1-3. Parts of Speech: Adjectives and Adverbs

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1 1-3. Parts of Speech: Adjectives and Adverbs New York is a very big city. 1. What is the adjective in this sentence? 2. Where do you put adjectives when you write? Before a Highlight the adjectives and circle the nouns. Then, write the numbers in the blank. 1. / That was a difficult test, so it took everyone a long time to finish it. 2. / Several puffy, white clouds floated lazily in the blue sky. 3. / We took a slow, relaxing walk down a shady trail on a cool evening in early June. 4. / I read an interesting book about the three lovely daughters of an eccentric old farmer in ancient Japan. 5. / I had a fresh salad with juicy, ripe tomatoes and crisp lettuce. The salad was covered with a tangy, sweet dressing made from light olive oil and spicy chili peppers and on top of the salad, there were slices of a hard-boiled egg. Monday was very hot. 1. What kind of word is hot? 2. What kind of word is was? 3. Do adjectives always come before nouns? yes no 4. What is another place adjectives can come? After the verb. Monday was my birthday. It is raining outside. 5. What kind of word is birthday? 6. What kind of word is raining? 7. Are all words that come after the be verb adjectives? yes no That cake looks delicious. 8. What kind of word is delicious? 9. What kind of word is looks? 10. When you look at something, what part of your body do you use? 11. What are four more verbs that can be followed by an adjective? eyes look nose ears tongue hands heart -9-

2 John seems tired. It is getting dark outside. 12. What are the two adjectives in these sentences? and 13. Are these the only verbs that can be followed by an adjective? yes no I watched funny. 14. Is this sentence ok? yes no 15. Can you put an adjective after any verb? yes no Highlight the adjectives and circle the verbs. Then, write the numbers in the blank. 1. / Everything smells wonderful. I am so hungry. 2. / It is getting difficult to find a good, cheap apartment in Waikiki. 3. / Jason seems sad. Do you think he feels ok or is he upset about something? 4. / The air-conditioner is strong, so If you start to feel chilly, I will turn it down. 5. / When young people live alone for the first time, they often feel lonely and nervous. 6. / The players sound excited. They are getting ready for a very important game. 7. / The green sweater looks a little small. Why don t you try on a bigger one. 8. / If enrollment gets lower, tuition will have to be higher next year. The stew should be thicker. The Great Kanto Earthquake was more devastating than the Kobe Earthquake. 1. What are the two adjectives in these sentences? and 2. How do you know thicker is an adjective? It ends with 3. What is another ending for adjectives like ~er?. 4. Are all words that end with ~er adjectives? yes no 5. How do you know devastating is an adjective? It comes after. 6. What is another word like more that comes before adjectives? 7. Are all words that come after more adjectives? yes no The bus system on O ahu can be very confusing. That was so inconsiderate. That book was too verbose. 8. What are the three adjectives in these sentences?, and -10-

3 9. What are the three words that tell you these are probably adjectives?, and 10. What is another word that has the same meaning as very? Highlight the adjectives and circle the nouns. Then, write the numbers in the blank. Mthuka nodded to me that the light was beginning to be possible and we / 1 started off through the fields of white flowers where yesterday all the meadows had / 2 been green. As we came even with the trees of the forest with the high dead yellow / 3 grass on our left Mthuka slid the car to a quiet stop. He turned his head and I saw / 4 the arrow-shaped scar on his cheek and the slashes. He said nothing and I followed / 5 his eyes. The great black-maned lion, his head huge above the yellow grass, was / 6 coming out toward us. Only his head showed above the stiff tall yellow grass. / 7 We walked to the station quickly. 1. What is the adverb in this sentence? 2. What does an adverb usually describe? 3. How do you usually make an adverb? + ly 4. Do all adverbs end in ~ly? yes no Write the adverb form of the following adjectives. Be careful. Sometimes it is different. 1. bright 4. good 7. strange 2. cold 5. fast 8. hard 3. rich 6. noisy 9. bad The test was very difficult. 5. What is the adverb in this sentence? 6. What kind of word can come after an adverb? ad 7. What are some other words like very that come before adjectives? r, s, and t 8. Are all words that come after very, really, so and too adjectives? yes no I have never been to Maui. 9. What is the adverb in this sentence? -11-

4 10. What are some other words like never? never r oc s of u a 11. What kind of information do these adverb give? fr I have to go home after school. 12. What is the adverb in this sentence? I brought the suitcases inside. 13. What is the adverb in this sentence? 14. Are words like inside always adverbs? yes no Highlight the adverbs and circle the verbs in the following sentences. 1. / The losing team walked slowly off the field while the winning team celebrated joyfully. 2. / Usually I eat lunch in a restaurant, but sometimes I eat in my office and occasionally I go to the cafeteria. 3. / I was really angry at myself because I completely forgot my wife s birthday. Now I have to buy her a very expensive present. 4. / The lightning flashed brightly, the thunder boomed loudly, and suddenly, the lights went out. 5. / Recently, I have not been able to sleep well, so I have been very tired every day. 6. / Trains or trolley cars are now rarely found in U.S. cities; generally the public travels by bus. 7. / Here, taxis definitely come under the heading of luxury travel. 8. / [Coffee] varies enormously in quality. 9. / Bus stops are usually at busy corners and are clearly marked / Madam Hooch spoke angrily to Flint and then ordered a free shot at the goal posts for Gryffindor. 11. / [Professor McGonagall] wrenched open doors and marched along corridors with Harry trotting miserably behind her. Maybe she was taking him to Dumbledore. 1 Taken from Living in the U.S.A. by Alison R. Lanier. -12-

5 12. / The idea of Voldemort certainly scared them, but he didn t keep visiting them in dreams, and they were so busy with their studying The storm raged more and more ferociously as the night went on. 14. Quirrell, however, must have been braver than they d thought. 2 Very quietly, the two girls groped their way among the other sleepers and crept out of the tent. The moonlight was bright and everything was quite still except for the noise of the river chattering over the stones. Then Susan suddenly caught Lucy s arm and said, Look! On the far side of the camping ground, just where the trees began, they saw the Lion slowly walking away from them into the wood. Without a word they both followed him. 3 2 Taken from Harry Potter and the Sourcerer s Stone by J.K. Rowling. 3 Taken from The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe by C.S. Lewis. -13-

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7 Name: Date: Score: /10 Editing: / Parts of Speech: Adjectives and Adverbs Highlight the adjectives and circle the nouns in the following sentences. When William sat down to the table, he was amazed at what Momly had prepared in so short a time luscious thick slices of chestnut-brown fried ham, three fried eggs with golden yellow yolks, fried potatoes flavored with onion, stewed tomatoes, red beets and pickles, homemade bread, butter [that was as] yellow as gold, apple butter and quince jelly, and for a final course, a piece of cherry pie cut from the largest pie William had ever seen. 1 / 1 / 2 / 3 / 4 / 5 / 6 Proboscis monkey social structure was a relative mystery until pioneering field studies in the past two decades... showed that the monkeys are highly organized. The basic family unit, or harem group, has one adult male with several females and their offspring. Young males, who are kicked out of harems at an early age, form all-male groups where they bide their time until they reach maturity and form their own harems. Relations among females are usually peaceful, though squabbles do erupt. One evening I saw a female lean down and squawk at a mother and baby who were encroaching on a choice sleeping spot. 2 / 7 / 8 / 9 / 10 / 11 / 12 / 13 / 14 The hottest day of the summer so far was drawing to a close and a drowsy silence lay over the large, square houses of Privet Drive. Cars that were usually gleaming stood dusty in their drives and lawns that were once emerald green lay parched and yellowing; the use of hosepipes had been banned due to drought. Deprived of their usual car-washing and lawn-mowing pursuits, the inhabitants of Privet Drive had retreated into the shade of their cool houses, windows thrown wide in the hope of tempting in a nonexistent breeze. The only person left outdoors was a teenage boy who was lying flat on his back in a flower bed outside number four. 3 / 15 / 16 / 17 / 18 / 19 / 20 / 21 / 22 1 Taken from Rosanna of the Amish by Joseph W. Yoder. 2 Taken from Borneo s Proboscis Monkeys Smell Trouble by Tim Laman. (National Geographic) 3 Taken From Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix by J.K. Rowling. -5-

8 1. / Katherine was a tall, fair-haired girl, very straight, with splendid movements. She had a bold, aquiline face / After the darkness, the feeble light of the paraffin lamp had seemed very bright. 3. / The hallway smelled of boiled cabbage and old rag mats. At one end of it [was] a colored poster, too large for indoor display, had been tacked to the wall. It depicted simply an enormous face. 4. / [His mother] was a tall, statuesque, rather silent woman with slow movements and magnificent fair hair. 4 Highlight the adverbs and circle the verbs in the following sentences. 1. / She took off immediately. The moment she d gone, Harry threw himself down onto his bed without undressing and stared at the dark ceiling. 2. / Uncle Vernon glared at Harry, clearly suspicious of this lack of argument, then stomped out of the room and closed the door behind him. Harry heard the key turn in the lock and Uncle Vernon s footsteps walking heavily down the stairs. 3. / Harry kicked off hard from the ground. The cool night air rushed through his hair as the neat square gardens of Privet Drive fell away, shrinking rapidly into a patchwork of dark greens and blacks / With two loud cracks, Fred and George, Ron s elder twin brothers, had materialized out of thin air in the middle of the room. Pigwidgeon twittered more wildly than ever and zoomed off to join Hedwig on top of the wardrobe. 5. / Remus Lupin stood nearest to him. Though still quite young, Lupin looked tired and rather ill; he had more gray hair than when Harry had said good-bye to him, and his robes were more patched and shabbier than ever. 6. / It felt very strange to be standing here in Aunt Petunia s surgically clean kitchen, beside the top-of-the-range fridge and the wide-screen television, and talking calmly of Lord Voldemort to Uncle Vernon. 7. / Harry touched down right behind her and dismounted on a patch of unkempt grass in the middle of a small square. Tonks was already unbuckling Harry s trunk... The grimy fronts of the surrounding houses were not welcoming, some of them had broken windows, glimmering dully in the light from the street lamps Taken from Nineteen Eighty-four by George Orwell. 5 Taken from Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix by J.K. Rowling. -6-