Adjectives and Adverbs

Name: English

Adjectives: modify or describe ______and ______

Adjectives answer the following questions:

1. 2. 3.

Examples:

1. ______snob 2. ______style. 3. ______students. 4. ______court. 5. ______one. 6. ______fouls.

Describe the following nouns using an adjective: 1. ______dog. 2. ______points. 3. ______wedding. 4. ______test 5. ______commitment

Circle the Adjectives below: Pretty cat loyalty Fast

Kid Italian two plum

Predicate Adjectives:

Examples: (Circle noun, underline verbs, and star adjective)

1. The protests have become violent.

2. The gift was extraordinary.

Write your own example of a predicate adjective: Nouns as adjectives:

Examples: 1. 2. 3. 4.

Create your own noun-adjectives:

In class practice: underline the nouns and circle the adjectives.

1. She drank the plum wine.

2. The silly puppy grabbed the toilet paper and ran around the clean house.

3. The lazy student did not turn in his term paper because he wanted to watch

Netflix instead.

4. The elephant was large and got in the way of the tall giraffes.

5. The three boys held up the heavy branch of the willow tree as they tie a tire

swing to it.

Adverbs: Modify ______, ______, and other ______as well as ______and ______

What questions do they answer: 1. 2. 3. 4. 5.

They are most often identified by the suffix: Write down some of the tricky adverbs that don’t end in “ly”

Examples: 1. A police bomb squad in India carefully dismantled a 1,000-pound bomb

that had been dropped during World War II, but it never exploded.

(Describes______and ______)

2. To fly there regularly would be too expensive. (explains: ______,

______and ______)

Practice: Underline the adverbs. Think of the verb it modifies and what questions it answers.

1. Joseph ran fast.

2. Let’s go to the party afterwards.

3. Kristy was very sleepy

4. Go to bed now.

5. This pie is surprisingly good.

6. Please try harder.

7. Marie is always on time. 8. Yesterday, we learned about multiplication.

9. I like to eat ice cream sometimes.

10. Please walk across the street.

Homework:

For the following sentences, circle the adjectives and underline the adverbs. Remember that adjectives modify nouns and adverbs modify verbs.

1. Tomorrow, I will take out the trash because it smells stinky.

2. I really hope that this is the last grammar packet I ever get.

3. TMP has wonderful tutors who always help students with their homework.

4. There are never enough granola bars in the office.

5. She completely rejected his sweet and thoughtful proposal.

6. He completely understands the challenging math homework.

7. He literally wrecked his new car.

8. I certainly want to go to the music concert.

9. She somewhat liked the super-hero movie.

10. The teacher mildly disapproved of his silly behavior.

11. Please stay in school as long as possible.

12. The candidate almost won the tight election.

13. Jacob slowly wrote his English essay.

14. Jean gladly donated to the worthy charity.

15. The child was very nice and he did his work well. For the following sentences, circle the adjectives, underline the adverbs, and identify the verbs, nouns and pronouns! Put all your knowledge to the test. (Bonus points if you identify what kind of verb and what kind of pronoun)

1. I read the sentence thoughtfully to myself because I did not want to get

the answer wrong.

2. Hillary sometimes makes us do work that is very confusing, but she does

it for our own good.

3. I am sure I am going to pass the accuplacer test with a great score

because I always do my English homework.

4. Soon, I will know all the parts of speech and will be able to help all my

friends when they struggle.

5. To be a good student and do well in English, you have to be someone who

puts in the time and effort.