English Learning

Adverbs and British History

October 23, 2025

GRAMATIKA. PRIEVEIKSMIS (ADVERB)

Prieveiksmiai yra žodžiai, reiškiantys veiksmo ar būsenos aplinkybę ar ypatybę.
Atsako į klausimą kaip?

Pagrindinės prieveiksmių grupės

  1. Laiko prieveiksmiai: today, tomorrow, now, soon, then, before, late

    It will be a windy day tomorrow.

  2. Laipsnio prieveiksmiai: very, little, enough, too, much, so

    Thank you very much for the pleasant wishes.

  3. Vietos prieveiksmiai: here, below, there, everywhere, outside

    Emily is here.

  4. Dažnio prieveiksmiai: often, never, sometimes, always, ever

    Does Pete Starling always watch TV in the evenings?

  5. Būdo prieveiksmiai: well, badly, slowly, suddenly, quickly

    Suddenly I noticed the lightning in the distance.

Kaip sudaromi prieveiksmiai

  1. -y → -ily
    happy → happily

    Children sang happily.

  2. -le → -ly
    simple → simply

    Ted simply won’t translate these sentences.

  3. -ic → -ically
    economic → economically

  4. -l → -lly
    wonderful → wonderfully

Kai kurie prieveiksmiai sutampa su būdvardžiais:
fast, late, hard, near

Laipsniavimas

  • early → earlier → the earliest
  • late → later → the latest
  • soon → sooner → the soonest
  • beautifully → more beautifully → the most beautifully

Nereguliarūs prieveiksmiai:

Prieveiksmis Aukštesnis Aukščiausias
badly worse the worst
little less the least
much more the most
well better the best

SOME FACTS FROM THE HISTORY OF BRITAIN 🇬🇧

The Celts came to the British Isles 2,500–3,000 years ago.
Their tribes were called the Britons. They lived in small villages near rivers or the sea.
They caught fish, grew wheat, and kept pigs, cows, and sheep.
They made things from wool, metal, and wood and sold them across the sea.

Julius Caesar landed in 55 BC.
The Romans built roads, castles, and walls.
Emperor Hadrian built Hadrian’s Wall in 122 AD, 73 miles long.
The Romans named a village near the Thames Londinium – today’s London.

Later, tribes from Western Europe attacked the Britons:
the Angles, Saxons, and Jutes.
The Angles spoke English and became the strongest tribe.
The Britons moved to the mountains, and Anglo-Saxons formed kingdoms:
Essex, Kent, and Wessex – now counties in Great Britain.

Exercises

Exercise 1Form Adverbs from Adjectives

Add the correct ending (-ly, -ally, etc.) to form adverbs.

  1. quick → _______
  2. simple → _______
  3. wonderful → _______
  4. economic → _______
  5. happy → _______

Exercise 2Choose the Correct Adverb

Choose the correct adverb for each sentence.

  1. She speaks English _______.
    a) good
    b) well
    c) better

  2. The children played _______ in the garden.
    a) happy
    b) happily
    c) happyly

  3. It rained _______ all day.
    a) heavy
    b) heavily
    c) heavely

  4. He works _______ than his brother.
    a) harder
    b) hardlier
    c) more hard

Exercise 3Translate into English

Translate into English using adverbs.

  1. Ji kalba labai greitai.
  2. Jie dirba sunkiai.
  3. Vaikai dainavo linksmai.
  4. Jis visada ateina vėlai.
  5. Mes retai keliaujame.

Exercise 4Fill in with the Correct Adverb

Complete the sentences.

  1. He drives _______ (careful / carefully).
  2. They work _______ (hard / hardly).
  3. She answered _______ (polite / politely).
  4. We met _______ (late / lately).
  5. The dog barked _______ (loud / loudly).

Exercise 5Compare Adverbs

Write the correct comparative and superlative forms.

  1. fast → _______ → _______
  2. well → _______ → _______
  3. early → _______ → _______
  4. much → _______ → _______
  5. badly → _______ → _______

Exercise 6Choose the Correct Translation

Choose the correct Lithuanian meaning.

  1. well –
    a) blogai
    b) gerai
    c) sunkiai

  2. slowly –
    a) greitai
    b) lėtai
    c) tyliai

  3. suddenly –
    a) netikėtai
    b) greitai
    c) tyliai

Exercise 8Fill in the Blanks (History)

Fill in the missing words.

  1. The Celts came to the British Isles _______ years ago.
  2. The Romans built roads, _______ and walls.
  3. Hadrian’s Wall was _______ miles long.
  4. The Romans named the city _______.
  5. The Angles, Saxons and _______ attacked the Britons.

Exercise 9Correct the Mistakes

Find and correct the mistakes.

  1. She sings beautiful.
  2. They works hardly.
  3. He drive careful.
  4. We arrived lately to school.
  5. I study good for exams.

Exercise 10Write About Yourself

Write 5 sentences using adverbs about yourself.

Example:
I always get up early.
I work hard and learn quickly.

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