Adverb Games - Ideas for Fun Adverb Activities in the Classroom
Adverb Games and Activities
Keep your kids interested in grammar with these fun adverb games and activities!
Act It Out!
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Charades
Divide up the adverb note cards and give them to groups of students. Have each group decide on a verb, and instruct each member of the group to apply the verb to their note card. For example, if a group decides on the verb “dance,” the students in the group may have to dance happily, dance stealthily, dance quickly, or dance loudly, depending on which adverb card they are holding. The other students have to guess which adverb card each of their peers are holding. Adverb games like this one can get loud and exciting, so make sure to circulate around the room to make sure that students are staying on track.
Adjective-Adverb Swap
This adverb activity can help show students that adjectives and adverbs are related. Have students write sentences using adverbs that end in -ly. Then have them change the adverbs in their sentences into adjectives by removing the –ly, and have them re-craft the sentence accordingly. For example, the sentence “The boy agreed happily” might change to “The happy boy agreed.” Discuss the similarities and differences between the two sentences.
No –ly Words Allowed!
Have students break into groups, and instruct each group to write a list of as many adverbs as they can in three minutes. The catch? They can’t use any adverbs that end in –ly. Because most students think of –ly words when they think of adverbs, you might want to remind them about the basic definition of adverbs – words that modify verbs, adjectives, or other adverbs and answer the questions where, when, how, or to what extent. You can even start them off with several examples (e.g., yesterday, too, very). These adverb games and activities are a great way to spice up your grammar lessons. Try some of these adverb games today, and watch your students finally get interested in parts of speech! Image by PDPics from Pixabay
This post is part of the series: Parts of Speech Activities and Games
This series will include several parts of speech activities and games for each of the following parts of speech: nouns, verbs, pronouns, adjectives, and adverbs. Use these activities to inject some fun into your everyday grammar lessons!
