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  • Adverbs

    LO: To compose single and multi-clause sentences, making choices to meet the intended audience and purpose, including connectives to expand a point, to write compound sentences, connectives for causation and consequence, e.g., adverbs.
    LO: Use language appropriate to writing, including standard forms, e.g., adverbs.

    Success Criteria
    ✅ Identify adverbs in sentences
    ✅ Use adverbs to explain how, when, where, or why something happens
    ✅ Write compound or multi-clause sentences using adverbs

     

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    The explorer carefully followed the path.
    The traveller quickly checked the map.

    What words are the adverbs in these sentences?

     

    Adverbs describe how, when, where or why something happens.

     

    The traveller walked along the path.

    What adverbs can we add to this sentence?What is an Adverb | Definition & Examples | Twinkl

     

    The traveller carefully walked along the path.
    The traveller walked along the path slowly.

     

    Expand to a multi-clause sentence:

    The traveller walked slowly along the forest path because the ground was muddy.

     

    Complete the sentences by choosing an adverb.

     
    Word bank:
    slowly • quietly • carefully • happily • quickly
    Example:
    1. The explorer ______ walked through the forest.
    2. The child ______ followed the old path.
     
    Extension:
    Add one extra clause
    Example:
    The explorer slowly walked through the forest because the map was old.

     

     

     

    Write 3 compound sentences about a journey using adverbs.
    Example structure:
    • The traveller carefully crossed the bridge because the river was fast.
    • The explorer excitedly followed the trail so he could find his village.
    Checklist:
    ✔ include adverbs
    ✔ include a connective (because, so, when)

     

    Write a short journey paragraph (3–4 sentences) including:
    • multiple adverbs
    • multi-clause sentences
    • description of the route
    Example model:

    The explorer carefully followed the winding path because the forest was dark.
    He quietly stepped over the roots, so the animals would not hear him.
    Finally, he happily reached the old village where his family once lived.

    Extension:

    Highligth the adverbs in the text.