Adverbs
Word families
Adverb or adjective
Emotive language
Singular and plural verbs
100

Choose the adverb in the sentence. 

The students sat quietly at assembly. 

quietly

100
Name the types of words found in a word family. 

Noun, verb, adjective, adverb 

100

Is the word in italics an adverb or an adjective? 

'Daniel researched his work extensively before writing the final draft of his essay.' 

adverb 

100

Choose the emotive word for within the following sentence: 

'She was delighted that her friends bought her a birthday cake.' 

delighted 

100

Fill in the blank with was or were.

'Every child _____ given a carton of milk.' 


was 

200

Identify the adverb in the sentence. 

John drove fast to make it to his appointment on time.

fast 

200

Which of the words from the family is the verb? 

repetition, repeat, repetitive, repetitively

repeat 

200

Is the word in italics and adjective or an adverb? 

'She silently wished that the music wasn't quite so loud." 

adjective 

200

Choose the emotive word in the following sentence. 

'The food tasted dreadful, like it had been overcooked.' 

dreadful 

200

Fill in the blank with 'neither/nor' or 'either/or'

'__________ you _____ your friend can collect the tickets from the office.' 

either/or 

300

These adverbs are what classification:

Once, twice, again, rarely, often

Adverbs for number  

300

Which of these words from the family is the adjective? 

hope, hoping, hopeful, hopefully 

hopeful 
300

Is the word in italics an adverb or adjective. 

'The friendly cat liked to have his belly gently rubbed.'

friendly = adjective (describes the cat) 

gently = adverb (describes the verb rubbed) 

300

Choose the positive emotive word for thin: 

skinny

scrawny

slender

slender 

300

Fill in the blank with 'either/or' or 'neither/nor'. 

'__________ the singer ______ the guitarist knew where the drummer had gone.' 

neither/nor 

400

These adverbs are what classification:

yesterday, daily, now, finally, soon

Adverbs of time

400

Choose the adverb in the word family. 

glory, gloriously, glorify, glorious 

gloriously 

400

Is the word in italics and adverb or an adjective? 

'The adorable puppy played catch outside.'

adjective 

400

Choose the negative emotive word for quiet: 

peaceful 

hushed 

boring 

noiseless 

boring  

400

Fill in the blank with was or were.

'All the students ______ late back from the meeting in the auditorium.' 

were 

500

Identify the adverbs in the following sentence. 

(5 adverbs) 

Very soon the teacher began loudly talking to gain the students attention who were suddenly quite noisy.

Very, soon, loudly, suddenly, quite 

500

Choose the correct word from the family to complete the sentence. 

'Did you see Jane won her race at the weekend. She is having a very _____________ running career.' 

Successful, successor, successive, successfully  

Successful

500

Are the words in italics adverbs or adjectives? 

'We paddled our boats across the peaceful lake.'

across - adverb

peaceful - adjective 

500

Choose the emotive language to describe the person in the sentence below. 

'Arthur is painfully unable to jump over the large barrier like his friends can.'

painfully 

500

Fill in the blank with was or were.

'Each car in the fleet _______ painted with a different flag on the side.' 

was

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