Watch out! Thundergoats are dropping in and making sentences with their magic hammers. Your task? Make the sentences more interesting using adverbs and adverbial phrases.

As shown, adverbs play different roles and some have specific places within sentences where they must appear to make sense to the reader or convey the intended meaning.

But adverbs aren’t necessarily all bad, and they can spruce up your writing if you use them judiciously. Here’s a test you should apply before using an adverb.

Yes, adverbs can be fatty, weak-sounding and can suck the life out of a sentence faster than you can say “Herman Melville.” But that doesn’t make it right to tell people to eschew adverbs.

Because it’s not modifying the verb, it’s not tethered to any particular word in the sentence. So where do you put an adverb that’s modifying a whole sentence? Wherever it sounds best.

Use adverbs sparingly. At their best, they spice up a verb or adjective. At their worst, they express a meaning already contained in the sentence: The blast completely destroyed the church office ...

Sentences such as "Out with the old, in with the new" and "Up yours" are just slightly different. They also use adverbs, but they're imperatives, not simple statements.

Use commas after introductory words Example: Finally, I went to the beach. It’s common to use adverbs to start a sentence. Always add a comma after adverbs that end in “ly.” Other ...

An adverb tells you how something happens, like quickly and slowly. Find out more including adverbs examples in this Bitesize Primary KS2 English guide.