Rewriting with Adverbs Worksheet

Adverbs are the words that make a plain sentence come alive. They tell how an action happens, when it happens, where it happens, and how often it happens, and they hand the reader the picture the writer had in mind. This Rewriting with Adverbs Worksheet gives 3rd grade students focused practice adding one well-chosen adverb to a sentence and then rewriting that sentence so the new word does real work. Learning where an adverb belongs is one of the first revision skills young writers master, and it carries straight into their own stories, journals, and reports.

This 3rd grade adverbs worksheet is built in two parts. In Part A, students read four sentences, each followed by a question in parentheses — When? How? Where? or How often? — then choose the one adverb from the word box that answers it and write the whole new sentence on the line below. Because each adverb in the box answers exactly one of those questions, students have to read for meaning instead of guessing. In Part B, students circle the single adverb hiding inside each sentence and write whether it tells how, when, or where. Use it as morning work, a grammar center, homework, an exit ticket, or a quick review before a writing unit.

What’s Included

• 1 print-ready PDF worksheet
• Answer key
• 4 choose-and-rewrite sentences with an adverb word box
• 3 circle-the-adverb sentences to label how, when, or where

There are three reasons this Rewriting with Adverbs Worksheet helps children learn the skill. First, it separates recognizing an adverb from using one: Part B builds recognition, while Part A asks students to actually revise a sentence, which is where the learning sticks. Second, the four question tags — how, when, where, and how often — give students a repeatable test they can apply to any sentence they meet later. Third, rewriting the complete sentence, rather than filling in a single blank, gives handwriting, capitalization, and end punctuation a workout at the same time, so one page reinforces several standards at once.

Teachers and parents can stretch the skill well past the page. Play adverb charades, where a child acts out a verb slowly, loudly, or carefully and everyone else guesses the adverb. Keep an adverb word wall and add a new word every time one turns up in a read-aloud. Ask students to reread a paragraph of their own writing and upgrade exactly two sentences with an adverb, then read both versions out loud so they can hear the difference. During read-alouds, pause and ask, “Which word told us how she said it?” A few minutes of noticing each day turns adverbs into a habit rather than a worksheet topic.

Related Resources

• Adverbs Tell How Worksheet
• Adverbs Tell When Worksheet
• Comparative & Superlative Adverbs Worksheet
• Adjective Song (Have Fun Teaching on YouTube)