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Lesson Planning Articles Timely and inspiring teaching ideas that you can apply in your classroom Solutions. In this adjective and adverb phrase worksheet, students review the definitions for adjective and adverb phrases. In this first set of sentences, students underline the adjective phrase and write the word it modifies. This is a short lesson about the difference between adjectives and adverbs created by a coach at Tekamolo.
What is an adverb?
An adverb is a word that tell us in what way someone does something. It modifies a verb, an adjective or another adverb.
Examples:
- Maria speaks quietly. (the adverb 'quietly' modifies the verb 'speaks')
- Paul is really handsome. (the adverb 'really' modifies the adjective 'handsome')
- Yumi is working too slowly. (the adverb 'too' modifies the adverb 'slowly')
This lesson focuses on the first type of adverb (adverbs which modify verbs).
Adverb forms
Adverbs come in regular and irregular forms:
- regular = adjective + ly (quick → quickly, soft → softly, loud → loudly)
- irregular e.g. fast -> fast, high → high, low → low, good → well
In this lesson students will use practice saying adverbs to modify verbs. It is an action-packed lesson with lots of action activities.
Lesson Procedure:
Warm Up and Maintenance:
See our 'Warm Up & Wrap Up' page.
New Learning and Practice:
1. Introduce the adverbs – do the 'Train Ride' activity
To begin, get everybody standing in a long line with their hands on the shoulders of the student in front of them – forming a train (it is worthwhile moving all desks and tables to the edge of the classroom before doing this). The teacher can go at the front of the train. Start off by choo-chooing around the classroom at a nice, easy pace.
Then stop and say, 'Let's go again! This time count 1 and 2'. As you snake around the classroom, everyone shouts, '1, 2, 1, 2, ...' together in time.
Now comes the fun part – introducing the adverbs. As the train is moving around the classroom, shout out the following commands and have everyone follow what you do:
- 'Let’s go quickly!' – speed up - also speed up chanting '1, 2, 1, 2, …'.
- 'Let’s go slowly!' – slow right down to a very slow pace and also slow down chanting '1 … 2 … 1 … 2 …'.
- 'Let’s go high!' – put your hands high up in the air as the train moves around the class.
- 'Let’s go low!' – bring your hands down low and stoop your head low as the train moves around the class.
- 'Let’s count loudly!' – shout '1, 2, 1, 2, …' as the train moves around the class.
- 'Let’s count quietly!' – whisper '1, 2, 1, 2, …' as the train moves around the class.
- 'Let’s stomp hard!' – stomp your feet as the train moves around the class.
- 'Let’s walk softly!' – walk as softly as you can as the train moves around the class.
Keep moving around the class and changing the instructions. It is great fun and an exciting way to begin the lesson.
2. Play 'Follow my actions'
For this activity you are going to introduce the verbs from the song (which we'll sing next). Your students should know some of the verbs (e.g. run, jump) and the others are easy to pick up quickly.
Get everyone to stand up and find a bit of space in the room. Teacher stands at the front of the classroom with everyone facing you. You are going to shout out the verbs from the song and act out the verbs, with everyone following you (doing the actions on the spot):
- run (on the spot)
- walk (on the spot)
- jump
- crouch down (on the spot)
- stomp (on the spot)
- tip-toe (on the spot)
- pat our heads
- clap
Each time you shout out the verb, students should chorus the verb and do the action with you, for example:
Teacher: 'run'
Students: 'run' (everyone starts running on the spot)
Teacher: 'crouch down'
Students: 'crouch down' (everyone crouches down)
Teacher: 'tip-toe'
Students: 'tip-toe' (everyone tip-toes on the spot)
etc.
We’ll do this activity in rounds:
- Round 1: the teacher does each activity with the students (until everyone can understand the verbs)
- Round 2: this time the teacher shouts out each action but only the students do the actions (and chorus the verbs). Teacher watches and helps out of necessary.
- Round 3: this time the teacher does the actions again and introduces the adverbs from the song – everyone must chorus each verbs + adverb and copy the teacher (e.g. 'run quickly', 'pat our heads softly', 'jump high', etc.)
- Round 4: finally, the teacher shouts out the verbs + adverbs from the song without doing the actions and the students chorus and do the actions. Teacher watches and helps out if necessary.
3. Sing 'Let's Have Some Fun!' song
By now, your students should have a good grasp on the target vocab which will be used in the song. To help, place the song poster on the board so that everyone will be able to see which order to sing and do the actions. Quickly elicit the vocab. Play the song and sing along doing the actions as you sing. The song speeds up for verses 3 and 4 which adds to the fun. Play 2 or 3 times.
Lyrics for 'Let's have some fun!'
Chorus:
What shall we do?
Let's have some fun!
Verse 1:
Let's run, run quickly (quickly, quickly)
Let's walk, walk slowly (slowly, slowly)
Let's jump, jump high (high, high)
Let's crouch down low (low, low)
Chorus
Verse 2:
Let's stomp, stomp loudly (loudly, loudly)
Let's tip-toe quietly (quietly, quietly)
Let's pat our heads (softly, softly)
Let's clap, clap hard! (hard, hard)
Chorus
Verse 3:
Let's run, run quickly (quickly, quickly)
Let's walk, walk slowly (slowly, slowly)
Let's jump, jump high (high, high)
Let's crouch down low (low, low)
Chorus
Verse 4:
Let's stomp, stomp loudly (loudly, loudly)
Let's tip-toe quietly (quietly, quietly)
Let's pat our heads (softly, softly)
Let's clap, clap hard! (hard, hard)
(download MP3 here)
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Gestures and activities for 'Let's have some fun!'
The gestures for this songs are straight forward - simply have everyone do the actions as they sing them. The 3rd and 4th verses are faster versions of the 1st and 2nd verses (the song tempo speeds up).
We also have a video that you can stream in class to sing along with (Internet connection required):
4. Do the 'Adverbs Match' worksheet
Give out the worksheets and have everyone match up the pictures with the adverbs. Circulate as everyone is working away, and ask lots of questions (e.g. What's this?, Can you pat your head softly?, etc.). When everyone has finished, go around the class asking everybody to do some actions from their worksheets.
5. Read classroom reader 'The Haunted Hotel'
Before starting the last activity let's have story time! Before class, download and print off the reader 'The Haunted Hotel'. As you go through each page, point to the pictures and elicit what each ghost likes to do and also ask for the adverb to go with the action, for example:
Teacher: (pointing at the picture on page 3) What does this ghost like to do?
Students: Pat people!
Teacher: Yes, that's right! Where is he patting them? (pointing to head and shoulder)
Students: On heads and shoulders!
Teacher: Yes! That's right! Is he patting them hard?
Students: No, softly!
Teacher: Ok, let's check (reading from page 3) 'I like to pat people softly on their heads and shoulders to scare them!'. Yes, good job!
Get the students really involved in the story by asking lots of questions about different objects in the pictures and have them copy the actions that the ghosts are doing.
After reading the story, give out a reader worksheet to each student and have everyone fill in the missing adverbs/words. Then go through the answers as a class.
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Alternatively, watch our video version of the reader (Internet connection required):
6. Play 'Adverbs Charades'
Before class, write out the target verbs and adverbs on slips of paper and place in 2 boxes or hats: in one box place the verbs and in the other place the adjectives. You can also add more verbs that you have covered in previous lessons (e.g. dance, cook, sing, hop, eat, etc.).
Start by modeling the game: pull out one slip of paper from the verbs box and another from the adverbs box. Then mime the action and everyone has to guess what the two words are. The combinations can be quite strange but this makes it even more fun.
Split the class into 2 teams. Each time a student mimes the verbs + adverbs students can shout out the answer with the first correct one winning a point for their team. The winning student can then do the next charade. For younger students who have trouble reading, help by whispering in their ear.
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Wrap Up:
1. Assign Homework: 'Adverbs Write' worksheet.
2. Wrap up the lesson with some ideas from our 'Warm Up & Wrap Up' page.
Adjectives are words that describe nouns. When you write with interesting adjectives, you help your reader know more about how your characters and your setting look, feel, smell, taste, and sound. Better adjectives create a story with more vivid and precise detail.
For example, your character could have blue eyes. Or, your character could have narrowed, ice-blue eyes that glint like sharpened diamonds. Your character just got a lot more interesting with some stronger adjectives.
Explore the lists of awesome adjectives for kids that will help you bring your story to life. See our story samples for more awesome adjectives in action.
Choose an Awesome Adjectives List:
Activities:
Also try our adjective-based activities.
Awesome Adjectives List- For Kids Grades 2, 3, 4
Download the adjectives list for kids in 2nd, 3rd, 4th grade:
Busy
Lazy
Careless
Clumsy
Nimble
Brave
Mighty
Meek
Clever
Dull
Afraid
Scared
Cowardly
Bashful
Proud
Fair
Greedy
Wise
Foolish
Tricky
Truthful
Loyal
Happy
Cheerful
Joyful
Carefree
Friendly
Moody
Crabby
Cranky
Awful
Gloomy
Angry
Worried
Excited
Calm
Bored
Hardworking
Silly
Wild
Crazy
Fussy
Still
Odd
Starving
Stuffed
Alert
Sleepy
Surprised
Tense
Rude
Selfish
Strict
Tough
Polite
Amusing
Kind
Gentle
Quiet
Caring
Hopeful
Rich
Thrifty
Stingy
Spoiled
Generous
Quick
Speedy
Swift
Hasty
Rapid
Good
Fantastic
Splendid
Wonderful
Hard
Difficult
Challenging
Easy
Simple
Chilly
Freezing
Icy
Steaming
Sizzling
Muggy
Cozy
Huge
Great
Vast
Sturdy
Grand
Heavy
Plump
Deep
Puny
Small
Tiny
Petite
Long
Endless
Beautiful
Adorable
Shining
Sparkling
Glowing
Fluttering
Soaring
Crawling
Creeping
Sloppy
Messy
Slimy
Grimy
Crispy
Spiky
Rusty
Smelly
Foul
Stinky
Curly
Fuzzy
Plush
Lumpy
Wrinkly
Smooth
Glassy
Snug
Stiff
Ugly
Hideous
Horrid
Dreadful
Nasty
Cruel
Creepy
Loud
Shrill
Muffled
Creaky
Awesome Adjectives List- Grades 5, 6, Middle School
Download the list for kids in 5th grade, 6th grade and middle school:
Graceful
Clumsy
Awkward
Nimble
Clever
Dull
Obtuse
Meek
Anemic
Frightened
Timid
Vigilant
Cautious
Capable
Adequate
Absent-minded
Adventurous
Daring
Indifferent
Apologetic
Hideous
Horrid
Dreadful
Ghastly
Revolting
Nasty
Cruel
Cheeky
Obnoxious
Disrespectful
Contrary
Ornery
Subtle
Optimistic
Courageous
Cowardly
Gullible
Arrogant
Haughty
Naïve
Curious
Stubborn
Brazen
Modest
Humble
Proud
Dishonest
Righteous
Greedy
Wise
Tricky
Loyal
Relaxed
Tranquil
Lazy
Rambunctious
Erratic
Fidgety
Lively
Still
Famished
Surprised
Startled
Sullen
Terrified
Furious
Annoyed
Sullen
Groggy
Alert
Tense
Cranky
Gloomy
Irritable
Lonely
Exhausted
Ecstatic
Cheerful
Delighted
Blithe
Content
Carefree
Demanding
Challenging
Effortless
Simple
Fantastic
Marvelous
Splendid
Brilliant
Superb
Striking
Stunning
Gorgeous
Picturesque
Lovely
Charming
Enchanting
Delicate
Pleasant
Monstrous
Immense
Enormous
Massive
Brawny
Bulky
Towering
Rotund
Cavernous
Puny
Minute
Diminutive
Microscopic
Petite
Slight
Bitter
Frosty
Sweltering
Scorching
Blistering
Muggy
Stifling
Oppressive
Cozy
Eternal
Ceaseless
Perpetual
Endless
Temporary
Intimidating
Menacing
Miserable
Dangerous
Delinquent
Vile
Quarrelsome
Hostile
Malicious
Savage
Stern
Somber
Mysterious
Shocking
Infamous
Ingenious
Thrifty
Generous
Prudent
Stingy
Spoiled
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Anxious
Nervous
Impatient
Worried
Excited
Courteous
Compassionate
Benevolent
Polite
Amusing
Entertaining
Creative
Precise
Eccentric
Decrepit
Ancient
Rotten
Whimsical
Dense
Desolate
Disgusting
Dismal
Opulent
Idyllic
Lavish
Edgy
Trendy
Peculiar
Rancid
Fetid
Foul
Filthy
Repulsive
Lousy
Fluttering
Soaring
Sparkling
Gilded
Verdant
Glowing
Askew
Dowdy
Gaunt
Sloppy
Serious
Grave
Intense
Severe
Heavy
Solemn
Absurd
Ridiculous
Sluggish
Dawdling
Meandering
Scarce
Copious
Muffled
Lulling
Creaky
Shrill
Piercing
Slimy
Grimy
Gauzy
Mangy
Swollen
Parched
Crispy
Spiky
Slick
Fuzzy
Lumpy
Plush
Wrinkly
Slick
Glassy
Snug
Stiff