Verbs and Adverbs Quiz!
There are 10 questions in total, each worth 1 point.
Write down your answer to each one.
At the end of the test, swap with a partner, mark
the test and give a total out of 10.
Literacy Reps should take in all the scores and work
out an average score:
Total sum of points divided by the number of pupils
who took part.
Question 1
What is a verb?
a) A describing word
b) An action or ‘doing’ word.
c) A ‘naming’ word.
Question 2
What do adverbs do?
a) They describe the way something
happens.
b) They link verbs and nouns together.
c) They always go at the start of a
sentence.
Question 3
Which of these are verbs?
a) Quickly
b) Thought
c) Ran
Question 4
Which of these is an adverb?
a) Jolly
b) Really
c) Danced
Question 5
Write down the verbs in the following:
For Christmas I really want a new iPad,
but they’re very expensive so it’s not
looking hopeful!
Question 6
Write down the adverbs in the following:
I went to the cinema recently and saw
The Hunger Games. Annoyingly, the
person in front of me kept talking during
the film!
Question 7
Choose the most appropriate adverb for the
following sentence:
I checked through my work _______ to make
sure I had not made any mistakes.
Anxiously
b) Enthusiastically
c) Thoroughly
a)
Question 8
Choose the most appropriate adverb for
the following sentence:
_______ I walked to class, worried about
the test we were going to have.
a) Disappointedly
b) Nervously
c) Angrily
Question 9
Choose the most appropriate verb for the
following sentence:
I _______ my mum a very expensive
necklace for her birthday.
a) Give
b) Brought
c) Bought
Question 10
Choose the most appropriate verb for the
following sentence:
Last night I _____ all my homework.
a) Did
b) Done
c) Finish
Answers
Swap papers with a partner and get
ready to mark them!
Question 1
What is a verb?
a) A describing word
b) An action or ‘doing’ word.
c) A ‘naming’ word.
Question 2
What do adverbs do?
a) They describe the way something
happens.
b) They link verbs and nouns together.
c) They always go at the start of a
sentence.
Question 3
Which of these are verbs?
a) Quickly
b) Thought
c) Ran
Question 4
Which of these is an adverb?
a) Jolly
b) Really
c) Danced
Question 5
Write down the verbs in the following:
For Christmas I really want a new iPad,
but they’re very expensive so it’s not
looking hopeful!
Question 6
Write down the adverbs in the following:
I went to the cinema recently and saw
The Hunger Games. Annoyingly, the
person in front of me kept talking during
the film!
Question 7
Choose the most appropriate adverb for the
following sentence:
I checked through my work _______ to make
sure I had not made any mistakes.
Anxiously
b) Enthusiastically
c) Thoroughly
a)
Question 8
Choose the most appropriate adverb for
the following sentence:
_______ I walked to class, worried about
the test we were going to have.
a) Disappointedly
b) Nervously
c) Angrily
Question 9
Choose the most appropriate verb for the
following sentence:
I _______ my mum a very expensive
necklace for her birthday.
a) Give
b) Brought
c) Bought
Question 10
Choose the most appropriate verb for the
following sentence:
Last night I _____ all my homework.
a) Did
b) Done
c) Finish