Grammar

PICTO GRAMMAR

Adverbs modify a verb by giving information about

* Where an action occurs (place)

* How often an action occurs (frequency)

* How an action occurs (manner)

* When an action occurs (time)

USE GRAMMAR

J. Look at the picture and fill in the blanks with suitable words.

1. The car was moving too fast

2. The lift is moving down

3. Joanna did her classwork regularly.

4. Keerthi Vasan arrived late

5. Paul often plays cricket with his friends. 

6. Suguna never helps her mother at home. 

K .Read the sentences and put the adverbs in the correct boxes. Give two more examples of your own in each box.

1. Anand has decided to submit his project tomorrow.

2. The cat ran behind.

3. Paraman sang in the choir happily.

4. We never come late to the office.

5. The stray elephant was set free in the forest yesterday.

6. Arun and V imala usually complete their homework on time.

7. Raghav looked at his sister affectionately.

8. I prefer to leave early.

Answer:

L. Put the words in the correct order to make sentences. Use a different colour to write the adverbs.

1. Was/somebody/there/nearby/standing.

There was somebody standing nearby

2. Came/Anand/to/school/early.

Anand came to school early

3. Softly/Murali/speaks.

Murali speaks softly

4. Beautifully/the house/have/they/decorated.

They have decorated the house beautifully.

5. English/classes/during/always/we/ nglish/speak. 

We always speak English during English classes.

M. Pick the words from the box and put them in the appropriate column

kindly, soft, sweet, everywhere, bright, constanly, few, then, huge, loudly

Adverb

Kindly

everywhere

constantly

then

loudly

Adjective

soft

sweet

bright

few

huge