Adjectives
What type of words does an adjective modify?
What is a noun or pronoun?
What type of words does an adverb modify?
What is a verb, adjective or another adverb.
What is 'add -er' or 'more' to the word?
Identify the prepositions in this sentence:
He sits on the balcony and writes in his notebook.
What are 'on' and 'in'?
What is an interjection?
What is a word or phrase that expresses emotion?
Identify the adjectives in this sentence:
Life was quite difficult for the stray cat.
What are 'difficult' and 'stray'?
Identify the adverb(s) in this sentence:
One day Holly suddenly spotted a little bird.
What is suddenly?
What are the rules for using an adjective or adverb to compare more than two things?
What are add '-est' or 'most' to the word?
Identify the prepositions in this sentence:
Blooms of pink and purple excite our eyes in the mid-April morning.
What is a conjunction?
A word that joins a word or group of words.
Identify the adjectives in this sentence:
This English child was happy to have a new friend.
What are 'This,' 'English,' 'happy,' and 'new'?
Identify the adverb(s) in this sentence:
She took the hopping creature home and warmed him by the fire. The bird soon gave a very shrill cry.
What are 'soon' and 'very'?
What are faster (comparative) and fastest (superlative)?
Identify the prepositional phrase in this sentence.
In his notebook, she tracked the location of the bird's nest.
What are 'in his notebook' and 'of the bird's nest'?
Identify any interjections or conjunctions in this sentence:
Hooray! Today my friend surprised me with a smartie and she gave me a hug.
What is 'hooray' is an interjection and 'and' is a conjunction.
In this sentence, which nouns or pronouns are the adjectives describing:
Life was quite difficult for the stray cat.
What is 'life' and 'cat.'
Identify the verb, adjective or adverb modified by the adverb in this sentence:
One day Holly suddenly spotted a little bird.
What is 'spotted'?
What are the comparative and superlative versions of 'softly'?
What are 'more softly' (comparative) and 'most softly' (superlative)?
Identify the prepositional phrases in this sentence.
The seagulls in the tree and on the rocks were very loud.
What are 'in the tree' and 'on the rocks'?
Identify any interjections or conjunctions in this sentence:
Well, Josh not only researched but also lived in Indonesia.
What is 'well,' an interjection and 'but' a conjunction.
7th grade: not only...but also
Identify the nouns or pronouns the adjectives are modifying this sentence:
This English child was happy to have a new friend.
What are 'child' (for two) and 'friend'?
Identify the verb, adjective or adverb modified by the adverb in this sentence:
She took the hopping creature home and warmed him by the fire. The bird soon gave a very shrill cry.
What are 'gave' and 'shrill'?
What are the comparative and superlative versions of 'good'?
Identify the prepositional phrases in this sentence and whether they are being used as adverbs or adjectives:
Amazed, Ann watched a loon soar between the branches and into the lake.
What are 'between the branches' and 'into the lake,' both are being used as adverbs to describe 'soar'?
Identify any interjections or conjunctions in this sentence:
Wow! I can't believe what I'm seeing.
What is 'wow,' an interjection?