Notes for the Teacher

This warm-up PowerPoint is intended to be used as revision for Key

Stage 1 pupils.

The games and activities on these slides can be used one at a time as
introductory activities or as lesson starters.

These activities are ideal for reinforcing previous learning - why not do
one activity every day?
Can you make five new words by adding –ly to the root word shown in each picture?

sad ly cold ly loud ly

love ly strong ly
Which of these words is not an adverb? Can you write a
Show answers
sentence using one of the other adverbs?
Can you read the sentences and add the suffix –ly to one word in each sentence so
that it makes sense?

Careless, I forgot
Carelessly, I forgot
to to
pack
pack
thethe
sandwiches.
sandwiches.

Lorenzo fell off his skateboard and hurt his leg bad.
badly.

“It’s not my birthday for ages,” Karl said unhappy.

unhappily.

I ran out of the classroom quick.

quickly.

After eating three ice creams

creams,my
mybrother
brotherfelt
felt awfully
awful ill.ill.

“You can come to my house tomorrow,” Julia said cheerful.

cheerfully.

The wizard whispered the spell quiet.

quietly.

Show answers
Look at the pictures and root words. Can you select the correct root word for each
picture and add –ly to complete the sentences?

Ben shouted _____.

loudly The children jumped in the She walked up to the
puddle excitedly
_______. bravely
dragon ______.

“Jake walked down Unfortunately

___________, Cheng The bully pointed at my
the stairs ________ ” dropped his marshmallow. trainers _______.
unkindly
carefully
excited careful

Show answers Root words: unfortunate brave unkind loud

Look at the pictures and root words. Can you select the correct root word for each
picture and add –ly to complete the sentences?

Ben shouted _____.

loudly The children jumped in the She walked up to the
puddle excitedly
_______. bravely
dragon ______.

“Jake walked down Unfortunately

___________, Cheng The bully pointed at my
the stairs ________ ” dropped his marshmallow. trainers _______.
unkindly
carefully
excited careful

Show answers Root words: unfortunate brave unkind loud

 Can you read the clues to complete the crossword? Each word ends in –ly.

1
f i r s t l y
a
2
b r i g h t l y
r
3 4
q u i c k l y
l y
Across
e 1. Something which is done at the
a beginning. firstly
n brightly
2. The sun was shining _______.
5 3. Fast. quickly
s l o w l y 5. The opposite of fast. slowly
y Down
1. When something is shared equally. fairly
4. Doing something without making a
Show answers mess. cleanly
Can you write sentences to describe how the children in this classroom are doing
things, using adverbs ending in –ly? You can use the root words to help you.

careful
carefully
patient
patiently quietly
quiet
calm
calmly

quick
quickly

shy
shyly

clever
cleverly
curious
curiously loudly
loud
noisy
noisily

Example answers: The girl read the story

Show answers loudly. Her friend sat and listened shyly.
Can you write sentences to describe how the people in this circus are doing things,
using adverbs ending in –ly? You can use the root words to help you.

careful
carefully

magical
magically
slow
slowly
safely
safe wise
wisely
rude
rudely
bravely
brave

quick
quickly
graceful
gracefully
nervous
nervously sweetly
sweet

Example: The tightrope walker balances across the

Show answers tightrope carefully, slowly and safely.
Can you write sentences to describe how the animals in this jungle move, using
adverbs ending in –ly? You can use the root words to help you.

excited
excitedly

lazy
lazily
silently
silent
quickly
quick

slowly
slow
fiercely
fierce

wetly
wet

stealthily
stealth

Example: The Jaguar prowled fiercely. The tiger

Show answers
watched him stealthily.
Can you read the definition and match it with the correct root word? Does the
spelling of the root word need to be changed or can it stay the same?

In a way that is very odd.

soft strange happy

ready grumpy nice

(no spelling change) Change y to i

-ly -ly

Incorrect! strangely
Can you read the definition and match it with the correct root word? Does the
spelling of the root word need to be changed or can it stay the same?

In a way that is gentle.

soft strange happy

ready grumpy nice

(no spelling change) Change y to i

-ly -ly

Incorrect! softly
Can you read the definition and match it with the correct root word? Does the
spelling of the root word need to be changed or can it stay the same?

In a way that is impolite.

soft strange happy

ready grumpy nice

(no spelling change) Change y to i

-ly -ly

Incorrect! grumpily
Can you read the definition and match it with the correct root word? Does the
spelling of the root word need to be changed or can it stay the same?

In a way that is pleasant.

soft strange happy

ready grumpy nice

(no spelling change) Change y to i

-ly -ly

Incorrect! nicely
Can you read the definition and match it with the correct root word? Does the
spelling of the root word need to be changed or can it stay the same?

In a way that is joyful.

soft strange happy

ready grumpy nice

(no spelling change) Change y to i

-ly -ly

Incorrect! happily