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Adjectives
Comparative & Superlative Adjectives
Adverbs
Comparative & Superlative Adverbs
Adjectives & Adverbs
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What is the definition of an adjective?
a word that describes a noun (a person, place, thing, or idea)
100

Complete the following sentence with a comparative or superlative adjective: "I thought my education classes in college were _________ than my art classes."

more interesting

100
What is the definition of an adverb?
a word that describes a verb, adjective, or another adverb
100
Complete the sentence with the correct comparative or superlative adverb: "Of everything in the universe, light travels the __________ (fast)."
fastest
100
What is the difference between an adjective & an adverb?
An adjective describes a noun and a adverb describes a verb, adjective, or adverb.
200

List ALL of the adjectives in the following sentence: "Madagascar is an isolated island and the animals that live there are very unique."

isolated; unique

200

Write a sentence on the board using the adjective "sad" in the superlative form.

Manchester by the Sea was one of the saddest movies I have seen in a long time.

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List ALL the adverbs in the following sentence: "My dog is so incredibly loyal to me, but my cat completely ignores me."
so, incredibly, completely
200
What are the comparative and superlative forms of the adverb "cautiously"?
more cautiously/most cautiously
200
Change the following adjectives to adverbs: cold, slow, rapid, success.
coldly, slowly, rapidly, successfully
300

Can you tell the difference between adjectives ending in -ing and -ed? 

Adjectives ending in "-ing" describe the cause of a feeling or situation, while adjectives ending in "-ed" describe how someone feels about it.

The movie was boring, so I felt bored.

The test was challenging, but she was challenged and motivated.

 

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Write the comparative & superlative forms of the adjectives "funny" and "successful" on the board.
funnier/funniest; more successful/most successful
300

List the adverbs in the following sentences:           "She worked hard to finish the project, but he finished it fast and submitted it late".                   

hard, fast, late


300
What is the correct comparative or superlative adverb in the following sentence: "Diane took our defeat the _________ (hard) of everyone on our soccer team."
hardest
300
Write ALL the adjectives and ALL the adverbs in the following sentence on the board: "Mr. and Mrs. Hall, who are strong believers in the benefits of exercise, usually run four or five miles each morning."
adjectives = strong, four, five, each; adverbs = usually
400

List all the adjectives in the following sentence (5): "The three energetic puppies played on the soft, green grass under the warm sun." 

three, energetic, soft, green, warm

400
What are the comparative and superlative forms of the adjectives "good" and "bad?"
good-better-best; bad-worse-worst
400

List all the adverbs in the following sentence:        "She prepared well for the marathon, ran fast, pushed herself hard, traveled far to compete, but unfortunately arrived late to the starting line."

  • Well (from "good")
  • Fast (same as the adjective)
  • Hard (same as the adjective)
  • Far (same as the adjective)
  • Late (same as the adjective)
400
Write the comparative and superlative forms of the adverbs "recently," "close," and "gracefully."
more recently/most recently; closer/closest; more gracefully/most gracefully
400
Write 10 adjectives and 10 adverbs on the board.
adjectives = sudden, Mexican, first, more, several, unusual, friendly, cloudy, tired, last; adverbs = soon, tomorrow, unusually, later, very, so, quite, inside, close, together
500

Write five adjectives that answer the question, "What kind?" Write five adjectives that answer the question "Which one?" Write five adjectives that answer the question "How many/how much?"

What kind: great, new, old, exhausted, handmade. Which one: first, last, this, that, these, those. How many/how much: several, many, few, one hundred, thousands, more, less.

500
Write the comparative and superlative forms of the adjectives "sour," "enormous," and "silly" on the board.
sourer/sourest; more enormous/most enormous; sillier/silliest
500

Write two adverbs that answer the question "How?" Write two adverbs that answer the question "When?" Write two adverbs that answer the question "Where?" Write two adverbs that answer the question "To what degree/to what extent?"

How: slowly, gracefully, terribly, amazingly, quietly. When: yesterday, today, soon, later, now.      Where: here, there, inside, far, near.                     To what degree/to what extent: very, really, so, quite, completely.

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Write the comparative and superlative forms of the following adverbs: soon, quickly, close, cautiously
sooner/soonest; more quickly/most quickly; closer/closest; more cautiously/most cautiously
500
What is the purpose of using adjectives and adverbs when you are writing and speaking?
Adjectives and adverbs make writing and speech more detailed, descriptive, and interesting.