Name:___________________________________________________Section:_____________________
ADVERB & VERB TEST
Part I.
Directions: Identify the adverb in each of the following sentences. Then give the word or words each adverb
modifies. Please write the adverb on the line provided followed by the word it modifies.
1. Visitors to Williamsburg can truly imagine what life must have been like in the1700s.__________________
2. As you can see in the photo on the opposite page, Williamsburg was carefully built to resemble a small
town of the past. _______________________________
s3. On one street a wigmaker slowly makes old-fashioned powdered wigs.
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4. Nearby, a silversmith designs beautiful candlesticks, platters, and jewelry. __________________________
5. Down the block the bookbinder skillfully crafts book covers out of leather. __________________________
6. In colonial times people could seldom afford new shoes for themselves. _____________________________
7. Nowadays, many curious tourists visit the bootmaker’s shop._______________________________________
s8. Another very popular craftsman makes lovely musical
instruments.__________________________________
9. Williamsburg definitely gives tourists the feeling that they have visited the past. _____________________
10. The nation of Brazil actually covers almost half of the continent of South America.___________________
11. A large portion of the Amazon rain forest grows there. __________________________________________
12. Brasilia, the capital of Brazil, is an extremely modern city._______________________________________
13. In Brazil, sports fans can almost always find a soccer game in
progress.______________________________
14. She has always wanted to make the U.S. Equestrian Team.________________________________________
15. Then she grooms her horse._________________________________
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Part II.
Directions: Find the verb or verbs in each sentence. Then write the verb or verbs on the line provided.
16. They took my clothes, documents, everything. _________________________________
17. Julie found a penny on the road heads-down.____________________________________
18. We are currently halfway through memorizing 100 important US history dates.______________________
19. Has high tech really reached a new low?_________________________________
20. I am adventurous. _________________________________
21. Cathy kicked the ball the hardest. _______________________________
22. Success is completely in my hands.________________________
23. I love playing tennis. _____________________________
24. Lola likes to go on walks. __________________________________
25. Hold your purse close. _____________________________________________
Part III.
Directions: Identify the underlined word as either a verb or adverb on the line provided.
26. Bam was freakishly strong and threw me around like a rag doll. _______________________________
27. I enjoy reading essays on national and worldwide issues. _____________________________________
28. After he finished, I introduced myself. ______________________________________
29. We were not talking about you.____________________________________________
30. Yeah, he’s definitely cute. _____________________________________
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Part IV.
Directions: Please write the definition for a verb and an adverb in a complete sentence.
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Part V.
Directions: Read the following sentences. Then fill in each blank with an appropriate adverb. Use a different
adverb in each sentence.
33. I____________________watch TV after school.
34. My little sister crept down the stairs ______________________.
35. Do you think that you can_____________________find the answer to the math problem?
36. In the evening, the African drums beat ________________________.
37. Would you dim the light ___________________for me?
38. People in the highest balcony could _______________________hear the speakers on stage.
39. The sky over Honolulu was________________________clear that I could see for miles.
40. Does thunder__________________________follow lightning?
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