Proper Adjectives and Articles
Add a comma between the adjectives of equal rank.
Charlie ate hot spicy wings for dinner.
hot, spicy
"Kris had blue eyes like his father."
Underline the adjective and draw an arrow to the noun it modifies.
"blue" modifies "eyes"
"Sammy hardly ate at dinner."
Underline the adverb and draw an arrow to the verb it modifies.
"hardly" modifies "ate"
The students silently read for five minutes.
Identify the adverb and which question it answers.
silently- In what way?
Some cars drive (bad, badly) in the snow.
badly (adverb- modifies verb "drive")
In social studies, we learned about _______________ culture.
Fill in the blank with a proper adjective
Russian, Indian, Asian, American, Egyptian, etc.
"Why are you never hungry for dessert?"
Identify the adverb and which question it answers.
never- To what extent?
"We can wash the dishes later."
Underline the adverb and draw an arrow to the verb it modifies.
"later" modifies "wash"
"I am not nervous because I studied."
Underline the adverb and draw an arrow to the adjective it modifies.
"not" modifies "nervous"
Tommy did (well, good) on his driving exam.
well (adverb- modifies "did")
"Memorial Day is an American holiday."
Circle the proper adjective.
American
"I'd like to practice here."
Identify the adverb and which question it answers.
here- Where?
"I am so sad that you have to move away!"
Draw an arrow from "away" to the word it modifies. Identify that word as a verb, adjective, or adverb.
move- verb
"We are so anxious to watch the Eagles game."
Underline the adverb and draw an arrow to the adjective it modifies.
"so" modifies "anxious"
"I always enjoy the last day before winter break."
Is "last" being used as an adjective or an adverb?
adjective (modifying noun "day")
The pilot flew _________ plane to Ireland.
Fill in the blank with a definite article.
the
"We have a test in French class today."
Underline the adjective and draw an arrow to the noun it modifies.
"French" modifies "class"
"The dancer moves so gracefully."
Draw an arrow from "so" to the word it modifies. Identify that word as a verb, adjective, or adverb.
gracefully- adverb
"Francis almost never calls me back."
Underline the adverb and draw an arrow to the other adverb it modifies.
"almost" modifies "never"
"Monica and Holly arrived last to the party."
Is "last" being used as an adjective or an adverb?
adverb (modifying verb "arrived")
We couldn't find __________ open seat.
Fill in the blank with the correct indefinite article.
an
"Jack loves to read fantasy novels."
Identify the noun being used as an adjective and draw an arrow to the noun it modifies.
"fantasy" modifies "novels"
"The appointment was surprisingly fast."
Draw an arrow from "surprisingly" to the word it modifies. Identify that word as a verb, adjective, or adverb.
fast, adjective
"You are moving too quickly for me to catch up."
Underline the adverb and draw an arrow to the other adverb it modifies.
"too" modifies "quickly"
"Jeremy frantically looked for his new sunglasses."
(Underline nouns, box pronouns, circle verbs, double underline adjectives, star adverbs. Every word is used except "for".)
Nouns- Jeremy, sunglasses
Pronoun- his
Verb- looked
Adjective- new
Adverb- frantically