CBSE Class 4 English Adverbs Worksheet

Adverb Worksheet for Class 4

o Adverb: An adverb adds something more to the meaning of a verb. The four types of Adverb are:

o Adverbs of manner. Example: neatly, soundly, bravely

o Adverbs of place. Example: everywhere, there, here

o Adverbs of time. Example: daily, tomorrow, before

o Adverbs of frequency. Example: twice, often, never

An adverb is a word that adds meaning to a verb, an adjective or another adverb.

Eg. The sun shone brightly.

Anita sang fairly well.

There are three main types of adverbs.

Adverbs of Place- These are used to show where something happens.

It answers the question ‘where’

Eg.- above, behind, below, upstairs, outside, near, everywhere

Adverbs of Time- These are used to show when something happens. It answers the question ‘when’

Eg.- soon, later, yesterday, today, often, seldom, never, already, now, then

Adverbs of Manner- These are used to show how something happens.

It answers the questions ‘how’

Eg.- quietly, furiously, helpfully, softly, gently, noisily.

Some adverbs look like adjective. You can tell they are adverbs if they add meaning to verbs, adjective and other adverbs. If they add meaning to a noun, they are adjectives.

Eg.- Wasim Akram is a fast bowler. (adjective)

In this sentence ‘fast’ is telling something more about ‘bowler’, which is a noun. That is why it is an adjective.

Q1. Circle the adverbs in the sentences given below:

a) He worked the sum quickly.

b) She danced gracefully.

c) Ansh drove home slowly in his car.

d) Kabir did his homework neatly.

e) Mother kissed me gently on the cheek.

Q2. Choose the correct adverbs of manner to complete the sentences.

a) The old man walks ____________________. (always/ everywhere/ slowly)

b) The child slept __________________________. (daily/ soundly/often)

c) We were received very _______________________. (lately/ kindly/ frequently)

d) She sang_____________________ in the concert. (daily/ well/ everywhere)

e) It is raining ______________________. (heavily/ everywhere/ daily)

Q3. Choose the correct adverbs of place to complete the sentences.

a) The little lamb followed Mary _________________________(repeatedly/ everywhere/slowly)

b) Come ______________________ and study with me.(in the evening/ to my house)

c) Hang the picture _________________.(neatly/ there/always)

d) The soldiers dug a bunk _________________________.(yesterday/sometimes/under the ground)

Q4. Choose the correct adverbs of time to complete the sentences.

a)They are to be married _______________________.(next week/ soundly/ )

b) I hurt my knee __________________________.(there/ yesterday/ early)

c) My brother arrived _________________________(late /home/ rapidly). He missed the bus.

d) I have heard this _______________________.(there/ before/ sometimes)

e) We go for jogging _______________________.(in the morning/ near here/quickly)

Q5. Choose the correct adverbs of frequency to complete the sentences.

a) He _______________________ invited me to visit him.(often/ sadly/ never)

b)I have told you_______________________.(sadly/ twice/ at night)

c) Birds come to this sanctuary________________________________(every November/ sadly/ hopefully)

d) She___________________________ comes unprepared.(frequently/ surely/ happily)

e) He ______________________ tries to do his best.(happily/ always/ daily)

Q6. Underline the adverbs in the sentences here. Identify the type of adverb it is. Write M/P/T/F (manner/place/time/frequency) beside each sentence.

a)She was usually a brave person. _______________

b) He works hard all day. _______________

c) Suddenly, a ferocious tiger rushed in. _______________

d) The postman called again. _______________

e) I have spoken to him already. _______________ 

Choose an adverb of time from the box to replace the underlined words in each sentence:

1. Rajni should arrive in a short time._______

2. Don’t wait for a minute, do it straightaway__________

3. We went swimming the day before today._______________

4. Parul drinks milk every day of the week.______________

5. Alice arrived at my house before the fixed time.______________

6. Sheetal will go to the market after some time.___________

Fill in the blanks with adverbs of time from the box.

1. The play ended _________ so we still had time for dinner.

2. I will ________ forget my meeting with President Abdul Kalam.

3. Malini finished her homework and _______ went out to play.

4. Farooq had ______________ left when I called.

5. I think the bus will reach Daryaganj ________ 3 O’clock.

6. The flight landed thirty minutes ___________

7. Mrs. Singh goes to the nearby Gurudwara _____________

8. I sang a song at the school concert ______________

Try your hand at rewriting the sentences below to make the adjectives work as adverbs. First one is done for you.

1. Melissa is a careful driver. Melissa drives carefully.

2. The teacher speaks in a clear voice.

3. Andrew is a fast runner. __________

4. My cousin’s dog is a ferocious growler. _____________

5. Veronica’s aunt is a loud laughter. ____________

6. Wendy is a generous giver. __________________

7. Mark and Eric are responsible workers._______________

8. The huge black bear is an angry hunter.______________

9. The waitress is a patient server._____________________

10. Mrs. Johnson is an effective teacher._________

The Adverb – Kinds of Adverbs

Fill in the blanks with suitable adverbs of manner chosen from those given within brackets:

1. The hungry beggar ate the food _____________. (greedily / loudly)
2. All the day the children played ____________ (merrily / quickly) in the park.
3. There were no clouds, and the sun shone___________ (slowly / brightly)
4. The children listened to the teacher________________ (attentively / smartly)
5. The manager dismissed him because he always worked_____________. (silently / carelessly)

II. What is an Adverb? Give two examples.

TENSES

I. Rewrite the following sentences changing the verb to show that the action is going on at the present moment: ( Present Continuous Tense)
1. The children swim in the pond
2. The peon rings the bell.
3. She wears a diamond ring.
4. The birds fly over the breeze.
5. Farmers plough their fields.

II. Fill in the blanks with the Past Tense of the verbs given in brackets:
1. The hunters _________________ wild animals. (shoot)
2. The ship ____________ in the water. (sink)
3. The waves ____________ high. (rise)
4. It _____________ a lot of money. (cost)
5. Rita ___________ her face for shame. (hide)

III. Rewrite the following sentences changing the verb to show that the action named has ended just now: (Present perfect Tense)

1. The players are playing in the ground.
2. The students are writing their exams.
3. He is working hard for the family.
4. I am playing the match.
5. These men are doing their work.

IV. Fill in the blanks with the Simple Present or Present Continuous Tense:

1. a) A cold breeze ____________ every morning. (blow)
b) A cold breeze ________________ now. (blow)

2. a) Birds _____________________ nests in trees now. (build)
b) Birds _______________ nests in trees. (build)

3. a) I ______________ my breakfast at 8 a.m. (have)
b) I _______________ my breakfast now. (have)

4. a) We _______________ our lessons daily. (learn)
b) We ___________________ our lessons now. (learn)

5. a) The sky __________________ dark now. (grow)
b) The sky ________________ dark at evening. (grow)

AGREEMENT OF VERB WITH THE SUBJECT

Choose the correct word:
1. January, the first month of the year _________________ (has, have) 31 days.
2. Mathematics _______________ (is, are) my favourite subject.
3. Over a hundred people ______________ (was, were) present at the concert.
4. What ___________ (are, is ) the latest news?
5. My friends _____________ (likes, like) to play chess.
6. ___________ (are, is ) these children’s mother ill?

Punctuation and the use of capitals

I. Punctuate the following sentences. Use a capital letter where necessary:
1. I am going to visit vimal
2. may I have another sweet please
3. there is a pen a pencil an eraser and a sharpener in my pencil box
4. oh I am so excited
5. suddenly she heard a loud noise

COMPREHENSION

Read the following passage and answer the following questions:

Mr. Jain was a very wealthy merchant. H e had a big family and a lot of friends. Every year on his birthday, the tenth of August, they all came to his house with flowers and gifts. They had dinner with him and enjoyed themselves.
It was after midnight and Mr. Jain’s birthday party was just over. He was alone in his living room. He picked up a bouquet of roses. As he was smelling the flowers, he saw the shadow of a head on the table. He knew there was a thief in the room. He knew that the thief was hiding in the ceiling. He called out to his cook, ”bring back all the dishes. One of my guests has not had his dinner.”

Q1. Who was Mr. Jain? When was his birthday?
Q2. What did his family and friends do on his birthday?
Q3. How did Mr. Jain know that there was someone hiding in the ceiling?
Q4. What did he tell his cook to do?
Q5. What kind of a person was Mr. Jain?

Read the poem carefully and answer the questions given below:

Autumn Woods

I like the woods
In autumn
When dry leaves hide the ground,
When the trees are bare,
And the wind sweeps by
With a lonesome rushing sound
I can rustle the leaves
In autumn
And I can make a bed
In the thick dry leaves
That have fallen
From the bare trees
Overhead. - James S. Tippett

Q1. In which season does the girl like the Woods?
Q2. With what is the ground hidden?
Q3. Where can she make a bed?
Q4. From where did the leaves fall?
Q5. How do the trees look in Autumn?

WRITING TASK

I. Design a poster regarding the safety of women while travelling.
II. Write a leave application to your class teacher requesting for sick leave.

Real Life Example

→ We use adverbs in daily life to show intensity of action or giving specific details.

LEARNING OBJECTIVES

This lesson will help you to:—
→ learn the use of adverbs in sentence construction and in the expression of English language.
→ learn to differentiate adverb from other parts of speech and observe how and to what extent they modify them.

An adverb is a word that describes a verb, an adjective or another adverb.
Example: Jason quickly read the book.
How did Jason read? Quickly.
Emma left early. 
When did Emma leave? Early.
Lily and Ben played here.
Where did Lily and Ben play? Here.

KINDS OF ADVERBS

(A) Adverbs of Manner
They describe how the actions are done.
Example- Slowly, fast, loudly

(B) Adverbs of Place:
They show where an action is or was done.
Example- My friend is waiting outside.
They came forward.
Stand here.

(C) Adverbs of Time
The adverbs show when an action is or was done.
Example- I meet him everyday.
Come home early.

(D) Adverbs of Degree
They show how much or to what extent a thing is done.
Examples- The water is extremely cold.
We are very tired from the trip.
The water is extremely cold we are very tired from the trip.

(E) Adverbs of Frequency
These are used to show the number of times an action is or was done.
Example: I saw her only once.
He has already been punished twice.

(F) Interrogative Adverbs
These adverbs are used for asking questions.
Example: When do we meet ?
Why are you so sad ?

A Poem on Adverb

The ship was sailing smoothly the crew was singing merrily,
then came the storm monstrously,
everyone ran on the deck hurriedly.
the captain said to everyone politely,
let us all face it gracefully
The storm went away
“we are safe”, said the captain ecstatically.

Amazing Facts

→ We can form adverbs byadd ing ‘LY’ to adjectives.
Example:
Loud-Loudly; Bright-Brightly

→ Sometimes we may have to change the spellings before we add- ‘LY’ we remove ‘E’ or ‘Y’ 
Example:
Simple-Simply; True-Truly

Forming Adverbs from Adjectives.

Directions (Qs. 1 to 9): Fill in the blanks with adverbs by choosing the correct option.

1. The old man is walking __________ .
(a) up
(b) fast
(c) slowly
(d) down
Answer : C

2. The little girl is dancing very __________ .
(a) flexibily
(b) gracefully
(c) angrily
(d) None of these
Answer : B

3. The dog barks __________ at night.
(a) loudly
(b) fiercely
(c) cruelly
(d) out
Answer : A

4. Riddhima types __________ to complete her work on time.
(a) slowly
(b) quickly
(c) wisely
(d) easily
Answer : B

5. The gardener shouts __________ at the boys.
(a) lazily
(b) carelessly
(c) angrily
(d) soundly
Answer : C

6. A __________ huge mongoose was found under the tree.
(a) green
(b) very
(c) large
(d) long
Answer : B

7. Navratri is celebrated __________ in a year.
(a) once
(b) regularly
(c) twice
(d) always
Answer : C

8. It was a __________ decorated pandal.
(a) nice
(b) well
(c) huge
(d) None of these
Answer : B

9. __________ sour grapes are grown in his graden.
(a) Nicely
(b) Badly
(c) Exceptionally
(d) Little
Answer : C

Directions (Qs 10 to 14) : Choose the best option that suits the analogy based on adverbs.

10. Simple : Simply :: True : ?
(a) True
(b) Truly
(c) Trueness
(d) Truthful
Answer : B

11. Angry : Angrily :: Easy : ?
(a) Easily
(b) Easiness
(c) Easy
(d) None of these
Answer : D

12. Exact : Exactly : : Particular : ?
(a) Particulars
(b) Particularly
(c) Part
(d) None of these
Answer : B

13. Recent : Recently : : Usual : ?
(a) Unusual
(b) Usualas
(c) Usually
(d) Often
Answer : C

14. Right : Direction : : Quickly : ?
(a) Speed
(b) Strength
(c) Energy
(d) None of these
Answer : A

Directions (Qs. 15 to 20) : Find the odd one out and choose the correct option.

15.
(a) Long
(b) Far
(c) Away
(d) Close
Answer : D

16.
(a) Most
(b) Least
(c) Little
(d) Less
Answer : A

17.
(a) Once
(b) Twice
(c) Often
(d) Where
Answer : D

18.
(a) Rarely
(b) Outside
(c) Inside
(d) Forward
Answer : A

19.
(a) Slowly
(b) Once
(c) Fast
(d) Loudly
Answer : B

20.
(a) Inside-outside
(b) Up-down
(c) Thin-slim
(d) East-west
Answer : C

Directions (Qs. 21 to 26): Choose the best option.

21. Examples of Adverb of Manner are:
(a) fast, early
(b) gladly, quickly
(c) easily, outside
(d) always, thrice
Answer : B

22. Examples of Adverb of Place are:
(a) never, everywhere
(b) surely, certainly
(c) below, inside
(d) outside, many
Answer : C

23. Examples of Adverb of Time are:
(a) before, below
(b) never, there
(c) certainly, early
(d) recently, immediately
Answer : D

24. Example of Adverb of Degree are:
(a) partly, greatly
(b) much, often
(c) within, soon
(d) rather, after
Answer : B

25. Examples of Adverb of Frequency are:
(a) nowhere, forward
(b) loudly, soon after
(c) perfectly, almost
(d) often, frequently
Answer : D

26. Examples of Adverb of Interrogation are:
(a) how, never
(b) certainly, since
(c) where, when
(d) quite, outside
Answer : C

Directions (Qs. 27 to 31): Look at the pictures and fill in the blanks with suitable adverbs by choosing from the options given.

27. She is running __________ .

(a) fast
(b) slowly
(c) softly
(d) easily
Answer : A

28. Boys are playing __________ .

(a) loudly
(b) merrily
(c) long
(d) angrily
Answer : B

29. The child is smiling __________ .

(a) angrily
(b) sadly
(c) happily
(d) softly
Answer : C

30.

The sun is shining ______________ .
(a) peacefully
(b) frequently
(c) already
(d) brightly
Answer : D

31.

The man is driving ______________ .
(a) unhappily
(b) suddenly
(c) joyfully
(d) carefully.
Answer : C

Directions (Qs 32 to 35) : Read the sentences and choose the best option given.

32. Consider the following statements and choose the correct option.
Statement A : An adverb is a word that describes an action verb.
Statement B : Adverbs of Place show where an action is or was done.
(a) Statement A is correct statement B is wrong.
(b) Statement B is correct statement A is wrong.
(c) Both the statements are correct.
(d) Both the statements are wrong.
Answer : C

33. Consider the following statements and choose the correct option.
Statement A : Adverbs of Time show when an action is or was done.
Statement B : Adverbs of Degree show where the thing is done.
(a) Statement A is correct statement B is wrong.
(b) Statement B is correct statement A is wrong.
(c) Both the statements are correct.
(d) Both the statements are wrong.
Answer : A

34. Study the sentences and choose the correct option.
A. A very huge cobra crawled through the grass.
B. An exceptionally sweet apple was found on the plant.
C. My friend is waiting rarely.
D. We visited Taj Mahal instantly.
(a) FFTT
(b) TTFF
(c) TFTF
(d) FTFT
Answer : B

35. Study the sentences and choose the correct option. (Tricky, 2013)
A. I am happily pleased to meet you.
B. Yesterday, I had a serious accident.
C. The sick man moved fast quickly.
D. Sachin plays brilliantly.
(a) FFTT
(b) TTFF
(c) TFTF
(d) FTFT
Answer : D