What is an Adverb?

Adverbs are “description words.” But while adjectives are also “description words”, adjectives describe nouns (like people, places, things), and adverbs describe verbs, adjectives, or other adverbs.

An adverb’s main job is to answer one of these questions:

• How? (e.g., He ran quickly.)
• When? (e.g., She will arrive tomorrow.)
• Where? (e.g., I left my keys there.)
• How often? (e.g., They often study.)
• To what extent? (e.g., It is very hot.)

Many adverbs end in -ly (like slowly, carefully, happily), but many do not (like fast, well, here, now).

📖 Worksheet 1: Find the Adverbs

📖 Worksheet 2: Choose the Correct Adverb in Context