Adverb Activities

Choose one of the following adverb activities to complete:

 Look through the newspaper, find an article that interests you, cut it out and paste it to the paper
provided. You might need to cut the article in pieces to fit it on the paper. Find at least 20
sentences that have at least one adverb included. Underline the sentences in the article. On a
sheet of notebook paper, write out the underlined sentences. If your article does not have 20
adverbs you need to find another article. Circle the adverb and underline the word it modifies for
each sentence. Using scissors cut the blank sections of your notebook paper, leaving the
sentences in a block. Paste the sentences on the back of the paper where your article was
placed.
 Write a short story (one page) that uses at least 15 adverbs. Circle the adverbs and underline
the words modified for each sentence in your story that contains an adverb. Make sure you skip
lines to give yourself plenty of space to include the circles and underlines.

 Looking at the paragraphs below, add appropriate adverbs into each paragraph. Rewrite the
paragraph on a separate sheet of paper with the added adverbs. Circle the adverbs and
underline the words modified. Make sure you skip lines to give yourself plenty of space to include
the circles and underlines. You should come up with at least 10-15 adverbs, depending on the
paragraph you choose.

Paragraphs to Use for the third adverb activity

Paragraph #1 – include at least 10 adverbs

Owen entered the classroom. The class had come back from lunch and it was time to take the math
test. He sat down at his desk and took out a pencil. The teacher told the class to settle down and
began to pass out the test papers. Owen watched as she worked her way down the aisle towards
his desk. The paper slid on the desk and he looked at the first problem.

Paragraph #2 – include at least 15 adverbs

Patrick and Sandy walked to their new neighbor’s house. Their mother had made some cookies as
a kind of welcome to the neighborhood present. The neighbor’s house stood on the corner of the
street and was surrounded by a fence. The children looked at the house as they passed through
the gate.

“Look!” said Patrick and pointed at a cat in the window. Soon they were down the front path and
stood in front of the door.

“Well, ring it,” said Sandy and Patrick did so. They waited for someone to answer. Soon they heard
footsteps and the door opened.