What is an adverb?
An adverb is a word that tells you more about a verb.
Prince Lucas ran to the gate quickly.
The verb is ‘ran’. The adverb is ‘quickly’. It tells you how Prince Lucas ran.
You can also put the adverb before the verb.
Prince Lucas quickly ran to the gate.
Many adverbs are formed by adding -ly to adjectives.
Adverbs of time tell you when, how long or how often something happens.
Suddenly, Princess Chloe appeared.
What are adverbs?
Join Princess Chloe and Prince Lucas in their adverb-filled fairy story adventure!
What is an adverb?
An adverb is a word that describes a verb. It tells you more about how, when, where or how often an action happens.
A verb is an action or being word. An adverb gives more information about the verb.
Chloe joyfully reached for the glittering jewels.
Adverbs can be placed before the verb.
The rabbit noisily cried.
Adverbs can also be placed after the verb.
The rabbit cried noisily.
They can also be placed at the start of the sentence followed by a comma.
Noisily, the rabbit cried.
Adverbs of time tell you when, how long or how often something happened.
Yesterday, the palace cook baked with flour.
Example 1
Choose the most appropriate adverbs from the list below to complete this section of the story:
Princess Chloe and Prince Lucas were walking ________ through the palace gardens.
__________, they found themselves in a magical world filled with gemstones.
- merrily
- tomorrow
- suddenly
✓ Here are the sentences with the correct adverbs added:
Princess Chloe and Prince Lucas were walking merrily through the palace gardens.
Suddenly, they found themselves in a magical world filled with gemstones.
Example 2
Which of these sentences includes an adverb of time?
a) Princess Chloe always enjoyed playing in the garden.
b) The children fell through a magic gateway.
c) From then on, the rabbit became great friends with the children.
✓ Here are the sentences which include an adverb of time:
a) Princess Chloe always enjoyed playing in the garden.
c) From then on, the rabbit became great friends with the children.
Task
Fairy tale adventure
The next day, Princess Chloe and Prince Lucas decide to travel through the magic gate again - but it takes them somewhere completely different!
It’s your turn to write the next adventure that Princess Chloe and Prince Lucas go on.
Think about where they go, what they find and what they do there.
Remember to add in some interesting adverbs along the way.
Here are some ideas to get you started:
A magical waterfall cave, sparkling mysteriously with rainbow mist.
A glowing stone path twisting dangerously through a jungle.
An abandoned pirate ship with a secret map carefully hidden on board.
Play our fun English game Crystal Explorers! game
Use grammar, punctuation and spelling skills to explore jungles, caves and tombs on your mission.
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