Encircle the adverbs that describe how something is done. soon badly lately cheerfully quietly early carefully highly fast regularly nearby loudly

Encircle these six words: badly, cheerfully, quietly, carefully, fast, loudly. All twelve words in the table are adverbs. But only these six answer the question “How?” They are called adverbs of manner . Word Encircle it? What it really tells us soon No when — after a short time badly Yes how — in a bad way lately No when — in the last few days cheerfully Yes how — in a happy way quietly Yes how — without noise early No when — before the usual time carefully Yes how — with care highly No how much — very greatly fast Yes how — at great speed regularly No how often — again and again nearby No where — close to this place loudly Yes how — in a loud voice How to test a word yourself: Put it in a sentence and ask “How?” — She sang loudly . How did she sing? Loudly. That works, so it is an adverb of manner. Now try “She sang early .” How did she sing? You cannot say. Early answers when , not how . So it is not encircled. Tip: Most adverbs of manner end in -ly . But watch out — fast is an adverb of manner without -ly , and lately , early and highly end in -ly but do not tell us how . Always ask the question “How?” instead of only looking at the ending. From the story: “Each day, he warmly greeted his fellow animals and birds.” and “The old stag slowly recovered.” Both tell us how .

NCERT Solutions for Class 4th English Chapter 5 C. Adverbs — Let us Learn

Book page 49 Updated on2026-09-19

Q1.

Encircle the adverbs that describe how something is done.

soon	badly	lately	cheerfully
quietly	early	carefully	highly
fast	regularly	nearby	loudly

Answer

Encircle these six words: badly, cheerfully, quietly, carefully, fast, loudly.

All twelve words in the table are adverbs. But only these six answer the question “How?” They are called adverbs of manner.

Word	Encircle it?	What it really tells us
soon	No	when — after a short time
badly	Yes	how — in a bad way
lately	No	when — in the last few days
cheerfully	Yes	how — in a happy way
quietly	Yes	how — without noise
early	No	when — before the usual time
carefully	Yes	how — with care
highly	No	how much — very greatly
fast	Yes	how — at great speed
regularly	No	how often — again and again
nearby	No	where — close to this place
loudly	Yes	how — in a loud voice

How to test a word yourself: Put it in a sentence and ask “How?” — She sang loudly. How did she sing? Loudly. That works, so it is an adverb of manner. Now try “She sang early.” How did she sing? You cannot say. Early answers when, not how. So it is not encircled.

Tip: Most adverbs of manner end in -ly. But watch out — fast is an adverb of manner without -ly, and lately, early and highly end in -ly but do not tell us how. Always ask the question “How?” instead of only looking at the ending.

From the story: “Each day, he warmly greeted his fellow animals and birds.” and “The old stag slowly recovered.” Both tell us how.

Q2.

Now work with your partner and write a sentence for each encircled adverb.

Answer

Write six sentences, one for each word you encircled. In each sentence the adverb must tell how the action was done.

How to build each sentence: take a doer + an action + the adverb.
The rabbit (doer) + ate the carrots (action) + quickly (how).

Sample answers:

badly — Our team played badly in the first match.
cheerfully — The children cheerfully cleaned the classroom.
quietly — I closed the door quietly so that Grandmother could sleep.
carefully — The nurse carefully tied a bandage on my knee.
fast — The deer ran fast across the open field.
loudly — The elephant trumpeted loudly in the forest.

Where to put the adverb: It usually comes after the action word, or right at the end of the sentence. She wrote carefully. You may also put it in front for effect: Carefully, she wrote her name.

Try this with your partner: One of you acts out an action — walking, eating, writing. The other says the sentence with the right adverb: “You are walking slowly.” Then change turns.

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