Adjectives & Adverbs

Adjectives

100

True or False: the definition of an adjective is a word that describes a noun (a person, place, thing, or idea)

True

200

Name the Adjectives:

The flowers in her garden are blue and yellow. 

blue and yellow

300

List ALL of the adjectives in the following sentence: 

The excited students loved drawing with their colorful crayons.  

excited, colorful

400

Find the adjective: 

The tall tree had colorful leaves. 

tall, colorful

500

Identify the adjectives in the following sentence: 

The shaggy brown dog jumped over the white picket fence.

shaggy, brown, white, picket

Adverbs

100

Find the adverb: 

He ran quickly.

quickly

200

Find the adverb: 

• The rain fell heavily on the rooftop.

heavily

300

Find the adverbs: 

• The dog barked loudly at the mailman.

loudly

400

Find the adverbs: 

• The old man walked slowly down the street.

slowly

500

List ALL the adverbs in the following sentence: My dog is so incredibly loyal to me, but my cat completely ignores me.

 incredibly, completely

More Adverbs

100

Complete the sentence with the correct comparative or superlative adverb: Of everything in the universe, light travels the __________ (fast).

fastest

200

Identify the adverb in the following sentence. She ran quickly across the street.

quickly

300

Complete the sentence with the correct word. Which state do you think has the _______ residents?

- fewest

- least

fewest

400

Identify the adverbs in the following sentence. (Be careful with contractions.) We don't ever want to make someone else feel left out.

not

ever

out

500

From the list of words below identify THREE words that are adverbs of time.

second, never, soon, today, later, after, o'clock, minute, fast, under, on, seem, become

Any THREE of the following four words: Never, soon, later, after

Adjectives & Adverbs

100

What is the difference between an adjective and an adverb?

An adjective describes a noun and an adverb describes a verb, adjective, or adverb.

200

Identify ALL the adjectives and ALL the adverbs in the following sentence:

 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

300

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

coldly, slowly, rapidly, successfully

400

Identify the adjectives and adverbs in the following sentence: The big, red balloon floated aimlessly in the sky.

adjectives = big, red

adverbs= aimlessly

500

Identify the adjectives and adverbs in the following sentence: The angry crowd didn't calm down when the frustrated speaker pleaded uselessly with them.

Adjectives = angry, frustrated

Adverbs = not, down, uselessly