Adjectives
True or False: the definition of an adjective is a word that describes a noun (a person, place, thing, or idea)
True
Find the adverb:
He ran quickly.
quickly
Complete the sentence with the correct comparative or superlative adverb: Of everything in the universe, light travels the __________ (fast).
fastest
What is the difference between an adjective and an adverb?
An adjective describes a noun and an adverb describes a verb, adjective, or adverb.
Name the Adjectives:
The flowers in her garden are blue and yellow.
blue and yellow
Find the adverb:
heavily
Identify the adverb in the following sentence. She ran quickly across the street.
quickly
Identify ALL the adjectives and ALL the adverbs in the following sentence:
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
List ALL of the adjectives in the following sentence:
The excited students loved drawing with their colorful crayons.
excited, colorful
Find the adverbs:
Complete the sentence with the correct word. Which state do you think has the _______ residents?
- fewest
- least
fewest
Change the following adjectives to adverbs: cold, slow, rapid, success.
coldly, slowly, rapidly, successfully
Find the adjective:
The tall tree had colorful leaves.
tall, colorful
Find the adverbs:
slowly
Identify the adverbs in the following sentence. (Be careful with contractions.) We don't ever want to make someone else feel left out.
not
ever
out
Identify the adjectives and adverbs in the following sentence: The big, red balloon floated aimlessly in the sky.
adjectives = big, red
adverbs= aimlessly
Identify the adjectives in the following sentence:
The shaggy brown dog jumped over the white picket fence.
shaggy, brown, white, picket
List ALL the adverbs in the following sentence: My dog is so incredibly loyal to me, but my cat completely ignores me.
incredibly, completely
From the list of words below identify THREE words that are adverbs of time.
second, never, soon, today, later, after, o'clock, minute, fast, under, on, seem, become
Any THREE of the following four words: Never, soon, later, after
Identify the adjectives and adverbs in the following sentence: The angry crowd didn't calm down when the frustrated speaker pleaded uselessly with them.
Adjectives = angry, frustrated
Adverbs = not, down, uselessly