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Person, place or thing
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action word
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Define adjective
describes a noun
Identify the noun: Marge walked quickly.
Marge
Identify the verb: Toph stomped on Sokka's head.
stomped
Identify the adverb: I sauntered nonchalantly towards the venue.
nonchalantly
Identify the adjective: Ally spoke kindly to the short woman in front of her.
short
Identify the subject [noun]: As I walked through the valley to harvest my grain, I took a look at my wife and realized she's very plain.
I
Identify all verbs: I ran quickly as the shadow crept up behind me.
ran, crept
Identify the adverb: Iroh breathed deeply as he poured his hot tea.
deeply
Identify the adjectives: "Wowza! Your green eyes are pretty!" He declared.
green, pretty
"In a hole in the ground there lived a hobbit (The Hobbit)."
Identify all nouns
A hole in the ground, hobbit
Identify all verbs: "Bam! Boom! Pop!" Alexei spoke in a raised, animated tone. "Those were the sounds of the epic fight between Spider-Man and Doc Oc."
spoke, fight
DAILY DOUBLE!!!
Does this dialogue contain any adverbs?
“Frodo: I wish the Ring had never come to me. I wish none of this had happened.
Gandalf: So do all who live to see such times, but that is not for them to decide. All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given to us.”
― J.R.R. Tolkien, The Lord of the Rings
no
Identify the adjectives: Frodo ran quickly to escape the terrifying Nazgul.
terrifying
Identify the subject: Katara was fuming as Zuko bested her yet again.
Katara
Identify the verb(s): I was rendered speechless as I stared in disbelief at the scene before me.
Identify the adverb: Sandra spiritedly spoke to Sally about her tiring journey.
spiritedly
Identify the adjectives: “I am old, Gandalf. I don't look it, but I am beginning to feel it in my heart of hearts. Well-preserved indeed! Why, I feel all thin, sort of stretched, if you know what I mean: like butter that has been scraped over too much bread. That can't be right. I need a change, or something.”
― J.R.R. Tolkien, The Lord of the Rings
old, thin