• Quick retrieval from earlier learning (Adverbs). Students answer on mini whiteboards.
• Show answers together and note who needs support in the main task.

1. Which word is an adverb? She never eats mushrooms. (eats / mushrooms / never / she) → neverPrompt: Adverbs add information to a verb: how, when, where or how often.
2. Turn the adjective "simple" into an adverb. → simplyPrompt: Most adverbs add -ly.
3. Adjective or adverb? Choose the word that fits. He is a ___ swimmer. (goodly / well / weller / good) → goodPrompt: Is the gap describing a noun (a thing) or a verb (an action)?

• Show a sentence with the grammar point used wrongly and ask what sounds odd.
• Share the objective: Adjective or adverb? good/well, bad/badly, real/really. Read the success criteria together.

• Work through the example out loud, saying why you do each step, not just what you do.
• Example: Choose the correct word. The diamond turned out to be ___.
• Step 1: Adjectives (good, bad, real) describe nouns or follow linking verbs; adverbs (well, badly, really) describe verbs, adjectives and other adverbs.
• Step 2: After 'to be', use the adjective 'real'.
• Step 3: Put it back into the sentence and read it aloud: "The diamond turned out to be real."
• Step 4: So the answer is: real
• Answer: real
• Pause after each step and ask a student to say what comes next.

• Do these together. Students try each step on whiteboards before you reveal it.
• Use the hints as prompts rather than giving the answer.

1. Choose the correct word. She sang ___ than anyone else. (more good / more well / better / weller) → betterPrompt: What does the gap describe: a noun, or a verb/adjective?
2. The word in capitals is wrong in formal English. Type the correct word. "Please speak SLOW." → slowlyPrompt: Is the word describing a noun or after a linking verb (adjective), or describing an action or another describing word (adverb)?

• Students work on the student sheet. Circulate and check the first two answers of every student early.
• Students who finish: write a question of their own for a partner, with the answer.

The 8 questions are on the student sheet below, with answers in the key.

• Two questions on their own. Sort answers into got it / nearly / not yet to plan the next lesson.

1. Choose the correct word. This soup tastes ___. (well / good) → goodPrompt: What does the gap describe: a noun, or a verb/adjective?
2. The word in capitals is wrong in formal English. Type the correct word. "He speaks Spanish REAL well." → reallyPrompt: Is the word describing a noun or after a linking verb (adjective), or describing an action or another describing word (adverb)?

Free online practice with hints and printable worksheets for this skill: eurekami.com/english/grade-7.