Adverb Worksheet - Academy Worksheets - Free Printable

Explanation:
We need to fill in each blank with the correct adverb from the word box. Let’s go one sentence at a time and think about what makes sense.

1. *Andrew arrived ________ for his music lesson.*
We want a word that tells *when* he arrived — early, on time, or late. “Early” fits best here (arrived early = before the scheduled time).
✔ early

2. *Joanna ________ goes to the convenience store.*
This describes *how often* she goes — frequency adverb. “Always” is the only frequency adverb in the list.
✔ always

3. *Anthony walked ________ up the stairs.*
This describes *how* he walked — likely speed or manner. “Heavily” can describe walking with weight or effort (e.g., tired or slow), but “quietly” also possible. However, “heavily” is more commonly used with walking up stairs (like heavy footsteps). Let’s hold and check others first.

4. *It is raining ________.*
Describes how it’s raining — intensity. “Heavily” is the standard adverb for strong rain. So this is likely heavily, which means sentence 3 may be something else.

Let’s re-evaluate:

- “Heavily” fits best for rain → sentence 4 = heavily
- Then sentence 3: *Anthony walked ________ up the stairs.* Could be “quietly” (if he didn’t want to be heard), or “strongly”, but “strongly” doesn’t usually modify “walked”. “Quietly” is natural.
✔ sentence 3 = quietly

5. *He ________ hit the flower vase on the table.*
This suggests an unintended action — “accidentally” is perfect.
✔ accidentally

6. *I ________ got my first salary!*
Expresses emotion — excitement. “Finally” shows it took time and now it happened. “Happily” could also work, but “finally” fits better with “got my first salary” (implies waiting for it).
Let’s compare:
- “I happily got…” → okay, but less common phrasing.
- “I finally got…” → very natural.
✔ finally

7. *The people are ________ against the Government.*
Describes *how* they are against — strongly? politely? “Strongly” fits: strongly against = firmly opposed.
✔ strongly

8. *The children are playing ________ in the park.*
Describes manner of playing — joyful? quietly? “Happily” is the obvious choice for children playing.
✔ happily

9. *The volunteers ________ contributed to the relief fund.*
How did they contribute? “Kindly” = in a kind way, generous. Also possible: “politely”, but contributing is not about politeness. “Kindly” fits best.
✔ kindly

10. *Andrea spoke ________ to us.*
Manner of speaking — “politely” is a common搭配 (spoke politely). Also “kindly” is used, but we already used “kindly” in #9. Each word should be used once (standard for such worksheets). Let’s list all words and see usage:

Word box:
always, accidentally, early, quietly, politely, finally, heavily, kindly, happily, strongly

Used so far:
1. early
2. always
3. quietly
4. heavily
5. accidentally
6. finally
7. strongly
8. happily
9. kindly
→ Left: politely
So #10 must be politely

Yes — “Andrea spoke politely to us” is natural.

Now double-check all:

1. early
2. always
3. quietly
4. heavily
5. accidentally
6. finally
7. strongly
8. happily
9. kindly
10. politely

All 10 words used once. All sentences make sense.

Final Answer:
1. early
2. always
3. quietly
4. heavily
5. accidentally
6. finally
7. strongly
8. happily
9. kindly
10. politely