Understanding Adjectives and Adverbs

What is an adjective?

• A word that describes a verb.

• A type of punctuation mark.

• A synonym for a noun.

• A word that describes a noun.

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CCSS.L.1.1F

CCSS.L.2.1E

Identify the adjective in the sentence: 'The tall building is impressive.'

• impressive

• tall

• building

• the

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CCSS.L.1.1F

CCSS.L.2.1E

CCSS.L.K.5B

What is an adverb?

• A noun that describes a person, place, or thing.

• A word that expresses an action or state of being.

• A word that connects clauses or sentences.

• An adverb is a word that modifies a verb, an adjective, or another adverb.

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CCSS.L.3.1A

Choose the adverb in the sentence: 'She sings beautifully.'

• She

• beautifully

• sings

• the

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CCSS.L.3.1A

How do adjectives and adverbs differ?

• Adjectives are used only in questions, while adverbs are used in statements.

• Adjectives and adverbs both modify nouns only.

• Adjectives modify verbs; adverbs modify nouns.

• Adjectives modify nouns; adverbs modify verbs, adjectives, or other adverbs.

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CCSS.L.3.1A

Fill in the blank with an appropriate adjective: 'The cat is very ___.'

• quiet

• angry

• playful

• lazy

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CCSS.L.1.1F

CCSS.L.2.1E

CCSS.L.K.5B

Transform the adjective 'happy' into an adverb.

• happily

• haply

• happiness

• happier

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CCSS.L.3.1A

Which of the following is an example of an adverb: quickly, quick?

• slowly

• quickest

• quickly

• fast

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CCSS.L.3.1A

What is the comparative form of the adjective 'big'?

• biggerer

• bigger

• biggest

• bigly

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CCSS.L.3.1G

Provide a sentence using an adverb to describe how someone runs.

• He runs slowly.

• I run every day.

• They run with grace.

• She runs quickly.

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CCSS.L.3.1A