Adjectives & Adverbs
This word modifies a noun or a pronoun.
What is an adjective.
Name the three degrees of comparison.
What is positive, comparative, and superlative.
Identify the prepositional phrase(s) in the following sentence:
Some horses were running in the field between the barn and the house.
What are:
in the field & between the barn and the house
This kind of modifier is placed too far away from the word it modifies.
What is a misplaced modifier.
Identify the interjection in the following sentence:
Shh! We must not wake the sleeping baby.
What is shhh!
Adverbs modify these three parts of speech:
What are verbs, adverbs, and adjectives
Identify the three degrees of comparison for the adjective round.
What is round, rounder, and roundest.
Throughout the spring, the robin began to build its nest in the tree by my window.
What are throughout the spring, in the tree, & by my window.
This kind of modifier does not logically modify any other word in the sentence.
Give three examples of a coordinating conjunction.
What are for, and, nor, but, or, yet, so.
Find the adjectives (3) in the following sentence:
Two warm muffins were part of the appetizing breakfast.
What are two, warm, and muffins.
Identify the three degrees of comparison for the adverb rapidly.
What is rapidly, more rapidly, and most rapidly.
Identify the negatives in the following sentence:
He hardly could not wait for the party!
What are hardly and not.
Fix the issue with the modifier in the following sentence:
Asleep on top of the refrigerator, Shay could not find her cat.
What is:
Shay couldn't find her cat, who was asleep on top of the refrigerator.
or
While her cat slept on top of the refrigerator, Shay couldn't find him.
Give two examples of a subordinating conjunction.
What are after, although, because, before, if, since, so, when, while, though, etc.
Find the adverbs (2) in the following sentence:
Now, hang on tightly to your seat.
What are now and tightly.
Identify the three degrees of comparison for the adjective good.
What is good, better, best.
Fix the issues with double negatives.
I don't want none.
What is I don't want any.
Fix the issue with the modifier in the following sentence:
Hanging off the edge of the roof, Larry couldn't quite reach his glasses.
What is:
Larry couldn't quite reach his glasses, which were hanging off the edge of the roof.
or
Hanging off the edge of the roof, Larry's glasses were just out of reach.
Give two examples of correlative conjunctions.
What are both/and, either/or, neither/nor, not only/but also, whether/or
Find the adjective and adverb in the following sentence:
These awards are presented annually.
What are these - adjective and annually - adverb
Identify the three degrees for the adverb much.
What is much, more, most.
Fix the errors with double negatives.
There weren't scarcely any cookies in the jar.
What is:
There were scarcely any cookies in the jar.
or
There weren't any cookies in the jar.
Fix the issue with the modifier in the following sentence:
Flashing thunder and lightning, the little bunny struggled through the storm.
What is:
Flashing thunder and lightning, the story raged as the little bunny struggled. (one example)
Identify the conjunctions in the following sentence:
Although I like Mexican food, I do not feel like either tacos or enchiladas tonight.
What are although, either/or