Grammar reference and practice 2.3

1Complete the sentences using the adverbs in the box. 
  • well
  • fast
  • badly
  • easily
  • slowly
  • 1You're speaking too quietly. I can't hear you!

  • 2He's an amazing musician. He can play the drums very well.

  • 3She wins all the races. She can run really fast.

  • 4Our team always loses. We play really badly!

  • 5I love maths. It's not difficult. I can usually do my homework quite easily.

  • 6Grandpa can ride a bike, but he's not very fast. He usually rides very slowly.

2Write sentences with adverbs of manner. 
You need to use normal letters and capital letters correctly in this task. You also need to use correct punctuation.
  • 1Harry / swim / good.

  • 2I / play tennis / bad.

    I play tennis badly.

  • 3They / play / the piano / slow.

    They play the piano slowly.

  • 4We / usually / finish / our homework / quick.

    We usually finish our homework quickly.

  • 5Dad / sometimes / shouts / angry / at our dog.

    Dad sometimes shouts angrily at our dog.

  • 6Your little brother / plays / very / noisy.

    Your little brother plays very noisily.


3Put the words in the correct order to make sentences. 
You need to use correct punctuation in this task.
    • Kate
    • plays
    • the
    • flute
    • really
    • beautifully
    • .

    1Kate plays the flute really beautifully.

    • our
    • teacher
    • speaks
    • very
    • loudly
    • .

    2Our teacher speaks very loudly.

    • I
    • do
    • quite
    • well
    • in
    • tests
    • .

    3I do quite well in tests.

    • the
    • volleyball
    • team
    • trains
    • very
    • hard
    • .

    4The volleyball team trains very hard.

    • I
    • eat
    • breakfast
    • really
    • quickly
    • .

    5I eat breakfast really quickly.