Adjectives & Adverbs

Adjectives

100

What is the definition of an adjective?

a word that describes a noun (a person, place, thing, or idea)

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

300

Write three adjectives that answer the question: "What kind?"

Ex: funny, handsome, red, famous, sweaty

400

What questions do adjectives answer?

1) What kind? 2) Which one? 3) How many/how much?

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.

Adverbs

100

What is the definition of an adverb?

a word that describes a verb, adjective, or another adverb

200

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

300

Name ALL the 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

400

What four questions do adverbs answer?

1) How? 2) When? 3) Where? 4) To what degree/to what extent?

500

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.

Adjectives & Adverbs

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

Change the following adjectives to adverbs: cold, slow, rapid, success.

coldly, slowly, rapidly, successfully

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

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

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.