These adverbs describe 'where' the verb (or action) took place.įor example: The cat sat outside the front door. Other examples of manner adverbs include: slowly, happily, grumpily, greedily, desperately, unknowingly, brightly. The adverb tells us how the cheetah leapt up and so it has modified the verb.

' quickly' is the adverb ' leapt' is the verb The adverbs describe 'how' the verb is done and end in an 'ly' most of the time.įor example: The cheetah quickly leapt up and chased the zebra. It can tell the reader how, where or when the action is being done. However it is essential to encourage children to use a variety of words that a fit for purpose.Īn adverb is a word that describes, gives more information, or modifies a verb. are scared to use new words in case they spell them incorrectly or use them incorrectly.Many children like to re-use the same words over and over, reasons for this may be: Words that mean the same as 'ran' are: sprinted, jogged or scampered A thesaurus can be used to find different verbs that have a similar meaning. Using a variety of verbs makes writing more interesting. This is a sentence because it contains a subject (the cat) and a verb (ran).Ĭhildren need to know what a verb is and be able to recall a variety of verbs when writing. In order to create a sentence is must have a subject and a verb in it, without these two elements it is classed as a phrase. Verbs are sometimes called 'doing' words or 'action' words. A verb is a word in a sentence that tells the reader what action is being done.

Quickly in a sentence