degree are:

1. She works smarter than the others.

Here she is a pronoun, and works are the mode of action described. So work is the verb but smarter describes the degree of the work that she does. So ‘smarter’ is an adverb of a degree over here.

2. She works faster than him.

Here she and he are the different degrees of a pronoun, and works is a verb in the sentence.

Here ‘faster’ describes the degree of action. So faster is an adverb over here.

4. Adverb of Place

Adverb of place refers to the surrounding in which the action is taking place.

For example, 

Love surrounds us everywhere.

Greenery is found everywhere.

In both, the sentence everywhere is an adverb, and it is the adverb of degree.

Exercises on fill in the blanks with adverbs.

Instruction- You are required to fill in the blanks with adverbs only.

1. She works ______ than him. (Smarter/smartly)
2. The sun rises _____. (Every day/ someday)
3. The moon comes into the sky at ______ (Night/ morning)
4. I feed my pet ____ (daily/day).

Conclusion

Adverbs are words that modify verbs, adverbs and adjectives. It is important to understand all the types of adverbs and their usage depending upon the type of sentences present. The usage of adverbs is diverse, so it’s important to understand them correctly.