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6. The man ______________ in the river when a crocodile attacked him. (swim)

7. The sun ______________ when I woke up. (shine)

8. Mother ______________ when she heard a knock on the door. (cook)

B. Adverbs

Adverbs are words that describe verbs.
Read these sentences.

• The donkey served his master faithfully.
verb adverb

• The master did not treat him well.
verb adverb

• They were walking happily.

verb adverb

• The rooster was crowing loudly.
verb adverb

The words faithfully, well, happily and loudly tell us how an action was done. They are
adverbs.

Now fill in the blanks with the adverbs given.

1. He crossed the road __________________________.

2. Raj did __________________________ in his exams.

3. The child slept __________________________.

4. The students listened to the teacher __________________________.

5. I worked __________________________ for my exam.

6. She drank the hot tea __________________________.

7. He runs __________________________.

8. The girls danced __________________________.

9. She hugged the baby __________________________.

10. They received the guests __________________________.

peacefully lovingly warmly slowly fast

attentively carefully gracefully badly hard

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