Adjectives
Comparative & Superlative Adjectives
Adverbs
Comparative & Superlative Adverbs
Adjectives & Adverbs
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What is the definition of an adjective?
a word that describes a noun (a person, place, thing, or idea)
100
Complete the following sentence with a comparative or superlative adverb: "I thought my education classes in college were _________ than my art classes."
more interesting
100
What is the definition of an adverb?
a word that describes a verb, adjective, or another adverb
100
Complete the sentence with the correct comparative or superlative adverb: "Of everything in the universe, light travels the __________ (fast)."
fastest
100
What is the difference between an adjective & an adverb?
An adjective describes a noun and a adverb describes a verb, adjective, or adverb.
200
List ALL of the adjectives in the following sentence: "Madagascar is an isolated island and the animals that live there are very unique."
isolated; unique
200
Write a sentence on the board using the adjective "sad" in the superlative form.
Manchester by the Sea was one of the saddest movies I have seen in a long time.
200
List ALL the adverbs in the following sentence: "My dog is so incredibly loyal to me, but my cat completely ignores me."
so, incredibly, completely
200
What are the comparative and superlative forms of the adverb "cautiously"?
more cautiously/most cautiously
200
Change the following adjectives to adverbs: cold, slow, rapid, success.
coldly, slowly, rapidly, successfully
300
Write three adjectives that answer the question: "What kind?"
Ex: funny, handsome, red, famous, sweaty
300
Write the comparative & superlative forms of the adjectives "funny" and "successful" on the board.
funnier/funniest; more successful/most successful
300
Name ALL the adverbs in the following sentence: "Mr. Kimmel, who once worked as a Science teacher, proudly informed us that he had never taken a single sick day.
once, proudly, never
300
What is the correct comparative or superlative adverb in the following sentence: "Diane took our defeat the _________ (hard) of everyone on our soccer team."
hardest
300
Write ALL the adjectives and ALL the adverbs in the following sentence on the board: "Mr. and Mrs. Hall, who are strong believers in the benefits of exercise, usually run four or five miles each morning."
adjectives = strong, four, five, each; adverbs = usually
400
What questions do adjectives answer?
1) What kind? 2) Which one? 3) How many/how much?
400
What are the comparative and superlative forms of the adjectives "good" and "bad?"
good-better-best; bad-worse-worst
400
What four questions do adverbs answer?
1) How? 2) When? 3) Where? 4) To what degree/to what extent?
400
Write the comparative and superlative forms of the adverbs "recently," "close," and "gracefully."
more recently/most recently; closer/closest; more gracefully/most gracefully
400
Write 10 adjectives and 10 adverbs on the board.
adjectives = sudden, Mexican, first, more, several, unusual, friendly, cloudy, tired, last; adverbs = soon, tomorrow, unusually, later, very, so, quite, inside, close, together
500
Write five adjectives that answer the question, "What kind?" Write five adjectives that answer the question "Which one?" Write five adjectives that answer the question "How many/how much?"
What kind: great, new, old, exhausted, handmade. Which one: first, last, this, that, these, those. How many/how much: several, many, few, one hundred, thousands, more, less.
500
Write the comparative and superlative forms of the adjectives "sour," "enormous," and "silly" on the board.
sourer/sourest; more enormous/most enormous; sillier/silliest
500
Write five adverbs that answer the question "How?" Write five adverbs that answer the question "When?" Write five adverbs that answer the question "Where?" Write five adverbs that answer the question "To what degree/to what extent?"
How: slowly, gracefully, terribly, amazingly, quietly. When: yesterday, today, soon, later, now. Where: here, there, inside, far, near. To what degree/to what extent: very, really, so, quite, completely.
500
Write the comparative and superlative forms of the following adverbs: soon, quickly, close, cautiously
sooner/soonest; more quickly/most quickly; closer/closest; more cautiously/most cautiously
500
What is the purpose of using adjectives and adverbs when you are writing and speaking?
Adjectives and adverbs make writing and speech more detailed, descriptive, and interesting.
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