Identify and use adverbs of manner, time, and place
Exercise Difficulty 2 ~2 min eng.g2.s.ex_16

Adverb Sort Three Categories

Prompt

Sort these 12 adverbs into MANNER, TIME, or PLACE columns: quickly, here, yesterday, softly, outside, soon, carefully, often, inside, loudly, today, nearby.

How it's presented
mode drag and drop
columns
MANNERTIMEPLACE
Answer criteria
type category sort
correct
TIME
['yesterday', 'soon', 'often', 'today']
PLACE
['here', 'outside', 'inside', 'nearby']
MANNER
['quickly', 'softly', 'carefully', 'loudly']
Hints
  1. Ask: HOW, WHEN, or WHERE?
  2. Not all manner adverbs end in -ly, but most do.
Misconceptions to watch
  • Sorts 'soon' as manner because it's short.
  • Sorts 'today' as place.
Used in lessons