English Grammar & Punctuationusually ages 7–8

Adjectives vs adverbs

Use adjectives and adverbs correctly, choosing between them depending on whether a noun or verb/adjective is being modified (e.g., 'She ran quickly' vs 'She is quick')

How to tell they’ve got it

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Choose the correct form: 'The dog is (slow/slowly)' vs 'The dog walks (slow/slowly)'
Identify whether a word is modifying a noun (adjective) or a verb (adverb) in a given sentence
Expand sentences by adding both an adjective and an adverb: 'The tall boy ran quickly'

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If your child writes "she ran quick" instead of "she ran quickly", can they spot that they need an adverb to describe the running — and fix it themselves?

Where this sits on the map

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Builds on

Expanded noun phrasesages 6–7Distinguishing adjectives from adverbs builds on using adjectives in expanded noun phrases

Adjectives vs adverbsthis skill · ages 7–8

Unlocks

Comparatives & Superlativesages 8–9Comparative/superlative forms build on distinguishing adjectives from adverbs

Adjective Order in Sentencesages 9–10Correctly ordering adjectives is enriched by the prior distinction between adjectives (modifying nouns) and adverbs (modifying verbs)

solid = must come firstdashed = helps

Curriculum alignment

Candidate matches to official curriculum codes — machine-suggested, unreviewed (v0.1).

Show candidate curriculum codes · 1 ACARA · 1 VIC

Australian Curriculum v9 candidate

AC9E2LA07low confidenceYear 2 · Language

understand that in sentences nouns may be extended into noun groups using articles and adjectives, and verbs may be expressed as verb groups

Victorian Curriculum 2.0 codes & levels only

VC2E2LA07low confidenceEnglish · Level 2 · Language strand

These are candidate alignments generated by semantic matching — machine-suggested and unreviewed (v0.1), not official or verified mappings. For official curriculum content see australiancurriculum.edu.au, curriculum.nsw.edu.au and f10.vcaa.vic.edu.au. Don’t rely on them for registration or compliance purposes.

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