Adverbs

Verbs and Adverbs

How to play:

• Your teacher will read out

three sentences.

• In the first sentence, as soon

as you hear a VERB, stand

up as quickly as you can.

• The first person on each

table to stand up wins 1

point.

Play the Verbs and Adverbs Game.

Verbs and AdverbsVerbs Answers

James walked to the

shops.

Claire sipped her tea. Gavin rides his bike.

Which tables won 1 point?Now you have reminded yourselves about verbs.

Today we are going to learn about adverbs.

Verbs and Adverbs

James walked quickly to the shops.

An adverb is used to describe how, what, when, where and why a verb happens.

This explains how James walked.

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b

Who can mime (silently act) what

James was doing?

Verbs and Adverbs

Claire sipped her tea gently.

An adverb is used to describe how, what, when, where and why a verb happens.

This explains how Claire sipped.

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b

Who can mime (silently act) what Claire

did?

Verbs and Adverbs

Gavin always rides his bike.

An adverb is used to describe how, what, when, where and why a verb happens.

This explains when Gavin rides.

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b

Who can mime (silently act) what Gavin

is doing?

How?

Verbs and Adverbs

Watch the clip to help you

by clicking on the play

button.

What are adverbs?

They are added to the verb to answer questions like…

When? Where? Why?

They describe the way something happens.

They often end in –ly but not always!

Verbs and Adverbs

Play the Verbs and Adverbs Game again, but this time turn around and

perform an action/mime every time you hear an ADVERB.

The first person on each table to turn around at the adverb wins 1 point.