The Circle Adverbs Worksheet gives 2nd Grade students a chart of eighteen words to sort by circling the nine adverbs, plus a writing block and an answer key, so the part of speech sticks.
Practice adverbs that tell how with this Adverb How Worksheet for 2nd Grade. Kids find adverbs in sentences, pick words from a box, and check their work with the answer key.
This Describe it Using Adverbs Worksheet gives 3rd graders nine sentences that practice adverbs telling how, when, and where. An answer key is included, so grammar practice takes minutes to assign and score.
The Adverb Movie Worksheet has 2nd graders circle the adverbs in a fun movie-day story, then sort them by how, when, and where. An answer key is included for quick, easy checking.
This Adverb Where Worksheet gives 2nd grade students practice finding and writing adverbs that tell where an action happens, with a word box and an answer key included for quick, confident checking.
This When Adverbs Worksheet has 2nd graders find the time word in each sentence and sort six adverbs into past and future. An answer key is included, so grammar practice takes minutes to check.
This Adverbs Tell How Worksheet gives 2nd graders eight quick items on adverbs of manner, from word-box sentence completions to finding the adverb already at work in a sentence. Answer key included, so checking takes seconds.
This adverbs tell when worksheet has 2nd grade students find the time adverb in four sentences, then choose one from a word box for three more. An answer key is included, so children can check their own work.
This adverbs jewelry making worksheet helps 2nd grade students find adverbs that tell how, when and where, then finish sentences from a word box. An answer key is included.
Using this Play Scrabble Adverbs Worksheet, students will be able to write adverbs while playing Scrabble to build their describing skills.
How, when and where words
Second graders learn that adverbs are words that tell more about a verb. They answer three questions: how (quickly, softly), when (yesterday, soon) and where (outside, here). Lots of "how" adverbs end in -ly, which is a handy clue: The turtle walked slowly. Kids find adverbs in sentences and add them to their writing to make it more exciting. The click moment is when a child realizes "ran" and "ran quickly" paint two totally different pictures.
Adverbs describe action, so the best way to learn them is to act them out. Here are our favorites.
Kids imagine a movie scene and describe what the characters do using adverbs: "The dragon roared loudly." Then they sketch one frame. Picturing the action helps them choose the best word.
Why it works: pairing a picture with each word gives kids two ways to remember it, a well-tested principle of how people learn (Mayer, 2009).
Try it withAdverb Movie WorksheetWorksheetsOpen it →Start with a plain sentence like "The dog ran." Kids add a how, a when and a where adverb: "Yesterday the dog ran quickly outside." Building sentences piece by piece shows exactly what each adverb adds.
Why it works: the U.S. Department of Education's guide for teaching elementary math recommends moving from hands-on objects to drawings to numbers.
Try it withDescribe it Using Adverbs WorksheetWorksheetsOpen it →Once kids can spot adverbs, mix them up and have kids sort each one into a how, when or where column. Mixing the types forces them to think about meaning, not just look for -ly.
Why it works: mixing different kinds of problems in one practice set helped students do far better on a later test (Rohrer and Taylor, 2007).
Try it withAdverbs Tell When WorksheetWorksheetsOpen it →Adverbs are begging to be acted out. Let the silliness begin!
WorksheetsKids build adverbs with letter tiles and score points. Who can make the longest one?
Open Play Scrabble Adverbs Worksheet →
WorksheetsString bead "words" to make adverb bracelets. Kids read them aloud in a sentence before they wear them.
Open Adverbs Jewelry Making Worksheet →
WorksheetsOne child walks across the room happily, sadly or sneakily. The class guesses the adverb.
Open Adverb How Worksheet →Teacher favorites right now: Circle Adverbs Worksheet, Adverb How Worksheet and Describe it Using Adverbs Worksheet.
An adverb is a word that tells more about a verb. It answers how, when or where something happens, like quickly, yesterday or outside.
No. Many "how" adverbs end in -ly, like slowly and loudly, but words like fast, soon, here and later are adverbs too. The question they answer is the real test.
An adjective describes a noun (a quick rabbit), and an adverb describes a verb (the rabbit ran quickly). Asking "what is it describing?" helps kids tell them apart.
Play "Simon says" with adverbs: "Simon says walk slowly, clap loudly." Or ask your child to tell about their day using a how, when and where word.
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