1. Adverbs We are going to learn about …

2. What is an adverb? An adverb usually tells us how a verb takes place. “Be quiet,” said Kate.  “Be quiet,” said Kate angrily. We usually add ‘ly’ to an adjective to form an adverb.

3. Adverbs neatly e.g. I am writing. I am writing ________. (neat)

4. soft  quick  excited  impatient  rude  softly quickly excitedly impatiently rudely Quick Practice e.g. polite  politely

5. loud  foolish  careless  hungry  noisy  happy  shy  loudly foolishly carelessly hungrily noisily happily shyly Quick Practice

6. 1 He is waiting for the bus ________. patiently 2 They are talking________. 3 She is writing ________. loudly messily loud messy patient 1 23 Practise.

7. You can write a more interesting sentence if you think about how Miss Chan might have said it, and use an adverb to describe it. e.g. Practise. “Stop that at once!” Miss Chan said. “ Stop that at once,” Miss Chan said angrily. “ Stop that at once,” Miss Chan said quietly. “ Stop that at once,” Miss Chan said loudly.

8. Instruction: Draw an adverb out of a bag, and read the sentence in that way. The rest of the pupils have to guess which adverb you are trying to demonstrate. Practise. happily miserably sadly quickly slowly hungrily angrily lazily loudly quietly stupidly noisily proudly gracefully softly 1. “ I know a secret,” whispered ____.

9. Instruction: Draw an adverb out of a bag, and read the sentence in that way. The rest of the pupils have to guess which adverb you are trying to demonstrate. Practise. happily miserably sadly quickly slowly hungrily angrily lazily loudly quietly stupidly noisily proudly gracefully softly 2. “I’d love to join in your game,” said __.

10. Instruction: Draw an adverb out of a bag, and read the sentence in that way. The rest of the pupils have to guess which adverb you are trying to demonstrate. Practise. happily miserably sadly quickly slowly hungrily angrily lazily loudly quietly stupidly noisily proudly gracefully softly 3. “One,... two,... three,...,” said ____ as they played hide and seek.

11. Instruction: Draw an adverb out of a bag, and read the sentence in that way. The rest of the pupils have to guess which adverb you are trying to demonstrate. Practise. happily miserably sadly quickly slowly hungrily angrily lazily loudly quietly stupidly noisily proudly gracefully softly 4. “I am really mad at you,” said ___.

12. Instruction: Draw an adverb out of a bag, and read the sentence in that way. The rest of the pupils have to guess which adverb you are trying to demonstrate. Practise. happily miserably sadly quickly slowly hungrily angrily lazily loudly quietly stupidly noisily proudly gracefully softly 5. “Would you like a chocolate?” said _____ so no-one could hear.

13. Instruction: Draw an adverb out of a bag, and read the sentence in that way. The rest of the pupils have to guess which adverb you are trying to demonstrate. Practise. happily miserably sadly quickly slowly hungrily angrily lazily loudly quietly stupidly noisily proudly gracefully softly 6. _____, said “ I’d love to come out, but I haven’t finished my homework.”

14. Find out more about adverbs

15. Besides telling us how, adverbs can also tell us how often, when, and where the action happened. How? happily loudly quickly sadly silently slowly How often ? always every day sometimes twice When? now today yesterday before since soon Where? everywhere here home inside near there

16. Position of adverbs e.g. Jason quickly read the book. In the middle of a sentence: e.g. Jason read the book quickly. At the end of a sentence: