Adverb SET – 1

1. What is an adverb? 

A) An adverb gives more information about the verb. 

B) An adverb gives more information about the noun. 

C) An adverb gives more information about the punctuation in a sentence. 

D) An adverb gives more information about the pronoun. 

2. Which word in the following sentence is an adverb? 

Sara plays the violin beautifully. 

A) plays 

B) violin 

C) beautifully 

D) Sara 

3. Which adverb would you use to complete the sentence: 

The rain fell _____________ against the window pane.  

A) awkwardly 

B) wickedly 

C) smugly 

D) heavily 

4. Which of these adverbs can be used to complete this sentence? 

The sun shone ________ . 

A) loudly 

B) brightly 

C) awkwardly 

D) luckily 

5. Which of these sentences does not contain an adverb? 

A) The child ran happily towards his mother. 

B) Sali walked to the shops. 

C) Brendan gently woke the sleeping baby. 

D) I visited my mum yesterday. 

 

 

6. Which of these words in the following sentence is an adverb? 

Kylie looked longingly into Jason's lovely blue eyes. 

A) looked 

B) longingly 

C) lovely 

D) eyes 

7. Which of these sentences contains an adverb? 

A) Tim greedily ate the chocolate cake. 

B) The dog bit Colin. 

C) The car broke down. 

D) EastEnders is a soap opera. 

8. Which of these statements about adverbs is false? 

A) We use an adverb to say how something happens. 

B) We use an adverb to say how often something happens. 

C) We use an adverb to say when or where something happens. 

D) We use an adverb in place of a noun. 

9. Which of these words is an adverb? 

A) shyly 

B) Susan 

C) running 

D) beautiful 

10. Which of these words is an adverb? 

A) heavy 

B) table 

C) almost 

D) friendly 

Answers:

1. A

2. C

3. D

4. B

5. B

6. B

7. A

8. D

9. A

10. C