How, When and Where Adverbs

Adverb Basics

Adverbs—they're anything but basic! Introduce your students to a misunderstood part of speech with this adverb lesson plan. Students will learn to identify the different ways adverbs are used before writing their own descriptive sentences.

4th grade

Reading & writing

Lesson plan

Vocabulary Boosters

Workbook

Vocabulary Boosters

Squeeze in some extra practice in word analysis, spelling, and punctuation with these engaging grammar worksheets.

4th grade

Reading & writing

Workbook

Pantomime: An Adverb Game

Lesson plan

Pantomime: An Adverb Game

Act it out! Your students will have fun guessing and acting out adverbs in this engaging grammar game. As you progress through this adverb lesson plan, your students will have the opportunity to identify and use a variety of adverbs.

4th grade

Reading & writing

Lesson plan

All Kinds of Adverbs

Worksheet

All Kinds of Adverbs

Discover the different kinds of adverbs with this simple activity. Students will use different kinds of adverbs to complete sentences.

4th grade

Reading & writing

Worksheet

How, When, and Where Adverbs 1

Exercise

How, When, and Where Adverbs 1

Students will be able to explain a situation clearly after completing this educational exercise on how, when, and where adverbs.

3rd grade

Reading & writing

Exercise

Admirable Adverbs!

Lesson plan

Admirable Adverbs!

In this lesson, students work with adverbs every which way! They will be identifying different kinds of adverbs, sorting them, and making banks of adverbs to assist them in their own writing.

4th grade

Reading & writing

Lesson plan

Verbs and Adverbs 2

Guided Lesson

Verbs and Adverbs 2

Verbs do a lot of the heavy lifting in good writing. Understanding the different kinds of verbs and how they are used enables students to write more compellingly. Students will explore how tenses work and how they must agree with and sometimes work together with other words in the sentence. Students will also learn about adverbs, the "sister" part of speech that enhance, or modify, verbs.

5th grade

Guided Lesson

Article and Adverb Attachments

Lesson plan

Article and Adverb Attachments

Help your students attach meaning between nouns, verbs, and corresponding modifiers! In this interactive lesson, students will be an active part of a noun and verb brainstorm before they use articles and adverbs.

3rd grade

Reading & writing

Lesson plan

Always Use Adverbs

Lesson plan

Always Use Adverbs

Always use adverbs in simple sentences to make them more descriptive! Use this lesson with your students to teach them about three important jobs of adverbs and how to use them in sentences to make their writing pop.

3rd grade

Reading & writing

Lesson plan

Ad-Lib Stories: Comparative and Superlative Adjectives and Adverbs

Worksheet

Ad-Lib Stories: Comparative and Superlative Adjectives and Adverbs

Get ready to laugh! A rollicking tale of a kitty trying to earn the title Hunter Cat is even better with your students’ choice of adjectives and adverbs.

5th grade

Reading & writing

Worksheet

Sorting Out Adverbs

Worksheet

Sorting Out Adverbs

Adverbs can express location, time, frequency, manner, or degree. In this exercise, students will identify at least seven adverbs of each kind and sort them into a graphic organizer

4th grade

Reading & writing

Worksheet

Verbs and Adverbs 1

Guided Lesson

Verbs and Adverbs 1

Verbs and adverbs are the action heros of the language arts world. Third graders will be learning how to use these parts of speech this year, and you can support them with this guided lesson. Written by curriculum experts, this lesson provides kids with grammar instruction and plenty of examples of verbs and adverbs. For more printable practice with verbs and adverbs, check out the accompanying worksheets.

3rd grade

Reading & writing

Guided Lesson

Varsity Parts of Speech Review

Lesson plan

Varsity Parts of Speech Review

By the upper grades, students are pretty familiar with nouns, verbs, and adjectives. This rich, engaging varsity-level review incorporates the lesser-studied parts of speech: articles, prepositions, adverbs, and superlative adjectives.

5th grade

Reading & writing

Lesson plan

How, When, and Where Adverbs 2

Exercise

How, When, and Where Adverbs 2

After completing the following exercise, students will be able to answer basic questions about an event involving how, when, and where.

5th grade

Reading & writing

Exercise

Adverb Pinwheels

Lesson plan

Adverb Pinwheels

This adverb lesson gives your students the opportunity to learn about how adverbs add description and makes our writing stronger. Your students will explore adverbs that show how, where, and when to improve sentences.

3rd grade

Reading & writing

Lesson plan

Adverb Word Bank

Worksheet

Adverb Word Bank

In this writing exercise, students will learn more about the different kinds of adverbs and come up with a word bank they can refer to later.

4th grade

Reading & writing

Worksheet

Mixed Word Study Review Part 1

Worksheet

Mixed Word Study Review Part 1

In this end-of-year assessment, students apply their language arts knowledge to grammar problems.

4th grade

Reading & writing

Worksheet

Adverbs: How, When, and Where

Worksheet

Adverbs: How, When, and Where

In this word-sort worksheet, students will review the different kinds of adverbs, then cut out adverbs and sort into columns to indicate whether they tell how, when, or where.

5th grade

Reading & writing

Worksheet

What is an Adverb?

Worksheet

What is an Adverb?

Learn your adverbs quickly, efficiently and happily. English grammar can be tough, but this introductory worksheet will be a big help.

4th grade

Reading & writing

Worksheet

Identifying Adverbs

Worksheet