Adjectives
Complete the following sentence with a comparative or superlative adverb: "I thought my education classes in college were (interesting)_________ than my art classes."
more interesting
Complete the sentence with the correct comparative or superlative adverb: "Of everything in the universe, light travels the __________ (fast)."
fastest
List TWO adjectives in the following sentence: "Madagascar is an isolated island and the animals that live there are very unique."
isolated; unique
Complete the sentence with the correct comparative or superlative adverb: Manchester by the Sea was one of the (sad)____ movies I have seen in a long time.
saddest
List THREE adverbs in the following sentence: "My dog is so incredibly loyal to me, but my cat completely ignores me."
so, incredibly, completely
What are the comparative and superlative forms of the adverb "cautiously"?
more cautiously/most cautiously
Change the following adjectives to adverbs: cold, slow, rapid, success.
coldly, slowly, rapidly, successfully
Write three adjectives that answer the question: "What kind?"
Ex: funny, handsome, red, famous, sweaty
Write the comparative & superlative forms of the adjectives "funny" and "successful" on the board.
funnier/funniest; more successful/most successful
Name THREE adverbs in the following sentence: "Mr. Kimmel, who once worked as a Science teacher, proudly informed us that he had never taken a single sick day.
once, proudly, never
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
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
What questions do adjectives answer?
1) What kind? 2) Which one? 3) How many/how much?
What are the comparative and superlative forms of the adjectives "good" and "bad?"
good-better-best; bad-worse-worst
What four questions do adverbs answer?
1) How? 2) When? 3) Where? 4) To what degree/to what extent?
Write the comparative and superlative forms of the adverbs "recently," "close," and "gracefully."
more recently/most recently; closer/closest; more gracefully/most gracefully
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
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.
Write the comparative and superlative forms of the adjectives "sour," "enormous," and "silly" on the board.
sourer/sourest; more enormous/most enormous; sillier/silliest
Write five adverbs that answer the question "How?" Write five adverbs that answer the question "When?" Write five adverbs that answer the question "Where?" Write five 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.
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
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.