The Adverb Spotter

This worksheet is designed to help students in Grades 4 and 5 strengthen grammar accuracy, adverb recognition, sentence analysis, reading comprehension, and word-function awareness through focused identification practice. Students read complete sentences, circle each adverb, and underline the word it modifies-whether a verb, adjective, or another adverb-building a clear understanding of how adverbs function within sentence structure.

Learning Goals

• Adverb Identification (Grades 4-5): Recognize adverbs accurately within varied sentence contexts.
• Understanding Modifiers: Determine what each adverb modifies and how it affects meaning.
• Parts of Speech Awareness: Distinguish between adverbs and adjectives through functional analysis.
• Sentence Analysis Skills: Examine sentence structure to identify grammatical relationships.

Instructional Benefits

• Teacher-Created Resource: Designed by educators to align with upper-elementary grammar standards.
• Clear Marking Tasks: Circling and underlining support active engagement and visual learning.
• Grammar Review Friendly: Ideal for reinforcing previously taught adverb concepts.
• Flexible Use: Works well for independent practice, grammar lessons, review, or assessment.

This printable grammar worksheet helps students deepen their understanding of adverbs, modifiers, and sentence structure. By identifying adverbs and the words they modify, learners strengthen grammatical precision, reading awareness, and confidence in language analysis. It’s a low-prep, classroom- and homeschool-friendly resource that supports effective grammar review through meaningful, hands-on practice.

This worksheet is part of our Adverbs collection.