Unit Four Adverbs Grade 11 English Grade 11

Unit Four – Adverbs Grade 11 - English Grade 11 English Unit Four Competency : 4. 7 Uses nouns, adjectives and adverbs appropriately. Activity 03 1

Unit Four – Adverbs Grade 11 - English Objectives § Use adverbs appropriately in writing. § Construct sentences using adverbs according to the context. §Practice using adverbs meaningfully in sentences. § Value the ability to use adverbs meaningfully in conversation. 2

Unit Four – Adverbs Grade 11 - English Adverbs An adverb describes a verb, an adjective, or another adverb. 3

Unit Four – Adverbs Grade 11 - English Adverb An Adverb qualifies anything except a Noun or a Pronoun. Ex: Nita goes slowly. (Adverb after a verb) She is a very beautiful girl. (Adverb before an adjective) 4

Unit Four – Adverbs Grade 11 - English She eats very slowly. ( Adverb before another adverb) The bird flew exactly over our head. ( Adverb before a preposition) They dislike him simply because he is very selfish. (Adverb before a conjunction) 5

Unit Four – Adverbs Grade 11 - English The bird flew exactly over our head. ( Adverb before a preposition) They dislike him simply because he is very selfish. (Adverb before a conjunction) 6

Unit Four – Adverbs Grade 11 - English Adverbs Sister makes sandwiches quickly and deliciously. An adverb is a verb helper that modifies and tells us more about the verb. It tells us when, where or how an action takes place. 7

Unit Four – Adverbs Grade 11 - English Adverb of place Adverbs of place answer the question – Where ? Where are the toys? The toys are on the floor. • Where is Diduni putting the toys? Diduni is putting the toys inside the box. 8

Adverbs say the following, How? Easily Happily Loudly Quickly Sadly Silently How Often? Always Every day Frequently Never Once Seldom When? After Before Early Now Today Yesterday Where? Inside Near Outside There Home Here 9

Polythene bags have been thrown away carelessly. We have worked very hard. 10

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Unit Four – Adverbs Grade 11 - English Most adverbs of manner are Ex: slowly, loudly, quickly formed by adding – ly to adjectives. When an adjective ends with Ex: carefully, beautifully – l, we add – ly When an adjective ends with Ex: happily, noughtily – y , we remove –y and add -ly For adjectives ending with – ll, Ex: fully We only add -y Sometimes, adverbs are Ex: fast, hard formed without any changes in the adjectives. 12

Unit Four – Adverbs Grade 11 - English Underline the adverbs in these sentences. (Ques. 1) 1. Open the door very slowly and quietly. 2. My little brother is splashing water in the pool noisily. 3. Can you come here quickly? 4. We sometimes go out for dinner. 5. They usually lock the door when they go out. 13

Unit Four – Adverbs Grade 11 - English Underline the adverbs in these sentences. (Answers) 1. Open the door very slowly and quietly. 2. My little brother is splashing water in the pool noisily. 3. Can you come here quickly? 4. We sometimes go out for dinner. 5. They usually lock the door when they go out. 14

Fast greedily 15

Unit Four – Adverbs Grade 11 - English Change these words into adverbs. Ex: honest - honestly happy - Ex : successfully wonderful - sad - powerful - safe - careful - correct - skillful 16

Unit Four – Adverbs Grade 11 - English Change these words into adverbs. (Answers) Ex: honestly happy - happily Ex : successfully wonderful - wonderfully sad - sadly powerful - powerfully safe - safely careful - carefully correct - correctly skillful - skillfully 17

Unit Four – Adverbs Grade 11 - English Adverbs of Manner shows how an action takes place. She drives the car swiftly. 18

Unit Four – Adverbs Grade 11 - English Adverbs of Frequency say how often an action takes place. Ex: She very often walks to the shrine room. 19

Unit Four – Adverbs Grade 11 - English Adverbs of time say when an action takes place. They went to the science laboratory yesterday. 20

Unit Four – Adverbs Grade 11 - English Adverbs of Reason give a reason to the particular action. He cannot come today as he has an examination. 21

Unit Four – Adverbs Grade 11 - English Adverbs of Place say Where the action takes place. We stay inside the garden for three hours. 22

Unit Four – Adverbs Grade 11 - English Complete the following sentences. 1. The president did the speech ……………. . . 2. She puts the coins ………………. . 3. They won’t come today …………………. 4. He gas dug a big pit ………………. . 5. They went to the temple …………………. . 6. They ……………. . visit grandmother. 7. She …………. scolds another. 8. The teachers ………. . wish good for their students. ( because of the alms giving, inside the bag, never, efficiently, always, frequently, today, as it’s raining ) 23

Unit Four – Adverbs Grade 11 - English Complete the following sentences. 1. The president did the speech efficiently. 2. She puts the coins inside the bag. 3. They won’t come today as it’s raining. 4. He gas dug a big pit today. 5. They went to the temple because of the alms giving. 6. They frequently visit grandmother. 7. She never scolds another. 8. The teachers always wish good for their students. ( because of the alms giving, inside the bag, never, efficiently, always, frequently, today, as it’s 24 raining )

Unit Four – Adverbs Grade 11 - English Underline the adverb in the following sentences. 1. Her grand father snored loudly. 2. I will visit my friend tomorrow. 3. Sister, please come here? 4. He sat lazily in the pond. 25

Unit Four – Adverbs Grade 11 - English Underline the adverb in the following sentences. 1. Her grand father snored loudly. 2. I will visit my friend tomorrow. 3. Sister, please come here? 4. He sat lazily in the pond. 26

Unit Four – Adverbs Grade 11 - English Underline the adverb in the sentences. 1. Senuth stopped suddenly and listened. 2. George stamped his feet angrily. 3. I carefully walked on the path. 4. They played cricket yesterday. 27

Unit Four – Adverbs Grade 11 - English Underline the adverb in the sentences. 1. Senuth stopped suddenly and listened. 2. George stamped his feet angrily. 3. I carefully walked on the path. 4. They played cricket yesterday. 28

Unit Four – Adverbs Grade 11 - English Underline the adverb in the following sentences. (Ques. 2) 1. Mother nicely decorated the vase. 2. My dog always barks. 3. She neatly wrote down the name lists. 4. I usually play with the puppy when I get home. 29

Unit Four – Adverbs Grade 11 - English Underline the adverb in the following sentences. 1. Mother nicely decorated the vase. 2. My dog always barks. 3. She neatly wrote down the name lists. 4. I usually play with the puppy when I get home. 30

Unit Four – Adverbs Grade 11 - English Fill in the blanks using the words given. forgotten, soon, tried, wrong, eagerly, realized, saw, slowly, unfortunately, an, port, happening, they, luckily A tourist was once on a holiday cruise to India. He was looking at all the sights and 1) ………. . taking photos. He had completely 2) ………… about the time. When he 3) ………. . that his ship was leaving 4) ………… he rushed anxiously to the 5) …………. 31

Unit Four – Adverbs Grade 11 - English When he got there he 6) …………. That the ship was moving 7) …………. away from the port. He 8) …………. to jump onto the ship. 9) …………. . he fell into the water. 10) …………… some sailors saw what was 11) ………. . and fished him out. Then 12) ………… told him that it was the 13) …………. ship. The right one sailed 14) ………. . hour later. Well, everyone makes mistakes sometimes. 32

Unit Four – Adverbs Grade 11 - English Fill in the blanks using the words given. forgotten, soon, tried, wrong, eagerly, realized, saw, slowly, unfortunately, an, port, happening, they, luckily A tourist was once on a holiday cruise to India. He was looking at all the sights and 1) … eagerly. . . taking photos. He had completely 2) … forgotten … about the time. When he 3). . realized. . that his ship was leaving 4) … soon … he rushed anxiously to the 5) … port …. 33

Unit Four – Adverbs Grade 11 - English When he got there he 6) …saw…. that the ship was moving 7) …slowly…. away from the port. He 8) …tried…. to jump onto the ship. 9) …Unfortunately. . . he fell into the water. 10) …Luckily… some sailors saw what was 11) …happening…. . and fished him out. Then 12) …they… told him that it was the 13) …wrong…. ship. The right one sailed 14) …an. . . hour later. Well, everyone makes mistakes sometimes. 34

Unit Four – Adverbs Grade 11 - English Select the most suitable word. Sri Lanka being an 1) ………. . (agriculture/ agricultural/agriculturally ) country has a fine system of water 2) ……. . …(manage/ managerial/ management). We get rain and we enjoy an 3) ……. . (abundance/ abundantly) of lush green 4) ……… (vegetarian/ vegetation/ vegetate). Sometimes we have dry seasons and experience the 5) ………. . (harshness/ harshly) of drought when there is no rain for a long period. 35

Unit Four – Adverbs Grade 11 - English Select the most suitable word. Sri Lanka being an 1) ………. . (agriculture/ agricultural/agriculturally ) country has a fine system of water 2) ……. . …(manage/ managerial/ management). We get rain and we enjoy an 3) ……. . (abundance/ abundant/abundantly) of lush green 4) ……… (vegetarian/ vegetation/ vegetate). Sometimes we have dry seasons and experience the 5) ………. . (harshness/ harsh/harshly) of drought when there is no rain for a long period. 36

Unit Four – Adverbs Grade 11 - English Select the most suitable word. Adj. Sri Lanka being an 1) ………. . (agriculture/ agricultural/agriculturally ) country has a fine system of water 2) ……. . …(manage/ managerial/ management). We get rain and we enjoy an 3) ……. . (abundance/ abundant/abundantly) of lush green 4) ……… (vegetarian/ vegetation/ vegetate). Sometimes we have dry seasons and experience the 5) ………. . (harshness/ harsh/harshly) of drought when there is no rain for a long period. Noun 37

Unit Four – Adverbs Grade 11 - English Underline the most suitable word. (Ques. 3) 1. For many years the prices of the goods have been ……………… (continuing, continuously, continue) rising. 2. The services of the carpenters are ………. . (cost, costing, costly) 3. A tea plucker gets ………. payment. (day, daily, days) 38

Unit Four – Adverbs Grade 11 - English Underline the most suitable word. 1. For many years the prices of the goods have been ……………… (continuing, continuously, continue) rising. 2. The services of the carpenters are ………. . (cost, costing, costly) 3. A tea plucker gets ………. payment. (day, daily, days) 39

Unit Four – Adverbs Grade 11 - English Objectives § Use adverbs appropriately in writing. § Construct sentences using adverbs according to the context. §Practice using adverbs meaningfully in sentences. § Value the ability to use adverbs meaningfully in conversation. 40