ADVERB - NCERT CBSE Class 9 and Class 10 English Grammar Notes

  What are ‘adverbs’?

An adverb is a part of speech – a word- that gives more information about a verb, an adjective or an adverb as well.

Just the way, adjectives gives more information about the noun, the adverb gives more information about the verb, the adjective and the other adverb as well.

Allen was walking.	Walking - verb	Allen was walking slowly. ‘slowly’ is adverb because it modifies the verb ‘walking’.
Allen was walking slowly.	Slowly - adverb	Allen was walking very slowly. ‘very’ is an adverb that modifies other adverb ‘slowly’.
Allen is intelligent.	Intelligent - adjective	Allen is superbly intelligent. ‘superbly’ is an adverb that modifies the adjective ‘intelligent’.

 

Note that most of the time an adverb ends with ‘-ly’ or ‘-ily’. They are modified from adjectives. For example:

Adjective	Adverb
Angry	Angrily
Happy	Happily
Merry	Merrily
Sleepy	Sleepily
Easy	Easily
Noisy	Noisily
Tidy	Tidily
Gloomy	Gloomily

 

Question: Given below are the adverbs. Use them in the sentences to fill in the blanks:

(Awfully, sorrowfully, completely, loftily, carefully, differently, quickly, nonchalantly)

(i)                   The report must be read ……………… so that performance can be improved.

Answer: The report must be read cafefully so that performance can be improved.

 

(ii)                  At the interview, Sameer answered our questions ……………, shrugging his shoulders.

Answer: At the interview, Sameer answered our questions loftily, shrugging his shoulders.

 

(iii)                We all behave …………… when we are tired or hungry.

Answer: We all behave differently when we are tired or hungry.

 

(iv)                 The teacher shook her head …………… when Ravi lied to her.

Answer: The teacher shook her head sorrowfully when Ravi lied to her.

 

(v)                  I ……………. forgot about it.

Answer: I completely forgot about it.

 

(vi)                 When I complimented Revathi on her success, she just smiled and ………….. turned away.

Answer: When I complimented Revathi on her success, she just smiled and nonchalantly turned away.

 

(vii)               The President of the Company is ………….. busy and will not be able to meet you.

Answer: The President of the Company is awfully busy and will not be able to meet you.

 

(viii)             I finished my work ……………. so that I could go out to play.

Answer: I finished my work quickly so that I could go out to play.

Notes by Amit Kharat