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Adjectives
Adverbs
Comparing with Adjectives and Adverbs
Negatives
Adjective or Adverb?
100
Adjectives modify these two parts of speech...
What is noun or pronoun.
100
Adverbs modify these three parts of speech...
What is verbs, adjectives, or other adverbs.
100
List the three degrees for comparison.
What are positive (no comparison), comparative (two things), and superlative (three or more).
100
A negative refers to a word that means...
What is "no" or "not."
100
Choose the correct word to complete the sentence: He was not (sure, surely) that he would make the team.
What is "sure."
200
List the three articles that are used in association with adjectives.
What is "the," "a," and "an."
200
A type of adverb that tells "to what extent," emphasizing the word it modifies.
What is an intensifier.
200
List each degree of comparison for the following word: large
What is large, larger, largest.
200
The use of two negatives to express one negative idea is referred to as a...
What is a double negative.
200
Choose the correct word to complete the sentence: He was not feeling (good, well) yesterday.
What is "well."
300
Add two proper adjectives to complete the sentence: Has the student been to the museum?
What is: Has the Italian student been to the Whaling museum?
300
List the adverb(s) in the following sentence: Elie Wiesel beautifully weaves realistic details and historical information in his memoir.
What is "beautifully."
300
List each degree of comparison for the following word: frequently
What is frequently, more frequently, most frequently.
300
Choose the correct word to complete the sentence: Nobody wants to do (nothing, anything) in this heat.
What is "anything."
300
Correct the sentence: She looked real good in bright colors.
What is change "real" to "really."
400
List each adjective and the word it modifies (including articles!): Every player seemed nervous during the championship game.
What is "every" and "nervous" modify "player," and "championship" modifies "game."
400
List the adverbs and the words they modify: He suddenly felt hungry when he realized he forgot to eat breakfast that day.
What is "suddenly" modifies the verb "felt."
400
Choose the correct form of the word to complete the sentence: My new couch is (more comfortable, most comfortable) than my old couch.
What is "more comfortable."
400
Correct the sentence to avoid a double negative: There won't be nothing good to eat for dinner since I forgot to go grocery shopping.
What is change "nothing" to "anything."
400
Choose the correct word to complete the sentence: He thought he did (bad, badly) on the test.
What is "badly."
500
List each adjective and the word it modifies (including articles!): The morning cleanup crews perform many different tasks.
What is "the," "morning" and "cleanup" modify "crews," and "many" and "different" modify "tasks"
500
List the adverbs and the words they modify, identifying any intensifiers: We drove almost everywhere to find a grocery store that was open.
What is "almost" is an intensifier modifying the adverb "everywhere." "Everywhere" modifies the verb "drove."
500
Use the correct form of the adverb in parentheses that best completes the sentence: Let's examine this word problem ______ than this. (far)
What is "further."
500
Correct the sentence to avoid the double negative: You shouldn't never leave your cell phone at school.
What is change "never" to "ever" OR "shouldn't" to "should."
500
Correct the sentence, and list whether the word you corrected is an adjective or adverb: He played bad in the soccer game.
What is change "bad" to "badly." In this sentence, "badly" is an adverb modifying how he played.