Understanding Adjectives and Adverbs

This video tutorial teaches how to identify adjectives and adverbs in sentences. It begins with a review of the questions used to find adjectives and adverbs, such as 'what kind', 'which one', 'how many' for adjectives, and 'how', 'when', 'where' for adverbs. The tutorial provides examples of sentence analysis, demonstrating how to label words as adjectives or adverbs and how to draw a line between the subject and verb in a sentence.

What questions do we ask to identify adjectives in a sentence?

• Why, how, when

• What kind, which one, how many

• How, when, where

• Who, what, where

In the sentence 'Two large planes flew quickly,' which word is an adverb?

• Large

• Two

• Planes

• Quickly

How do we identify the adverb in a sentence?

• By identifying the verb

• By asking 'what kind, which one, how many'

• By identifying the subject

• By asking 'how, when, where'

In the sentence 'Two large planes flew quickly,' which word is an adjective?

• Large

• Planes

• Quickly

• Flew

What is the role of the word 'two' in the sentence 'Two large planes flew quickly'?

• Noun

• Adjective

• Adverb

• Verb

In the sentence 'A ferocious dog barks suddenly,' which word is an adjective?

• Dog

• Barks

• Ferocious

• Suddenly

What question helps identify the adverb in 'A ferocious dog barks suddenly'?

• How many dogs?

• Which dog?

• When does the dog bark?

• What kind of dog?

In the sentence 'Today she snorted loudly,' which word is an adverb?

• Snorted

• She

• Today

• Loudly

What is the subject in the sentence 'Today she snorted loudly'?

• Loudly

• She

• Snorted

• Today