Proper Adj.
Identify the proper adjective: The Egyptian pyramids are thousands of years old.
Egyptian
Identify the adverb: "The cat crept silently through the dark hallway."
silently
When an adjective ends in "y," like "happy," you change the "y" to this letter before adding -er or -est.
Y to I
This is what the acronym FANBOYS stands for.
For, And, Nor, But, Or, Yet, So
What is an adjective?
a word that describes a noun or pronoun.
Fix this: "The victorian house was built in the 1800s."
The Victorian house was built in the 1800s.
In the sentence "The choir sang beautifully," this word is the adverb.
Beautifully
True or False: It is grammatically correct to say someone is "more taller" than their friend.
False
This conjunction is used when you are presenting a choice between two options.
or
What is an adverb?
modifies a verb, an adjective, or another adverb.
If you are eating food from Italy, you are enjoying this kind of cuisine.
Italian food
"Yesterday," "soon," and "now" are adverbs that answer this specific question.
When
Instead of "gooder," we use this word to compare two things.
Better
Fix this: "I like pizza, my brother likes tacos."
What is "I like pizza**, but** my brother likes tacos"?
What do conjunctions?
All of the above
Fix this: "we ate some chinese takeout for dinner."
We ate some Chinese takeout for dinner.
An adjective describes a noun, but an adverb describes a noun's action, which is called a ____.
verb
This is the comparative form of "little" when referring to an amount.
Less
This conjunction is used to show a result, as in: "It was raining, ___ I grabbed an umbrella."
so
This is the proper adjective used to describe someone from the country of Switzerland.
Swiss
Identify the adverb of frequency in this sentence: "I always brush my teeth before bed."
Always
"My new phone is ____ (expensive) than my old one."
More expensive
Correct or Incorrect? "The sun was setting; and the birds were quiet."
What is Incorrect? (You don't need a conjunction after a semicolon).