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Adverbs: How, When and Where — Answers

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Adverbs: How, When and Where — Answers

Part A: How, when or where?

What does the adverb in bold tell us? Circle how, when or where.

1.She sang beautifully.
  1. Ahow
  2. Bwhen
  3. Cwhere

Answer: how

Beautifully tells us how she sang.

2.We will leave soon.
  1. Ahow
  2. Bwhen
  3. Cwhere

Answer: when

Soon tells us when we will leave.

3.The kids played outside.
  1. Ahow
  2. Bwhen
  3. Cwhere

Answer: where

Outside tells us where the kids played.

4.Yesterday we visited the zoo.
  1. Ahow
  2. Bwhen
  3. Cwhere

Answer: when

Yesterday tells us when we visited.

5.Please put the box here.
  1. Ahow
  2. Bwhen
  3. Cwhere

Answer: where

Here tells us where to put the box.

6.The tortoise walked slowly.
  1. Ahow
  2. Bwhen
  3. Cwhere

Answer: how

Slowly tells us how the tortoise walked.

7.The kitten climbed upstairs.
  1. Ahow
  2. Bwhen
  3. Cwhere

Answer: where

Upstairs tells us where the kitten climbed.

8.We arrived early.
  1. Ahow
  2. Bwhen
  3. Cwhere

Answer: when

Early tells us when we arrived.

Part B: Find the adverb

Each sentence has one adverb. Write it on the line and say whether it tells how, when or where.

9.Tomorrow we will paint the fence.

Answer: Tomorrow

  1. Tomorrow tells us when.
10.The wind howled loudly.

Answer: loudly

  1. loudly tells us how.
11.My cat sleeps upstairs.

Answer: upstairs

  1. upstairs tells us where.
12.He answered the question correctly.

Answer: correctly

  1. correctly tells us how.

Part C: Choose an adverb

Use an adverb from the box: now, everywhere, gently. Use each one once.

13.Pat the puppy (answer space).

Answer: gently

Gently tells us how to pat the puppy.

14.We looked (answer space) for the lost key.

Answer: everywhere

Everywhere tells us where we looked.

15.Dinner is ready, so come inside (answer space).

Answer: now

Now tells us when to come inside.

Part D: True or false?

16.All adverbs end in -ly.

Answer: False

Many do, but adverbs such as soon, here and outside do not.

17.Upstairs tells us where.

Answer: True

Upstairs tells us the place.

Part E: Your turn

18.Your turn: write a sentence about a trip to the park that has three adverbs: one that tells how, one that tells when and one that tells where.

Model answer: Yesterday we played happily outside. (Yesterday = when, happily = how, outside = where)

Success criteria:

  • One sentence
  • An adverb that tells how
  • An adverb that tells when
  • An adverb that tells where
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