Understanding Adverbs

What is an adverb?

• A word that names a person, place, or thing

• A word that describes a noun

• A word that shows an action

• A word that tells how something is done

Instruction: Look for the word that shows what the dog is doing. The dog barks at the cat.

• dog

• barks

• cat

• at

Instruction: Find the word that tells what the girl is doing on the trampoline. She jumps on the trampoline.

• jumps

• trampoline

• she

• on

Instruction: Pick the word that tells what they are doing at lunch. They eat lunch at school.

• lunch

• school

• eat

• they

Instruction: Choose the word that shows what he is doing with the bike. He rides his bike to the park.

• bike

• rides

• park

• his

Instruction: Pick the word that tells what I am doing with the picture. I draw a picture of my family.

• picture

• draw

• family

• my

The boy ran __________ to catch the bus.

• slow

• quickly

• happy

• nice

She sang the song __________.

• loud

• fast

• beautifully

• quick

He opened the box __________.

• gently

• angry

• fun

• quick

The cat walked __________ across the floor.

• messy

• noisy

• softly

• hard