Adverbs vs. Adjectives

Use adjectives and adverbs correctly.

By Jessica Freeman

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

Open Ended

Write one adjective about this flower.

Adjectives appear before nouns or after verbs that describe states of being (am, is, are, was, were).

Example: After the heavy rain, the roof was leaky.

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More than one adjective can come before a noun.

Example: Lane's grandfather worked long, hard hours as a talented, well-known sculptor.

Adjectives can be separated by the words and and or.

Example: Sonya was either too lazy or too tired to get up.

Example: We expected a clear, cold and breezy afternoon, but it was a warm and cloudy day instead.

Adjectives can come after the words am, is, are, was, and were.

Example: We were relieved to find Amina at home.

Multiple Choice

Choose the adjective in the sentence: The cute, white, dog walked down the street.

• cute

• white

• cute and white

• walked

Multiple Choice

Choose the adjective in the sentence: I carried the heavy books up the stairs.

• carried

• books

• heavy

• stairs

Multiple Choice

Choose the adjective in the sentence: The beautiful, purple flowers grew in our yard.

• flowers

• beautiful

• beautiful, purple

• yard

Match

Match the adjectives to the pictures they describe.

cold

hot

colorful

loud

sharp

• cold

• hot

• colorful

• loud

• sharp

Multiple Choice

What are adjectives?

• Words that describe verbs.

• Words that describe nouns.

• A person, place, thing or idea.

• Words that are numbers.

Multiple Choice

Where do adjectives normally appear in a sentence?

• before nouns or after being verbs

• after nouns or before being verbs

• after verbs and before verbs

• the first word in a sentence

Multiple Choice

Choose the adjective in the sentence: It was a bright and sunny day.

• day

• bright

• sunny

• bright, sunny

Poll

How do you feel about adjectives?

• I understand them now.

• I still don't understand them.

• I understand a little bit.

Adverbs

Adverbs are words that describe verbs.

Examples

Adverbs often answer these questions with verbs:

WHEN? - Yesterday Mr. Norton napped with Calypso.

WHERE? - Mr. Norton walked downstairs to give Calypso treats.

HOW? - Calypso playfully rubbed her head against Mr. Norton

Adverb or Adjective

Adverbs and adjectives both describe words.

Adverbs describe verbs while adjectives describe nouns.

Fill in the Blanks

Fill in the missing word.

Adverbs describe

while adjectives describe nouns.

Let's Practice!

Read each sentence. Choose the adverb that fits in the sentence.

Multiple Choice

Come here ____________. You have to see this!

• quickly

• slowly

• angrily

• sadly

Multiple Choice

He ______________ put the vase on the table. It fell to the floor.

• safely

• carelessly

• easily

• very

Multiple Choice

Let's walk ________________. I don't want to be the first one at the meeting.

• angrily

• quickly

• slowly

• loudly

Multiple Choice

The sun shines ________________ through the window as Calypso naps.

• quietly

• brightly

• quickly

• behind

Multiple Choice

Mr. Norton's house is decorated __________. He has such great style!

• weirdly

• quickly

• softly

• beautifully

Open Ended

Mid-Lesson Review:

Give the definition of an adverb.

Let's Practice!

Read each sentence. Choose the word that is an adverb.

Remember that adverbs describe verbs. They often answer these questions: How, When, or Where.

Multiple Choice

Mr. Norton gracefully spun the pizza dough in the air.

• gracefully

• spun

• dough

• air

Multiple Choice

Lucia softly pets the kitten so it purrs.

• softly

• pets

• kitten

• purrs

Multiple Choice

Raviv completed his homework carefully.

• completed

• homework

• carefully

• his

Multiple Choice

Gabriela rides her bicycle well.

• rides

• bicycle

• her

• well

Multiple Choice

It's snowing, Nikolas needs to dress warmly.

• needs

• warmly

• snowing

• dress

Open Ended

End of lesson review:

Give the definition of an adverb.

Adverbs vs. Adjectives