Adjectives & Adverbs
This part of speech modifies nouns and pronouns.
Complete the sentence by writing the form of the adjective or adverb indicated in parentheses.
The cheetah is the ______ land-dwelling animal (fast, superlative)
fastest
a group of words that contains a subject and a verb and expresses a complete thought
independent clause
Identify the adjectival clause in this sentence:
The book that you mentioned is no longer in print.
base form of an adjective or adverb
Positive Degree
This part of speech modifies verbs, adjectives, and adverbs.
Adverbs
Complete the sentence by writing the form of the adjective or adverb indicated in parentheses.
Miss Perkins is the ______ person on our street (friendly, superlative)
friendliest
a group of words that contains a subject and a verb but does NOT express a complete thought
dependent clause
Identify the adjectival clause in this sentence:
The capital, which we visited, is not a very big city.
which we visited
This part of speech answers the following questions about verbs, adjectives, and adverbs:
Where?
When?
In what way?
How often?
To what extent?
Adverbs
Identify all adjectives and adverbs:
The fluffy kitten slept peacefully on the soft blanket.
Adjectives:
fluffy, soft
Adverbs:
peacefully
Complete the sentence by writing the form of the adjective or adverb indicated in parentheses.
My sister tends to think _____ than I do. (optimistically, comparative)
more optimistically
Identify the independent clause in this sentence:
The children packed their bags before they left school for the day.
The children packed their bags
Identify the adjectival clause in this sentence:
The jacket, which was on sale, was the first item I purchased.
which was on sale
words that relate adjectival clauses to the nouns/pronouns they modify
examples: that, which, who, whom, whose
Relative Pronoun
Identify all adjectives and adverbs:
The shiny red car drove smoothly down the narrow street.
Adjectives:
shiny, red, narrow
Adverbs:
smoothly
Complete the sentence by writing the form of the adjective or adverb indicated in parentheses.
Sarah writes poetry well, but Michelle's poems are even _____. (good, comparative)
better
Identify the independent clause in this sentence:
After school, my friends will meet me at the library since we have a lot of studying to do together.
After school, my friends will meet me at the library
Identify the adjectival clause in this sentence:
He is the same man who stole our newspaper last Sunday morning
who stole our newspaper last Sunday morning
adding "more" or "-er"
compares two things
Identify all adjectives and adverbs.
The extremely nervous actor spoke very quietly before the important performance.
Adjectives:
nervous, important
Adverbs:
extremely, very, quietly
Complete the sentence by writing the form of the adjective or adverb indicated in parentheses.
Of all my relatives, Aunt Kate drove the _____. (far, superlative)
farthest
Identify the independent clause in this sentence:
When the cookies finish baking, we can swim in the pool.
we can swim in the pool
Identify the adjectival clause in this sentence:
I wanted a list of places where I could travel alone safely.
where I could travel alone safely.
adding "most" or "-est"
compares one to all
Superlative Degree