Adverb practice worksheet focusing on modifying adjectives and other adverbs.

Here are the solutions for the exercises on your worksheet.

Exercise 1: Recognizing the Words Adverbs Modify

How to solve this:
Look at the underlined adverb. Ask yourself: "What word is this describing?"
* If it describes a noun (a person, place, or thing), it modifies an adjective. (Example: *very* tall. "Tall" describes a person. "Very" describes how tall.)
* If it describes an action or another describing word, it modifies an adverb. (Example: ran *very* quickly. "Quickly" describes how he ran. "Very" describes how quickly.)

Step-by-step Analysis:

1. rather unsatisfying: The word "unsatisfying" is an adjective describing the movie ending. "Rather" tells us *how* unsatisfying it was. -> adjective
2. almost certainly: The word "certainly" is an adverb telling us about the finishing of the course. "Almost" tells us *how* certain she is. -> adverb
3. exceptionally good: The word "good" is an adjective describing the novel. "Exceptionally" tells us *how* good it is. -> adjective
4. hardly ever: The word "ever" is an adverb related to time/frequency. "Hardly" modifies it. -> adverb
5. genuinely surprised: The word "surprised" acts as an adjective here describing Dad's feeling. "Genuinely" tells us *how* surprised he was. -> adjective
6. quite strongly: The word "strongly" is an adverb describing how he opposed the law. "Quite" tells us *how* strongly. -> adverb
7. somewhat stronger: The word "stronger" is an adjective describing the patient. "Somewhat" tells us *how* much stronger. -> adjective
8. Hardly any: In this context, "any" functions similarly to an adjective/quantifier for the cookies. "Hardly" modifies it to mean "almost none." In grammar exercises like this, this is typically classified as modifying the adjective/determiner. -> adjective
9. very diligently: The word "diligently" is an adverb describing how the student worked. "Very" tells us *how* diligently. -> adverb
10. extraordinarily beautiful: The word "beautiful" is an adjective describing the building. "Extraordinarily" tells us *how* beautiful. -> adjective

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Exercise 2: Adding Adverbs to Sentences

How to solve this:
You need to fill in the blank with a word that answers "To what extent?" (How much? How little?). Then, underline the word that your new adverb is describing.

*(Note: Since I cannot write directly on your paper, I will provide a common answer and tell you which word to underline. There are many possible correct answers, such as "very," "quite," "extremely," or "barely.")*

1. The bride looked very beautiful.
* (Underline: beautiful)
2. The earthquake completely destroyed the city. *(Note: The prompt has "completely" already, but usually you add the adverb. If the blank is before "completely", you could say "almost". If the blank replaces the space before "destroyed", use "completely" or "totally". Let's assume the blank is for the adverb modifying the verb).*
* *Correction based on standard layout:* The sentence likely wants an adverb before "completely" or instead of it. Let's use: The earthquake totally destroyed the city.
* (Underline: destroyed)
3. Several people were extremely unhappy about the decision.
* (Underline: unhappy)
4. The situation seemed hopelessly hopeless. (Or simply: The situation seemed quite hopeless).
* (Underline: hopeless)
5. The hedge barely partially hid the town dump. (This sentence structure is tricky. Usually, it would be "The hedge only partially hid..." or "The hedge scarcely hid..."). Let's go with: The hedge only partially hid the town dump.
* (Underline: partially)
6. Quite early this morning, the repair crew arrived.
* (Underline: early)
7. Mr. Hillyer looks extremely tired today.
* (Underline: tired)
8. Jerry is almost always on time for appointments.
* (Underline: always)
9. We were utterly thoroughly confused by the diagrams. (Or simpler: We were very thoroughly confused).
* (Underline: thoroughly)
10. Her compliment sounded genuinely sincere.
* (Underline: sincere)

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Final Answer:

Exercise 1
1. adjective
2. adverb
3. adjective
4. adverb
5. adjective
6. adverb
7. adjective
8. adjective
9. adverb
10. adjective

Exercise 2
*(Answers may vary, but these are correct examples. Make sure to underline the bolded word in your notebook.)*
1. very (underline *beautiful*)
2. totally (underline *destroyed*)
3. extremely (underline *unhappy*)
4. quite (underline *hopeless*)
5. only (underline *partially*)
6. Quite (underline *early*)
7. extremely (underline *tired*)
8. almost (underline *always*)
9. very (underline *thoroughly*)
10. genuinely (underline *sincere*)