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Free Year 7 Descriptive Language: Adjectives, Adverbs and Phrases Worksheet

Students revise adjectives and adverbs and extend them to adjectival and adverbial phrases, the groups of words (with the broken strap, after the final bell) that add detail to nouns and verbs. They identify single words and phrases, work out what each one modifies, add phrases of time, place and manner to plain sentences and replace tired adjectives with precise ones. The worksheet ends with a short descriptive paragraph, giving students a toolkit for richer narrative and descriptive writing in Year 7.

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Year
Year 7
Subject
English
Topic
Adjectives & Adverbs
Difficulty
Level 2 · Standard
Estimated time
20 minutes
Curriculum
Australian Curriculum
Questions
16
Answers
Included, with working
Format
PDF (A4) + print

Students will practise

  • identifying adjectives and adverbs
  • identifying adjectival and adverbial phrases
  • working out what a phrase modifies
  • adding phrases of time, place and manner to sentences
  • choosing precise adjectives in descriptive writing

Curriculum: Australian Curriculum. We show specific outcome codes only where they have been verified against the official curriculum document.

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How to use this worksheet

  1. Print the PDF or complete it on screen. Write the student's name and date at the top.
  2. Read the instructions for each part together before starting. Encourage working to be shown.
  3. Mark with the answer sheet. Use the model answers and success criteria as a guide rather than a single right answer.
  4. Record the score, celebrate what went well, then follow the "What's next" suggestion.

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Who is this worksheet for?

Year 7 students (typically ages 12–13) working on adjectives & adverbs. It is pitched at level 2 · standard.

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Yes. The PDF includes a full answer sheet with model answers and success criteria where there is more than one good answer. You can also view the answers online.

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About 20 minutes for 16 questions. Short, regular sessions work best: two or three a week beats one long one.

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Year 7 · English · Adjectives & Adverbs

Descriptive Language: Adjectives, Adverbs and Phrases

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Good description is specific. A phrase that tells the reader exactly which, where, when or how is worth more than a string of adjectives.

Part A — Words and phrases

Circle the best answer. Remember: adjectives add detail to nouns; adverbs add detail to verbs (and sometimes adjectives or other adverbs).

1.Which word is an adjective? 'The exhausted swimmer climbed slowly from the pool.'
  1. Aswimmer
  2. Bexhausted
  3. Cslowly
  4. Dclimbed
2.Which word is an adverb? 'He answered the question confidently and sat down.'
  1. Aanswered
  2. Bquestion
  3. Cconfidently
  4. Ddown
3.'The girl with the red umbrella waved.' The bolded words are:
  1. Aan adverbial phrase
  2. Ban adjectival phrase describing 'girl'
  3. Ca verb group
  4. Da clause
4.'We left as soon as the rain stopped.' The bolded words tell us:
  1. Awhich 'we'
  2. Bwhen we left
  3. Cwhere we left from
  4. Dwhat we left
5.Which sentence contains an adverbial phrase of place?
  1. AShe sang beautifully.
  2. BShe sang after dinner.
  3. CShe sang on the back verandah.
  4. DShe sang a sad song.

Part B — What does it describe?

Find the phrase and name what it adds detail to.

6.Write the adjectival phrase and the noun it describes: 'The bike with the broken chain was left by the gate.'
7.Write the adverbial phrase and say whether it shows time, place or manner: 'Before sunrise, the fishing boats headed out.'
8.Write the adverbial phrase and say whether it shows time, place or manner: 'The toddler stacked the blocks with great care.'
9.This sentence has one adjectival phrase and one adverbial phrase. Write both: 'The dog from next door barked all night.'
10.Underline the adverb and circle the word it modifies: 'The water was dangerously cold.'

Part C — Add the detail

Complete each sentence with the kind of phrase requested. Many answers are possible.

11.Add an adverbial phrase of time: 'The fire alarm rang .'
12.Add an adverbial phrase of place: 'Grandad fell asleep .'
13.Add an adverbial phrase of manner: 'The goalkeeper dived .'
14.Add an adjectival phrase after the noun: 'The letter was never opened.'
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