Adverbs
Common List in American English
This is a selected set of adverbs for the beginning student to have a starter set to help further describe actions. An ADVERB modifies a verb. It helps to tell "how," "when" or "where" the action took place. I have used it by picking a verb such as ran in a sentence such as "She ran," "She lost" or "He spoke." Students then must pick an adverb to add to the sentence such as "She ran yesterday" or "She ran quickly to the store" or "She runs annually in the big race." This gives the student a chance to use them in a sentence. An adverb can also modify another adverb. Such as "She ran very quickly to the store."
1. accidentally
2. afterwards
3. almost
4. always
5. angrily
6. annually
7. anxiously
8. awkwardly
9. badly
10. blindly
11. boastfully
12. boldly
13. bravely
14. briefly
15. brightly
16. busily
17. calmly
18. carefully
19. carelessly
20. cautiously
21. cheerfully
22. clearly
23. correctly
24. courageously 25. crossly
26. cruelly
27. daily
28. defiantly
29. deliberately
30. doubtfully
31. easily
32. elegantly
33. enormously
34. enthusiastically
35. equally
36. even
37. eventually
38. exactly
39. faithfully
40. far
41. fast
42. fatally
43. fiercely
44. fondly
45. foolishly
46. fortunately
47. frantically
48. gently 49. gladly
50. gracefully
51. greedily
52. happily
53. hastily
54. honestly
55. hourly
56. hungrily
57. innocently
58. inquisitively
59. irritably
60. joyously
61. justly
62. kindly
63. lazily
64. less
65. loosely
66. loudly
67. madly
68. merrily
69. monthly
70. more
71. mortally
72. mysteriously 73. nearly
74. neatly
75. nervously
76. never
77. noisily
78. not
79. obediently
80. obnoxiously
81. often
82. only
83. painfully
84. perfectly
85. politely
86. poorly
87. powerfully
88. promptly
89. punctually
90. quickly
91. quietly
92. rapidly
93. rarely
94. really
95. recklessly
96. regularly 97. reluctantly
98. repeatedly
99. rightfully
100. roughly
101. rudely
102. sadly
103. safely
104. seldom
105. selfishly
106. seriously
107. shakily
108. sharply
109. shrilly
110. shyly
111. silently
112. sleepily
113. slowly
114. smoothly
115. softly
116. solemnly
117. sometimes
118. soon
119. speedily
120. stealthily 121. sternly
122. successfully
123. suddenly
124. suspiciously
125. swiftly
126. tenderly
127. tensely
128. thoughtfully
129. tightly
130. tomorrow
131. too
132. truthfully
133. unexpectedly
134. very
135. victoriously
136. violently
137. vivaciously
138. warmly
139. weakly
140. wearily
141. well
142. wildly
143. yearly
144. yesterday