1. Uses nouns, adjectives and adverbs appropriately.
Unit Four – Adverbs Grade 11- English
Grade 11 English
Unit Four
Competency : 4.7
Uses nouns, adjectives and adverbs appropriately.
Activity 03

2. Use adverbs appropriately in writing.
Unit Four – Adverbs Grade 11- English
Objectives
Use adverbs appropriately in writing.
Construct sentences using adverbs according to the context.
Practice using adverbs meaningfully in sentences.
Value the ability to use adverbs meaningfully in conversation.

3. An adverb describes a verb, an adjective, or another adverb.
Unit Four – Adverbs Grade 11- English
Adverbs
An adverb describes a verb, an adjective, or another adverb.

4. An Adverb qualifies anything except a Noun or a Pronoun. Ex:
Unit Four – Adverbs Grade 11- English
Adverb
An Adverb qualifies anything except
a Noun or a Pronoun.
Ex:
Nita goes slowly. (Adverb after a verb)
She is a very beautiful girl. (Adverb before
an adjective)

5. The bird flew exactly over our head. ( Adverb before a preposition)
Unit Four – Adverbs Grade 11- English
She eats very slowly.
( Adverb before another adverb)
The bird flew exactly over our head. ( Adverb before a preposition)
They dislike him simply because
he is very selfish. (Adverb before a conjunction)

6. The bird flew exactly over our head. ( Adverb before a preposition)
Unit Four – Adverbs Grade 11- English
The bird flew exactly over our head.
( Adverb before a preposition)
They dislike him simply because
he is very selfish. (Adverb before a conjunction)

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Sister makes sandwiches quickly and deliciously.
An adverb is a verb helper that modifies
and tells us more about the verb.
It tells us when, where or how an action
takes place.

8. Adverb of place Adverbs of place answer the question – Where ?
Unit Four – Adverbs Grade 11- English
Adverb of place
Adverbs of place answer the question – Where ?
Where are the toys?
The toys are on the floor.
Where is Diduni putting the toys?
Diduni is putting the toys inside the box.

9. Adverbs say the following,
How?
Easily
Happily
Loudly
Quickly
Sadly
Silently
How Often?
Always
Every day
Frequently
Never
Once
Seldom
When?
After
Before
Early
Now
Today
Yesterday
Where?
Inside
Near
Outside
There
Home
Here

10. Polythene bags have been thrown away carelessly.
We have worked very hard.

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12. Most adverbs of manner are formed by adding – ly to adjectives.
Unit Four – Adverbs Grade 11- English
Most adverbs of manner are formed by adding – ly to adjectives.
Ex: slowly, loudly, quickly
When an adjective ends with
– l, we add – ly
Ex: carefully, beautifully
– y , we remove –y and add -ly
Ex: happily, noughtily
For adjectives ending with – ll,
We only add -y
Ex: fully
Sometimes, adverbs are formed without any changes in the adjectives.
Ex: fast, hard

13. Underline the adverbs in these sentences. (Ques.1)
Unit Four – Adverbs Grade 11- English
Underline the adverbs in
these sentences. (Ques.1)
Open the door very slowly and quietly.
2. My little brother is splashing water in the pool noisily.
3. Can you come here quickly?
4. We sometimes go out for dinner.
5. They usually lock the door
when they go out.

14. Underline the adverbs in these sentences. (Answers)
Unit Four – Adverbs Grade 11- English
Underline the adverbs in
these sentences. (Answers)
Open the door very slowly and quietly.
2. My little brother is splashing water in the pool noisily.
3. Can you come here quickly?
4. We sometimes go out for dinner.
5. They usually lock the door
when they go out.

15. Fast
greedily

16. Change these words into adverbs. Ex: honest - honestly
Unit Four – Adverbs Grade 11- English
Change these words into adverbs.
Ex: honest - honestly
Ex : successful - successfully
happy -
wonderful -
sad -
powerful -
safe -
careful -
correct -
skillful -

17. Change these words into adverbs. (Answers) Ex: honest - honestly
Unit Four – Adverbs Grade 11- English
Change these words into adverbs. (Answers)
Ex: honest - honestly
Ex : successful - successfully
happy - happily
wonderful - wonderfully
sad - sadly
powerful - powerfully
safe - safely
careful - carefully
correct - correctly
skillful - skillfully

18. She drives the car swiftly.
Unit Four – Adverbs Grade 11- English
Adverbs of Manner shows how an action takes place.
She drives the car swiftly.

19. Adverbs of Frequency say how often an action takes place.
Unit Four – Adverbs Grade 11- English
Adverbs of Frequency say how often an action takes place.
Ex:
She very often walks
to the shrine room.

20. Adverbs of time say when an action takes place.
Unit Four – Adverbs Grade 11- English
Adverbs of time say when an action takes place.
They went to the science
laboratory yesterday.

21. Adverbs of Reason give a reason to the particular action.
Unit Four – Adverbs Grade 11- English
Adverbs of Reason give a reason to the particular
action.
He cannot come today as
he has an examination.

22. Where the action takes place.
Unit Four – Adverbs Grade 11- English
Adverbs of Place say
Where the action takes place.
We stay inside the garden
for three hours.

23. Complete the following sentences.
Unit Four – Adverbs Grade 11- English
Complete the following sentences.
The president did the speech …………….. .
She puts the coins ………………..
3. They won’t come today ………………….
4. He gas dug a big pit ………………..
5. They went to the temple …………………..
6. They …………….. visit grandmother.
7. She …………. scolds another.
8. The teachers ……….. wish good for
their students.
( because of the alms giving, inside the bag, never, efficiently, always, frequently, today, as it’s raining )

24. Complete the following sentences.
Unit Four – Adverbs Grade 11- English
Complete the following sentences.
The president did the speech efficiently.
She puts the coins inside the bag.
3. They won’t come today as it’s raining.
4. He gas dug a big pit today.
5. They went to the temple because of the
alms giving.
6. They frequently visit grandmother.
7. She never scolds another.
8. The teachers always wish good for
their students.
( because of the alms giving, inside the bag, never, efficiently, always, frequently, today, as it’s raining )

25. Underline the adverb in the following sentences.
Unit Four – Adverbs Grade 11- English
Underline the adverb in the following sentences.
Her grand father snored loudly.
2. I will visit my friend tomorrow.
3. Sister, please come here?
4. He sat lazily in the pond.

26. Underline the adverb in the following sentences.
Unit Four – Adverbs Grade 11- English
Underline the adverb in the following sentences.
Her grand father snored loudly.
2. I will visit my friend tomorrow.
3. Sister, please come here?
4. He sat lazily in the pond.

27. Underline the adverb in the sentences.
Unit Four – Adverbs Grade 11- English
Underline the adverb in the sentences.
Senuth stopped suddenly and listened.
2. George stamped his feet angrily.
3. I carefully walked on the path.
4. They played cricket yesterday.

28. Underline the adverb in the sentences.
Unit Four – Adverbs Grade 11- English
Underline the adverb in the sentences.
Senuth stopped suddenly and listened.
2. George stamped his feet angrily.
3. I carefully walked on the path.
4. They played cricket yesterday.

29. Underline the adverb in the following sentences.(Ques.2)
Unit Four – Adverbs Grade 11- English
Underline the adverb in the following sentences.(Ques.2)
1.Mother nicely decorated the vase.
2. My dog always barks.
3. She neatly wrote down the name lists.
4. I usually play with the puppy when I get home.

30. Underline the adverb in the following sentences.
Unit Four – Adverbs Grade 11- English
Underline the adverb in the following sentences.
1.Mother nicely decorated the vase.
2. My dog always barks.
3. She neatly wrote down the name lists.
4. I usually play with the puppy when I get home.

31. Fill in the blanks using the words given.
Unit Four – Adverbs Grade 11- English
Fill in the blanks using the words given.
forgotten, soon, tried, wrong, eagerly, realized, saw, slowly, unfortunately, an, port, happening, they, luckily
A tourist was once on a holiday cruise to India.
He was looking at all the sights and 1) ………..
taking photos. He had completely 2) …………
about the time. When he 3) ……….. that his ship
was leaving 4) ………… he rushed anxiously to the
5) ………… .

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When he got there he 6) …………. That the ship was moving 7) …………. away from the port. He 8) …………. to jump onto the ship. 9) ………….. he fell into the water. 10) …………… some sailors saw what was 11) ……….. and fished him out. Then 12) ………… told him that it was the 13) …………. ship. The right one sailed 14) ……….. hour later. Well, everyone makes mistakes sometimes.

33. Fill in the blanks using the words given.
Unit Four – Adverbs Grade 11- English
Fill in the blanks using the words given.
forgotten, soon, tried, wrong, eagerly, realized, saw, slowly, unfortunately, an, port, happening, they, luckily
A tourist was once on a holiday cruise to India.
He was looking at all the sights and 1) … eagerly...
taking photos. He had completely 2) … forgotten …
about the time. When he 3) ..realized.. that his ship
was leaving 4) … soon … he rushed anxiously to the
5) … port … .

34. 9) …Unfortunately... he fell into the water.
Unit Four – Adverbs Grade 11- English
When he got there he 6) …saw…. that the ship was moving 7) …slowly…. away from the port. He 8) …tried…. to jump onto the ship.
9) …Unfortunately... he fell into the water.
10) …Luckily… some sailors saw what was
11) …happening….. and fished him out. Then
12) …they… told him that it was the
13) …wrong…. ship. The right one sailed
14) …an... hour later. Well, everyone makes mistakes sometimes.

35. Select the most suitable word.
Unit Four – Adverbs Grade 11- English
Select the most suitable word.
Sri Lanka being an 1) ……….. (agriculture/ agricultural/agriculturally ) country has a fine system of water 2) ……..…(manage/ managerial/ management). We get rain and we enjoy an 3) …….. (abundance/ abundant/
abundantly) of lush green 4) ……… (vegetarian/ vegetation/ vegetate) . Sometimes we have dry seasons and experience the 5) ……….. (harshness/ harsh/
harshly) of drought when there is no rain for a long period.

36. Select the most suitable word.
Unit Four – Adverbs Grade 11- English
Select the most suitable word.
Sri Lanka being an 1) ……….. (agriculture/ agricultural/agriculturally ) country has a fine system of water 2) ……..…(manage/ managerial/ management). We get rain and we enjoy an 3) …….. (abundance/ abundant/abundantly) of lush green 4) ……… (vegetarian/ vegetation/ vegetate) . Sometimes we have dry seasons and experience the 5) ……….. (harshness/ harsh/harshly) of drought when there is no rain for a long period.

37. Adj. Noun Noun Noun Noun Select the most suitable word.
Unit Four – Adverbs Grade 11- English
Select the most suitable word.
Sri Lanka being an 1) ……….. (agriculture/ agricultural/agriculturally ) country has a fine system of water 2) ……..…(manage/ managerial/ management). We get rain and we enjoy an 3) …….. (abundance/ abundant/abundantly) of lush green 4) ……… (vegetarian/ vegetation/ vegetate) . Sometimes we have dry seasons and experience the 5) ……….. (harshness/ harsh/harshly) of drought when there is no rain for a long period.
Adj.
Noun
Noun
Noun
Noun

38. Underline the most suitable word. (Ques.3)
Unit Four – Adverbs Grade 11- English
Underline the most suitable word. (Ques.3)
For many years the prices of the goods have been ……………… (continuing, continuously, continue) rising.
2. The services of the carpenters are ………. . (cost, costing, costly)
3. A tea plucker gets ………. payment. (day, daily, days)

39. Underline the most suitable word.
Unit Four – Adverbs Grade 11- English
Underline the most suitable word.
For many years the prices of the goods have been ……………… (continuing, continuously, continue) rising.
2. The services of the carpenters are ………. . (cost, costing, costly)
3. A tea plucker gets ………. payment. (day, daily, days)

40. Use adverbs appropriately in writing.
Unit Four – Adverbs Grade 11- English
Objectives
Use adverbs appropriately in writing.
Construct sentences using adverbs according to the context.
Practice using adverbs meaningfully in sentences.
Value the ability to use adverbs meaningfully in conversation.

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