Lesson video

Hello, everyone, I'm Ms. Corbett, and welcome to the final lesson of this first grammar unit.

And the lesson title is Adverbs.

Thank you so much for coming to learn with me, and I can't wait to get started.

Today's lesson outcome is I can define and identify an adverb.

For this lesson, you will need your looking eyes, your listening ears, and your thinking brains.

You will also need somebody to talk to as well.

Here are our key words for our learning today.

Remember, it's okay if you don't know what all of these words mean, 'cause by the end of the lesson, you will, and they will help us to achieve our learning outcome.

Adverb.

Adverb.

Verb.

Verb.

And we do know what a verb means.

A verb is a doing or a being word.

Well done.

And finally, describe.

Describe.

Describing is when we are adding more detail.

Let's go through those again a bit quicker.

Adverb.

Verb.

Describe.

Fantastic.

Let's have a look at the first part of our lesson, what are adverbs? Today, we are learning about adverbs.

Our keyword is there straight away.

I wonder, have you ever heard any words that sound similar to this word? Adverb.

Hmm.

(gasping) Verb.

The word verb is in there.

We know that a verb is a doing or a being word.

(gasping) That might make us help us to understand what adverb is, because ad means to or towards something.

So that means that an adverb is a word that describes a verb.

An adverb is a word that describes a verb.

(gasping) Very exciting.

All of our keywords are there.

Adverbs tell the reader how the verb is or was done.

It helps us paint a picture to think about how things have been done.

We know that a verb is a doing or a being word.

For example, swimming, running, reading.

Those are all doing verbs.

We can add to these verbs by describing how that action is or was done.

Let's have a look.

Swimming confidently.

So I might be swimming.

If I'm swimming confidently, that means I know just what I'm doing.

Swimming confidently.

Confidently is my adverb, giving detail to describe how the verb was done.

Running.

I might be running.

Now I'm running quickly.

I know exactly how that running was done, running quickly.

The dog was running quickly.

And reading.

The boy is reading, but I don't know how the boy is reading.

The boy is reading quietly.

(gasping) Now I know, the boy was reading quietly.

So my adverb is describing the verb.

If you change the adverb, it changes how the verb is being described.

Swimming not confidently anymore, but nervously.

(gasping) If you are swimming nervously, you're not so sure.

Running slowly.

This time the dog is running slowly.

And reading happily.

Not quietly anymore, but happily.

Let's see, a true or false.

An adverb describes a noun.

An adverb describes a noun.

Can you give me a thumbs up or a thumbs down? Is that true or false? Well done if you said false.

An adverb does not describe a noun.

An adverb describes a verb, and an adjective describes the noun.

Quite similar words, but remember, an adjective describes the noun and an adverb is describing a verb.

So from that check, we've just made sure that we know that an adjective describes a noun.

Let's have a look at this sentence.

The cat climbs the tree.

In this sentence, one of the nouns is the cat.

Hmm, how could I describe it? The black cat climbs the tree.

I have a picture in my head what the cat looks like.

Now we know that the adverb describes a verb.

In that sentence, the black cat climbs the tree, the verb is climbs.

Hmm, I want an adverb to describe how the cat is climbing.

(gasping) The black cat quickly climbs the tree.

We know that if you change the adjective or the adverb, it changes the description of either the noun or the verb, which may change the whole sentence.

Let's see.

(gasping) The ginger cat.

I have a different picture in my head now to describe my noun.

The ginger cat clumsily climbs the tree.

If you're doing something clumsily, that means you might be tripping or falling.

So by changing the description of my noun with a different adjective, and by changing my description of the verb with a different adverb, my whole sentence has changed to the ginger cat clumsily climbs the tree.

Now it's your turn to see if you can match the word type, adjective and adverb, with the correct definition.

We have got a word that describes a verb and a word that describes a noun.

Pause the video and match them up.

Off you go.

Let's see.

The adjective is the word that describes a noun.

An adjective describes a noun.

And the adverb is a word that describes a verb.

The way we can remember that is because the word verb is in the word adverb.

Fantastic if you got that.

Well done.

I'm going to show you a verb.

Whisper.

Now I'm going to show you two adverbs, quickly or slowly.

Hmm.

I'm going to choose one of those adverbs, and I'm going to do the action in the way that the adverb describes.

So my verb is whisper, and my adverbs are quickly or slowly.

You are going to decide, she whispers either quickly or slowly.

Are you ready to listen? Get those ears ready.

Whisper.

Can you tell me? She whispers- Three, two, one.

(gasping) Well done, she whispers slowly.

I whispered slowly.

Let me try another one.

Are you ready? Get your listening ears ready.

Whisper.

Was that quickly or slowly? She whispers- Three, two, one.

Quickly.

Well done, she whispers quickly.

My verb was whisper, and my adverbs were quickly and slowly, and that changed how I whispered, and you described it brilliantly in a sentence.

Now it is your turn.

Your verb is talk.

Here are your adverbs, quietly and loudly.

You are going to choose one of those adverbs, and you are going to do the action in the way this adverb describes, and then you will say to your partner, you talk either quietly or loudly.

Pause the video and off you go.

Wow, I heard some very quiet talking and some loud talking.

I heard you talk quietly and you talk loudly.

That's telling me, describing how the talking was done with an adverb.

Well done.

I think you are ready for your first task.

Here is your verb, eating.

Eating.

Here are some adverbs.

Quickly, slowly, silently, noisily.

You are going to choose one of those adverbs and imagine you are eating something in that way.

Are you going to eat quickly, slowly, silently, or noisily? Then your partner is going to guess which adverb you chose, and then you're going to let them know if you are right.

It would be great if you could say in a full sentence, you are eating quickly, you are eating slowly, you are eating silently, you are eating noisily.

I wonder if you can pause the video and do that now.

Don't forget to swap over.

Off you go.

Fantastic.

I saw one pair doing this.

The first partner was eating slowly.

And your partner guessed you are eating slowly.

Then that person said, "You are correct," and swapped over.

Well done, everybody.

We are now going to move on to the second part of our lesson, recognising adverbs.

Let's have a look at these adverbs, and most of these have come up already in our learning today.

Confidently.

Quickly.

Quietly.

Nervously.

Slowly.

Happily.

Clumsily.

Carefully.

Loudly.

What do you notice about all of these adverbs? I'm going to give you 10 seconds to have a think.

What do you notice about all of these adverbs? 10 seconds, off you go.

Five.

I wonder if you spotted that they all end in L-Y.

L-Y.

L-Y.

Making that lee sound.

Adverbs often end in L-Y.

We have to be a little bit careful because sometimes other words end in L-Y as well.

Some adjectives end in L-Y like silly, or lovely, or friendly, but lots of our adverbs end in L-Y, which sometimes makes them a bit easier to spot.

I wonder if you can do that now for me.

Could you find the two adverbs? We've got play, quickly, jump, and happily.

Can you find the two adverbs now in five seconds? Let's see if you found them.

Did you find quickly and happily? Well done.

Play and jump are both verbs.

Adverbs can be used to describe those verbs.

You might jump quickly or play happily, but quickly and happily are our adverbs, and like we just saw, both of those end in L-Y.

An adverb is often paired with the verb it is describing in the sentence.

It can come just before the verb.

Let's see.

The black cat quickly climbs the tree.

My verb is climbs, and you can see quickly coming just before.

Quickly climbs.

The teacher loudly claps her hands.

The verb is claps, and the adverb is loudly.

Loudly claps.

Max noisily eats an apple for lunch.

My verb is eats and my adverb is noisily.

Noisily eats.

The cat quietly sleeps on the mat.

The verb is sleeps and the adverb is quietly.

The cat quietly sleeps.

So sometimes the adverb comes just before the verb.

We have to be careful though, because the adverb doesn't always come just before the verb it's describing.

Let's have a look.

The black cat climbs the tree quickly.

(gasping) Quickly is my adverb, and it's at the end of the sentence this time.

The teacher claps her hands loudly.

Again, it's at the end.

Max eats an apple noisily for lunch.

Noisily is my adverb, and it's in the middle of the sentence.

Max eats an apple noisily, then we add more detail, for lunch.

And the cat sleeps quietly on the mat.

Again, my adverb quietly is in the middle.

That shows me that my adverb can go at different parts of the sentence.

But as long as it makes sense, that's okay.

Let's have a check of that.

Is this true or false? Get your thumbs up or thumbs down.

An adverb always comes next to the verb it is describing.

Is that true or false? I'll give you 10 seconds to think.

10.

Five.

Let's see.

An adverb always comes next to the verb it is describing.

We know that is false.

An adverb doesn't always have to come next to the verb, as long as it makes sense in our sentence.

We are going to work together to identify, which means find, the adverb in these sentences.

Remember, adverbs can appear in different places in the sentence.

Have a look.

He eats lunch quickly at home.

My verb is eats.

I want to describe how he is eating.

He eats lunch quickly at home.

How is he eating? Quickly, well done.

And it has an L-Y.

That helps me as well.

The car beeps its horn loudly.

My verb is beeps.

How can I describe the beep? The car beeps its horn loudly.

(gasping) Loudly is my adverb describing the beep, the noise of the beep.

Turtles move slowly on the land.

My verb is moves, and they are moving slowly.

The owl softly hoots at night.

We want to describe the verb hoots, which is like (imitating owl).

The owl softly hoots at night.

Softly is my adverb.

And you can see there that my adverbs are at different points of the sentence, which is why we've got to think really carefully about where the verb is being described.

Now it's your turn to work independently.

You can either circle or point to the adverbs in these sentences.

I'm going to read them, and then you're going to work independently.

My dog sleeps happily on the rug.

Remember, search for the verb and look for the word that is describing the verb.

The sun shines brightly today.

Sofia quickly runs to school.

The rain falls heavily in the park.

The bee gently buzzes 'round the flower.

The rabbit hops playfully.

There are your sentences, and now it's the time to pause the video and circle or point to the adverb.

Pause the video and off you go.

Well done.

Let's see how you got on spotting those adverbs.

My dog sleeps happily on the rug.

My verb is sleeps, and we're describing how the dog sleeps, happily.

Well done.

The sun shines brightly today.

We're describing shines.

Shines is the verb, and the sun shines brightly.

Sofia quickly runs to school.

The verb is runs, and she runs quickly.

The rain falls heavily in the park.

The verb is falls, and we can describe the rain falling as heavily.

The bee gently buzzes 'round the flower.

Buzzes is my verb, and the buzz is happening gently.

And finally, the rabbit hops playfully.

My verb is hops, and the rabbit hops playfully.

Well done for spotting all of those adverbs.

If you managed to get all of them, fantastic.

If you didn't, can you just go back and check now? Another fantastic lesson of fantastic, brilliant learning.

We now know that an adverb is a word that describes a verb.

We know that adverbs tell the reader how a verb is or was done.

We also know that adverbs often end in L-Y, and that adverb is often paired with the verb it's describing, but can go anywhere in the sentence.

Thank you so much for learning with me today.

Bye.