Unit 6 Grammar Review

Identify the adverb in the following sentence:

Soon they had eaten up all of the crumbs.

• soon

• eaten

• up

• they

Identify the adverb in the following sentence:

They quickly fl ew off but watched patiently from a nearby tree.

• quickly

• flew

• watched

• patiently

Identify whether the underlined adverb modifies an adjective, a verb, or another adverb:

The skier felt somewhat relieved that the event was postponed.

• adjective

• verb

• adverb

Identify whether the underlined adverb modifies an adjective, a verb, or another adverb:

Incredibly strong winds blew from the north.

• adjective

• verb

• adverb

Choose the correct comparative form of the adverb in parentheses.

I can run (fast) than my brother.

• faster

• fastest

• more fast

• fastly

Choose the correct comparative form of the adverb in parentheses.

I can throw (accurately) than our team’s other pitcher.

• more accurately

• accuratelier

• most accurately

• accurateliest

Choose the correct comparative form of the adverb in parentheses.

The sun shone (brightly) today than yesterday.

• brighter

• brightest

• more brightly

• most brightly

Choose the correct comparative form of the adverb in parentheses.

Luckily, the traffic was moving (smoothly) than normal.

• smoother

• more smoothly

• smoothest

• most smoothly

Choose the word in parentheses that best completes each sentence.

We paid him (good, well) for his hard work.

• good

• well

Choose the word in parentheses that best completes each sentence.

The house looks (better, best) than before.

• better

• best