Adjectives vs adverbs

CONCEPTUAL

English›Grammar & Punctuation|Ages 7—8|ID: mt_j351evNNnB

Use adjectives and adverbs correctly, choosing between them depending on whether a noun or verb/adjective is being modified (e.g., 'She ran quickly' vs 'She is quick')

Mastery Evidence

Choose the correct form: 'The dog is (slow/slowly)' vs 'The dog walks (slow/slowly)'
Identify whether a word is modifying a noun (adjective) or a verb (adverb) in a given sentence
Expand sentences by adding both an adjective and an adverb: 'The tall boy ran quickly'

Assessment Prompt

“If [child] writes "she ran quick" instead of "she ran quickly", can they spot that they need an adverb to describe the running — and fix it themselves?”

Prerequisites1

Expanded noun phrases
hardAges 6—7

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Expanded noun phrases hard
Distinguishing adjectives from adverbs builds on using adjectives in expanded noun phrases
- Defining Words soft
  Defining words by attributes supports choosing descriptive adjectives for noun phrases
  - Discussing and Questioning New Words soft
    Context clues support defining words
  - Sorting & Categorising Words hard
    Defining by attributes builds on Y1 categorisation and antonyms
    - How Many in Total? soft
      Sorting and categorising objects uses the same counting/cardinality skills from maths
      - One-to-one counting hard
        Cardinality principle builds on one-to-one correspondence — you must count correctly to know the last number tells 'how many'
- Building sentences soft
  Sentence concept helps understanding where noun phrases fit
- Basic Nouns & Verbs hard
  Must know what nouns are before expanding noun phrases

Unlocks2

Adjective Order in Sentences
softAges 9—10
Comparatives & Superlatives
hardAges 8—9