Language Tree SB 3

Unit 14

2 Write your own sentences using the words sometimes, often, usually, always, never. Example: I usually walk to school with my sister.

Some adverbs tell us how an action is done. The turtles crawl slowly up the beach. Slowly describes how the turtles crawl. We add ‘ ly ’ to most adjectives to make adverbs.

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Change these adjectives to adverbs. Example: quick è quickly

quick

slow

quiet

sad

loud

silent

For adjectives ending in ‘ l ’, we double the ‘l’. careful è carefully For adjectives ending in ‘ y ’, we change the ‘ y ’ to ‘ i ’ and add ‘ ly ’ . happy è happily

4

Change these adjectives to adverbs.

noisy

greedy

helpful

angry

grateful

busy

5 Complete the sentences with a suitable adverb. Example: A snake moves very quietly . 1 A snail moves very __________. 2 Lions eat __________.

3 Dogs can run very __________. 4 Ants always work __________. 5 The children shouted __________. 6 I was reading a book __________.

•  Adverbs which tell us how actions are done are adverbs of manner . • Exercise 3: Put students in pairs to make sentences using the adverbs they have made, e.g. Tom can run quickly. • Exercise 5: Tell students to use adverbs from this page. Accept ‘ fast ’ as an answer to question 3.

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