Year 3 · SPaG · Adverbs
Year 3 adverbs of time worksheet and PowerPoint
To recognise and use adverbs of time.
Adverbs of time
An adverb of time tells you when something happens: yesterday, today, tomorrow, soon, later, now.
| now / soon | We are leaving soon. |
|---|---|
| past | She finished yesterday. I have already eaten. |
| future | We will go tomorrow. |
Examples
- The bus will arrive soon.
- I will see you later.
Key words
- adverb of time
- says when
- adverb
- tells you more about a verb
- verb
- a doing or being word
What is on the worksheet
Every sheet for this lesson has a short teaching box and 12 questions that get gradually harder: 8 fluency questions, then 4 reasoning questions that ask pupils to explain or choose. A writing challenge follows. The questions use the same styles as the key stage 2 grammar and punctuation test (circle, underline, tick, fill the gap, add punctuation, rewrite, explain). They are written for this website, not copied from past papers.
All the answers are on the last page of the same editable Word file. New questions are made every time, so you can print a different sheet for every group or for homework. The same sheet code always gives the same sheet.
Writing challenge: Write six sentences about a weekend. Use an adverb of time in each one.
Pupil target: I can use adverbs of time.
The PowerPoint
A 20-slide lesson deck for the same lesson: a starter that revisits earlier learning, key words, an I do and a You do question on each slide with a countdown timer, answers that appear one click at a time, and a challenge. Download the adverbs of time PowerPoint.
Where this lesson fits
This is lesson 21 of 53 in the Year 3 SPaG scheme, in the block “Adverbs”.
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