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A one-page CAPS Grade 5 English poster on adverbs (Grammar), with the key ideas, key words and a tip to remember.
An adverb tells us more about a verb. It answers the questions how, when, where and how often.
The girls danced gracefully.
Many end in ly. Add ly to an adjective. Consonant and y: change y to ily. Ends in le: change le to ly.
quick, quickly; loud, loudly
happy, happily; gentle, gently
good, well
They tell us when something happens: now, today, yesterday, tomorrow, soon, later.
We will leave soon.
They tell us where something happens: here, there, everywhere, outside, upstairs, downstairs.
We looked everywhere.
They tell us how often: always, often, sometimes, seldom, never. They usually go before the verb.
She always has a book in her bag.
They tell us how much: very, quite, too, really.
The soup was very hot.