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G Adverbs are formed in the following ways:
a. By adding ‘–ly’ to adjectives; as– quickly, slowly, wisely, kindly, happily, etc.

b. By adding ‘–ly’ to noun; as– daily, weekly, monthly, yearly, timely, etc.
c. By adding ‘–ly’ to participles; as– hurriedly, lovingly, etc.

d. A few adverbs are formed by adding ‘a’ or a preposition too.

Adjectives; as –
anew, alone, beyond, afresh, along, between, behind, etc.

Adverbs; as –

hereby, thereby, henceforth, whereof, herein.
Nouns; as –

ahead, aside, abroad, asleep, beside, today, tomorrow, ashore, abed, etc.

e. Some adverbs are formed by combining a noun and an adjective; as –

meantime, sometimes, homewards, yesterday, midway, afterwards, straight away.
Adverbs of Number are formed as:

one Ý once, two Ý twice,

three Ý thrice, four Ý fourfold.

A. Sort out the adverb and write it in the blank. Also write its types.
Sentence Adverbs Types
1. The doctor carefully examined my father. _____________ _____________

2. I have twice been there. _____________ _____________
3. He never eats fast food. _____________ _____________

4. She can speak Chinese well. _____________ _____________
5. Some guests came late and left early. _____________ _____________

B. Fill in the blanks with suitable adverbs.
1. Manik _______________ gave all his pocket money to the beggar.

2. I am late because _______________ some relatives came home.
3. We _______________ packed our bags and left for Kerala.

4. The doctor told me that my muscles would ___________ improve with regular
exercise.
5. My father _______________ meets my teachers in school.

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