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. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. 16. 17. 18. 19. 20. 21. 22. 23. 24. accidentally afterwards almost always angrily annually anxiously awkwardly badly blindly boastfully boldly bravely briefly brightly busily calmly carefully carelessly cautiously cheerfully clearly correctly courageously 25. 26. 27. 28. 29. 30. 31. 32. 33. 34. 35. 36. 37. 38. 39. 40. 41. 42. 43. 44. 45. 46. 47. 48. crossly cruelly daily defiantly deliberately doubtfully easily elegantly enormously enthusiastically equally even eventually exactly faithfully far fast fatally fiercely fondly foolishly fortunately frantically gently 49. 50. 51. 52. 53. 54. 55. 56. 57. 58. 59. 60. 61. 62. 63. 64. 65. 66. 67. 68. 69. 70. 71. 72. gladly gracefully greedily happily hastily honestly hourly hungrily innocently inquisitively irritably joyously justly kindly lazily less loosely loudly madly merrily monthly more mortally mysteriously 73. 74. 75. 76. 77. 78. 79. 80. 81. 82. 83. 84. 85. 86. 87. 88. 89. 90. 91. 92. 93. 94. 95. 96. nearly neatly nervously never noisily not obediently obnoxiously often only painfully perfectly politely poorly powerfully promptly punctually quickly quietly rapidly rarely really recklessly 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. 122. 123. 124. 125. 126. 127. 128. 129. 130. 131. 132. 133. 134. 135. 136. 137. 138. 139. 140. 141. 142. 143. 144. sternly successfully suddenly suspiciously swiftly tenderly tensely thoughtfully tightly tomorrow too truthfully unexpectedly very victoriously violently vivaciously warmly weakly wearily well wildly yearly yesterday