These bright, appealing grammar worksheets are a great help for practising and revising the use of adverbs in Year 2 or as part of revisiting word classes in KS2. There are three worksheets in total, covering the following five sections – ‘understand’, ‘challenge’, ‘test’, ‘explain’ and ‘apply’.
Understand
Students write three sentences that each use a specific verb and adverb pair.
Challenge
Students list two sets of four adverbs that can be used in the context of two different image prompts.
Test
Students identify the adverbs within two set of sentences, before completing five partial sentences with adverbs of their choosing.
Explain
‘Using your own words, explain why we use adverbs in our writing.’
- Apply
‘Tiddles the cat has decided to explore the house and garden. Write a short story to describe her adventure.’ Include at least 3 adverbs to show that you can use them.’
What is an an adverb?
A word that gives more detail about a verb, adjective, phrase or even another adverb.
- quickly
- happily
- quietly
- loudly
National Curriculum English programme of study links
Pupils should be taught to use and understand the grammatical terminology in English Appendix 2 in discussing their writing
Read more about teaching connectives.