Adjectives and Adverbs

Proper Adjectives and Articles

100

Add a comma between the adjectives of equal rank. Charlie ate hot spicy wings for dinner.

hot, spicy

200

In social studies, we learned about _______________ culture. Fill in the blank with a proper adjective

Russian, Indian, Asian, American, Egyptian, etc.

300

"Memorial Day is an American holiday." Circle the proper adjective.

American

400

The pilot flew _________ plane to Ireland. Fill in the blank with a definite article.

The pilot flew the plane to Ireland.

500

We couldn't find __________ open seat. Fill in the blank with the correct indefinite article.

We couldn't find an open seat.

Adjectives, Adverbs

100

"Kris had blue eyes like his father." Underline the adjective and draw an arrow to the noun it modifies.

"blue" modifies "eyes"

200

"Why are you never hungry for dessert?" Identify the adverb and which question it answers.

never- To what extent?

300

"I'd like to practice here." Identify the adverb and which question it answers.

here- Where?

400

"We have a test in French class today." Underline the adjective and draw an arrow to the noun it modifies.

"French" modifies "class"

500

"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"

Adverbs

100

"Sammy hardly ate at dinner." Underline the adverb and draw an arrow to the verb it modifies.

"hardly" modifies "ate"

200

"We can wash the dishes later." Underline the adverb and draw an arrow to the verb it modifies.

"later" modifies "wash"

300

"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

400

"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

500

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

Adverbs

100

The students silently read for five minutes. Identify the adverb and which question it answers.

silently- In what way?

200

"I am not nervous because I studied." Underline the adverb and draw an arrow to the adjective it modifies.

"not" modifies "nervous"

300

"We are so anxious to watch the Eagles game." Underline the adverb and draw an arrow to the adjective it modifies.

"so" modifies "anxious"

400

"Francis almost never calls me back." Underline the adverb and draw an arrow to the other adverb it modifies.

"almost" modifies "never"

500

"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"

Adjective or Adverb

100

Some cars drive (bad, badly) in the snow.

badly (adverb- modifies verb "drive")

200

Tommy did (well, good) on his driving exam.

well (adverb- modifies "did")

300

"I always enjoy the last day before winter break." Is "last" being used as an adjective or an adverb?

adjective (modifying noun "day")

400

"Monica and Holly arrived last to the party." Is "last" being used as an adjective or an adverb?

adverb (modifying verb "arrived")

500

"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