English Unit: Choosing Verbs and Adverbs

• We are learning to understand how to make an action more vivid through careful verb choice, elaborated tenses and to use adverb groups/phrases to provide important details about a happening or state.

Curriculum alignment

• Australian Curriculum 2
• NSW 2
• VIC 1

Australian Curriculum covers QLD / SA / WA / NT / TAS / ACT.

Teach it your way

• Content to Differentiate

Linked resources & worksheets

• Year: 6
  Presentation

  Choosing Verbs and Adverbs - Presentation

  This presentation is designed to help your students understand the importance of word selection for good writing. This was developed as part...

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• Year: 6
  Resource

  Choosing Verbs & Adverbs - Student Reference Card

  This student reference card was created as a part of the Choosing Verbs & Adverbs unit plan.  It can be stuck in their books and referred to...

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• Year: 3 4 5 6 +1
  Resource

  Vivid Verbs - Word Display

  This Vivid Verb display provides students with numerous synonyms for 15 common verbs that can transform their writing to be powerfully descr...

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• Year: 1 2 3 4 +3
  Resource

  Better Word Choices - VERBS

  Not only is this a very colourful word wall for your classroom making a super quick and engaging display, but it is highly functional. Stud...

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• Year: 6
  Resource

  Instead of Said

  This worksheet helps students explore word choice as they come up with different saying verbs. This was developed as part of a larger unit d...

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• Year: 6
  Resource

  Saying Verb - Word Search

  In this worksheet, students search for a variety of speaking verbs. This was developed as part of a larger unit designed to demonstrate the...

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• Year: 6
  Resource

  Thesaurus Workout

  This worksheet was designed to introduce students to a thesaurus and get them used to using it. It was developed as part of a larger unit de...

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• Year: 6
  Resource

  Choosing Better Verbs

  In this worksheet, students practice making better word choices by substituting boring verbs with more exciting choices. It was developed as...

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• Year: 3 4 5 6 +1
  Worksheet

  Commonly Misused Verbs (answers incl) 4pg

  Commonly Misused Verbs

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• Year: 1
  Resource

  Adverb Adventure Board game

  Embark on an exciting board game journey that enhances students' understanding and usage of adverbs. This resource promotes language skills...

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• Year: 6
  Resource

  Identifying Adverbs

  In this worksheet, students look for adverbs in short sentences and try and identify the type of adverb they are looking at. It was develope...

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• Year: 6
  Resource

  Adding Adverbs

  In this worksheet, make sentences better by adding adverbs. It was developed as part of a larger unit designed to demonstrate the importance...

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• Year: 6
  Resource

  The Difference An Adverb Can Make

  In this worksheet, Students try and chance the meaning of the sentence by altering the adverb or adverbial phrase. It was developed as part...

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