Adverb online exercise for Grade 5 - Free Printable

Let's solve this step by step.

The task is to complete each sentence with an adverb that matches the adjective given in the first part of the sentence. Adverbs often describe *how* something is done, and they are usually formed by adding -ly to an adjective (though there are exceptions).

We’ll go through each sentence:

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1. My dad is a careful driver. → He drives carefully.
✔ Already completed correctly. "Carefully" is the adverb form of "careful".

2. Jason is a bad player. → He plays _________.
- "Bad" is the adjective. The adverb form is badly.
→ He plays badly.

3. Nicha is a good cook. → She cooks _________.
- "Good" → adverb form is well.
(Note: "good" becomes "well" as an adverb; not "goodly", which is rare).
→ She cooks well.

4. Pakorn's a fast swimmer. → He swims _________.
- "Fast" is already an adverb in many contexts, but it can also be used as an adjective.
Here, we need the adverb form — fast is acceptable as an adverb (e.g., "He runs fast").
However, the more formal adverb form is quickly, but "fast" works too.
Since the original word is "fast", and it functions as both adjective and adverb, we use fast.
→ He swims fast.

5. Tiwan's a hard worker. → He works _________.
- "Hard" is an adjective here ("hard worker"), and the adverb form is hard.
(Note: "hard" is used as an adverb meaning with effort — e.g., "work hard").
→ He works hard.

6. Jan is a slow writer. → She writes _________.
- "Slow" → adverb form is slowly.
→ She writes slowly.

7. I am a quiet speaker. → I speak _________.
- "Quiet" → adverb form is quietly.
→ I speak quietly.

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✔ Final Answers:

1. carefully
2. badly
3. well
4. fast
5. hard
6. slowly
7. quietly

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📝 Explanation:

- We convert the adjective in the first sentence into its adverb form to describe how the action is performed.
- Most adverbs end in -ly, but some (like *fast*, *hard*, *well*) have irregular forms.
- Remember: "good" → "well", "bad" → "badly", "quiet" → "quietly", etc.

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