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Identifying Adjectives
Identifying Adverbs
Using Comparative and Superlative Adverbs
Using Comparative and Superlative Adjectives
Distinguishing Between Adjectives and Adverbs
100
Howard Carter was a British archaeologist.
What is British?
100
Carter gazed through the small hole he had carefully made in the door.
What is carefully?
100
Lord Carnarvon died (early) than expected, never having seen King Tut's coffin.
What is earlier?
100
The (early) graves of all Egyptians were small, shallow pits in the sand, covered with rocks.
What is earliest?
100
At first Carter could see nothing, as hot air excaping (sudden, suddenly) from the chamber caused his candle to flicker.
What is suddenly, adverb?
200
The team began to dig under ancient huts.
What is ancient?
200
Carter and Lord Carnarvon stared into the surprisingly small royal tomb.
What is surprisingly?
200
People now approached the tomb (warily) than before.
What is more warily?
200
Thieves got (daring) about breaking into the tombs and robbing them.
What is more daring?
200
That's when Lord Carnarvon began to press him (anxious, anxiously).
What is anxiously, adverb?
300
Before he went in, he sent for his wealthy patron, Lord Carnarvon.
What is wealthy?
300
Carter was not very surprised at the disorder that met his eyes.
What is not, very?
300
Government officials behaved (cooperatively) than he would have wished.
What is less cooperatively?
300
Grave robbers were even (curious) about the riches inside of them.
What is more curious?
300
(Final, Finally), he managed to answer Lord Carnarvon.
What is Finally, adverb?
400
Carter had to go through sealed doorways to reach the other rooms.
What is sealed, other?
400
But they may have left hastily.
What is hastily?
400
He left the country much (soon) than he had hoped.
What is sooner?
400
Carter knew that his discovery was (important) than anything he'd ever done.
What is more important?
400
Lord Carnaron's death was somewhat (mysterious, mysteriously).
What is mysterious, adjective?
500
The empty tomb of Ramses VI was a popular attraction for tourists.
What is empty, popular?
500
It seemed that they had tidied up the tomb incompletely.
What is incompletely?
500
He understood the tomb's significance (clearly) than the others did.
What is more clearly?
500
"Can you see anything?" he asked in his (anxious) voice.
What is most anxious?
500
Carter himself lived many more years, dying (natural, naturally) at the age of sixty-five.
What is naturally, adverb?