Adverbs and -ed & -ing adjectives

Words that modify nouns to describe what caused someone to feel a certain way.

• adverbs

• -ed adjectives

• -ing adjectives

• nouns

Answer explanation

"-ed adjectives usually convey how someone feels(emotions)."

"-ing adjectives usually describe what caused someone to feel a certain way, but they can also have the same function as the -ed adjectives"

Slow down! You speaking too_________________ .

• fast

• quick

• fastly

• quickly

• slowly

Which of the following sentences utilizes adverbs?

• "A spork's basically just a spoon and a fork combines."

• I'm never this early to class!

• I only drink water

• I'll bring an umbrella only if the weather forecast says it'll rain.

"I've _________________ (successful) graduated college! Now what..."

• successful

• success

• succeeded in

• successfully

We've worked on this project since _______ June. (time adverb)

• early

• 6th

• like

• earlied

True or False

Adjectives can always be used before or after a noun.

ex.

"The bossy baby"

"The baby is bossy."

• True

• False

Answer explanation

Some can go before or after a noun, but there's also some that need to be either before or after it. ex.

"Main event" ✓

"Event is main" or "Event is mained" ✕

"Man..... that movie was so ________, I fell asleep before it even started."

• boring

• bored

All these new videogames are enticing, but I'm ________ at how expensive they have been getting.

• surprising

• surprised

Fill in the blank:

A: I'm never going into a haunted house ever again, that was _______.

B: It wasn't that scary...

• frightened

• frightening

• chill

• relaxing

• relaxed

How many adverbs are in the following sentence?

"Isn't it interesting how most cars are monochromatic? I hardly ever see orange cars, but black cars are basically everywhere...."

Answer explanation

Adverbs:

-most

-hardly ever

- basically

- everywhere

"but" isn't used as an adverb in this sentence, as it's only used to connect clauses(it is used as a conjunction).

"interesting" is an adjective.