Adverbs | English | Quizalize & Oak National Academy

Starter quiz

Which of these are nouns?

sock ✓

cosy

kind

doctor ✓
Identify the verb in this sentence: The red fox hides in the dark.

red

fox

hides ✓

dark
Identify the adjective in this sentence: The red fox hides in the dark.

red ✓

fox

hides

dark
Match the following:

adjective

⇔

a word that describes a noun ✓

noun

⇔

a naming word for people, places and things ✓

verb

⇔

a doing or being word ✓

expanded noun phrase

⇔

a group of words with no verb that adds detail to a noun ✓
Which of these must a full sentence contain?

a verb ✓

an adjective

a proper noun

a capital letter at the start ✓
What is the verb in this sentence? Dad is happy.

'is' ✓

Which of these are adverbs?

run

quickly ✓

jump

brightly ✓
Identify the adverb in this sentence: Nan dances happily at home.

Nan

dances

happily ✓

home
Match the definitions:

a word that describes a noun

⇔

adjective ✓

a word that describes a verb

⇔

adverb ✓
Tick the sentence that is written in the present tense:

We walk home. ✓

We walked home.

We will walk home.
Choose the best adverb to complete this sentence: The dog barked ______.

brightly

loudly ✓

silently
Match these words to their word type:

feed

⇔

verb ✓

slowly

⇔

adverb ✓

yummy

⇔

adjective ✓

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Pupils may confuse adverbs with adjectives.

Make sure pupils are exposed to both throughout the lesson so that you can discuss the differences. Only focus on -ly adverbs to begin with.