Intro to adverbs and adjectives

Adverb vs Adjective

Adjective

A word the describes a noun.

Can show: color, size, sound, shape, number, taste, weather, texture

Multiple Choice

What is the adjective of the sentence?

Ms. Caballero has a blue wallet.

• wallet

• Ms. Caballero

• blue

• has

Adverb

A word that describes a verb, adjective, or another adverb.
Answers: How, How often, When, and Where

Multiple Choice

Identify the adverb in the following sentence.

He ate the chocolate cake greedily.

• ate

• chocolate

• cake

• greedily

Multiple Choice

Identify the adjective.
My boss invited me to a fancy dinner.

• boss
• fancy
• invited
• dinner

Multiple Choice

An adjective ____________.

• is a person, place, thing, or idea
• describes a verb
• describes a noun
• is an action

Multiple Choice

Identify the adjective.
Explorers came to America from faraway lands

• lands
• America
• from
• faraway

Multiple Choice

Identify the adverb:

Ruben and Jeanine often write quietly on our white boards.

• write

• often

• boards

Multiple Choice

Identify the adverbs i n the sentence.

The dog ran outside when I opened the door.

• ran

• outside

• opened

• door