Identify It
Identify the adjective/adverb and state if it is an adjective/adverb:
The bright lights hurt my eyes.
Bright is the adjective
She ran (quick / quickly) to class to avoid being marked late.
quickly
In the sentence “She sings softly,” what word does softly describe?
sings
He ran quick to the door.
He ran quickly to the door.
What does an adjective describe?
Usually a noun
Identify the adjective/adverb and state if it is an adjective/adverb:
She quickly finished the test.
Quickly is the adverb
The soup tastes (good / well).
good
In “The very tall building,” what does very describe?
Tall
The baby slept peaceful.
The baby slept peacefully.
What three things can an adverb describe?
A verb, an adjective, or another adverb
Identify the adjective/adverb and state if it is an adjective/adverb:
The extremely loud noise startled us.
Extremely is the adverb
He plays the guitar (beautiful / beautifully).
beautifully
In “He ran incredibly fast,” what does incredibly describe?
fast
She did good on the test.
She did well on the test.
Give an example of an adverb that does NOT end in -ly.
fast, hard, early, late (any correct example)
Identify the adjective/adverb and state if it is an adjective/adverb:
The smooth surface felt cold.
Smooth is the adjective
The (loud / loudly) music echoed through the gym.
loud
In “The bright red balloon,” what does red describe?
balloon
The teacher explained the lesson slow.
The teacher explained the lesson slowly.
In the sentence “He drove incredibly slowly,” how many adverbs are there and what are they?
two (incredibly and slowly)
Identify the adjective/adverb and state if it is an adjective/adverb:
He spoke very confidently.
She felt (bad / badly) about the mistake.
bad
In “She answered quite calmly,” what does quite describe?
calmly
The movie was real exciting.
The movie was really exciting
In the sentence, "I will not forget my awesome English homework later for Mr. Castaneda's class", what is the adverb?
later