Ex1. Fill in the blanks with suitable adverbs from the box. Write the kind of adverb against each sentence. The same adverb can be used more than once.

Occasionally

Sometimes

Usually

Rarely

Once

Very

Never

Mostly

Often

always

1. I .......................... go to bed at 10 o'clock.

2. I have ...................... been to the USA.

3. I have been to Australia just .......................

4. I ....................... take a bath before I go to bed.

5. My grandparents live in Kerala. I visit them ........................

6. My friends are ..................... non-smokers.

7. I was ........................ impressed with her performance.

8. I ....................... go for a walk in the park.

9. I watch English films ......................

10. They ...................... go out.

Ex2. Complete the sentences with the best adverb.

slowly carefully beautifully well loudly carelessly easily excitedly finally suddenly quickly quietly

1. Come here ____________. You have to see this!
2. We knew that she had got the job when we saw her _________ talking on the phone.
3. He ______________ put the vase on the table. It fell to the floor.
4. Sharon is throwing a party on Saturday. She ___________ finished her PhD.
5. Let's walk ________________. I don't want to be the first one at the meeting.
6. Alex _____________ put up the bookshelves. It was too difficult for me to do on my own.
7. Every thing happened so ______________. We had to move to California in less than a month.
8. Why does he always have to talk so ____________. You can hear him in the next room!
9. Although she speaks five languages, she did not do ___________ on the translation exam.
10. I was so surprised. His new apartment was _____________ decorated.

Ex3. Complete the sentence using an adjective or adverb.

1.      He's always in a rush. I don't understand why he walks so ____________ (quick/quickly).

2.      I prefer studying in the library. It's always_______________ (quiet/quietly).

3.      Michael __________ (happy/happily) took the assistant job. He had been looking for a position all summer.

4.      Marta dances _____________ (beautiful/beautifully). She's been taking ballet since she was five years old.

5.      They speak French very ____________ (good/well). They lived in France for two years.

6.      My neighbor always plays ___________ (loud/loudly) music on the weekends. It's so annoying.

7.      Please be __________ (careful/carefully) in the hallway. The walls have just been painted.

8.      Dan is very smart, but he is not a very___________ (good/well) student.

9.      He reacted __________ (angry/angrily) to the news. I have never seen him so upset.

10.  We didn't ______________ (complete/completely) understand the teacher's instructions. Most of us did not finish the assignment.