Adverbs and Revise & Edit

It’s Not Only a Game

(1) For my class project I wanted to share an entertaining way to help kids learn about helping the planet. (2) I decided to invent a game that would make players travel around a board. (3) I had to create the beginning and the end of the player’s journey around the board and decide how many squares the player would travel. (4) The starting point would be a world with dirty soil, air, and water. (5) So, the end would be a green world that was healthy and happy. (6) Each square would describe a way to harm or improve the world around us. (7) The square would decide which direction the player would move next. (8) For example, if the square described increasing trash in landfills or failing to recycle, the player would have to move backward. (9) If the square described making Earth greener, the player would move forward.

What change should be made in sentence 3?

• Add First, to the beginning of the sentence.

• Add Soon, to the beginning of the sentence.

• Add Besides, to the beginning of the sentence.

• Add Moreover, to the beginning of the sentence.

It’s Not Only a Game

(1) For my class project I wanted to share an entertaining way to help kids learn about helping the planet. (2) I decided to invent a game that would make players travel around a board. (3) I had to create the beginning and the end of the player’s journey around the board and decide how many squares the player would travel. (4) The starting point would be a world with dirty soil, air, and water. (5) So, the end would be a green world that was healthy and happy. (6) Each square would describe a way to harm or improve the world around us. (7) The square would decide which direction the player would move next. (8) For example, if the square described increasing trash in landfills or failing to recycle, the player would have to move backward. (9) If the square described making Earth greener, the player would move forward.

What change should be made in sentence 5?

• Change So to Later.

• Change So to However.

• Change So to Although.

• Change So to As a result.

It’s Not Only a Game

(1) For my class project I wanted to share an entertaining way to help kids learn about helping the planet. (2) I decided to invent a game that would make players travel around a board. (3) I had to create the beginning and the end of the player’s journey around the board and decide how many squares the player would travel. (4) The starting point would be a world with dirty soil, air, and water. (5) So, the end would be a green world that was healthy and happy. (6) Each square would describe a way to harm or improve the world around us. (7) The square would decide which direction the player would move next. (8) For example, if the square described increasing trash in landfills or failing to recycle, the player would have to move backward. (9) If the square described making Earth greener, the player would move forward.

What change should be made in sentence 8?

• Change For example to Finally.

• Change For example to Especially.

• Change For example to Furthermore.

• No change is needed

Exploring the Stream

(1) I decided to explore the stream near my house for my science class homework. (2) I planned to write down the names of all the livings things I could find so I grabbed my notebook and headed for the door. (3) My mother called out, “Pedro, you’ll be back in time for lunch won’t you?” (4) I told her that I would. (5) Even great scientists get hungry! (6) For me the stream had always been the best place to observe frogs, small fish, and water bugs. (7) I expected to be able to fill a page of my notebook pretty easily.

Where should a comma be added in sentence 2?

•   after things

• after find

• after so

• after notebook

Exploring the Stream

(1) I decided to explore the stream near my house for my science class homework. (2) I planned to write down the names of all the livings things I could find so I grabbed my notebook and headed for the door. (3) My mother called out, “Pedro, you’ll be back in time for lunch won’t you?” (4) I told her that I would. (5) Even great scientists get hungry! (6) For me the stream had always been the best place to observe frogs, small fish, and water bugs. (7) I expected to be able to fill a page of my notebook pretty easily.

What is the correct way to write sentence 3?

• My mother called out, “Pedro you’ll be back in time for lunch won’t you?”

• My mother called out, “Pedro, you’ll be back, in time for lunch won’t you?”

• My mother called out, “Pedro you’ll be back in time for lunch, won’t you?”

• My mother called out, “Pedro, you’ll be back in time for lunch, won’t you?”

Exploring the Stream

(1) I decided to explore the stream near my house for my science class homework. (2) I planned to write down the names of all the livings things I could find so I grabbed my notebook and headed for the door. (3) My mother called out, “Pedro, you’ll be back in time for lunch won’t you?” (4) I told her that I would. (5) Even great scientists get hungry! (6) For me the stream had always been the best place to observe frogs, small fish, and water bugs. (7) I expected to be able to fill a page of my notebook pretty easily.

What is the correct way to write sentence 6?

• For me, the stream had always been the best place to observe frogs, small fish, and water bugs.

• For me the stream, had always been the best place to observe frogs, small fish, and water bugs

• For me the stream had always been the best place, to observe frogs, small fish, and water bugs.

• For, me the stream had always been the best place to observe frogs, small fish, and water bugs.

Write whether the adverb tells how, when, where, or how often.

Nola jumped ahead in the pages to look for the answer.

• how

• when

• where

• how often

Write whether the adverb tells how, when, where, or how often.

She eagerly worked on the design for her project.

• how

• when

• where

• how often

Write whether the adverb tells how, when, where, or how often.

She had never achieved such an honor.

• how

• when

• where

• how often

Write whether the adverb tells how, when, where, or how often.

Nola dreamily imagined her parents congratulating her.

• how

• when

• where

• how often