Identifying Adjectives and what they Modify
Identify the adjective AND the noun it modifies: There was a dark spot on the carpet.
Adjective = dark Noun = spot
Identify the adverb AND the word it modifies: The dog ate its dinner hungrily.
Adverb = hungrily Verb = ate
The first adjective in:
Eight wolves ran across the street last night.
How many?
Adjectives
Eight wolves ran across the street last night.
two = eight, last
The second adjective in:
Some fluffy dogs have trouble keeping cool in Florida weather.
Which one?
OR
What kind?
Adjectives
Some fluffy dogs have trouble cooling themselves in Florida weather.
Three = some, fluffy, Florida
The first adverb in:
I never aggressively argue with my parents
When?
Adverbs
I never aggressively argue with my parents, but sometimes I become rather heated.
four = never, aggressively, sometimes, rather
Find and correctly write the adjective that should be capitalized. My favorite game to play is chinese checkers.
Chinese
The final adjective AND adverb in:
The rambunctious children always break an expensive piece of decor when they race each other through the halls.
What kind?
Where?
Adjectives
These rambunctious, screaming children broke our expensive French statue.
six = these, rambunctious, screaming, our, expensive, French
Identify the adverb of DEGREE and the word it modifies: The story was rather short.
Adverb = rather Adjective = short
The first adverb AND adjective in:
Today, I will attend a formal birthday party, but I will know only a few people there.
When? and What kind?
Adverbs
We were quite annoyed this evening, for the waiter made us wait forever in our freezing booth to receive the check.
three = quite, evening, forever