Understanding Adjectives and Adverbs

What is an adjective?

• A type of noun that indicates a person.

• A word that describes a noun.

• A phrase that modifies a sentence.

• A word that describes a verb.

What is an adverb?

• A word that connects clauses or sentences.

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

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

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

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

• tall

• the

• building

• impressive

Identify the adverb in the sentence: 'She runs quickly.'

• happily

• carefully

• quickly

• slowly

Which of the following is an adjective: 'happily', 'blue', 'quickly'?

• blue

• quickly

• happily

• sad

Which of the following is an adverb: 'slow', 'slowly', 'slower'?

• fast

• slowly

• quicker

• quickly

How do adjectives typically modify nouns?

• Adjectives typically replace nouns to simplify sentences.

• Adjectives typically modify nouns by describing their qualities or attributes.

• Adjectives change the meaning of adverbs in a sentence.

• Adjectives modify verbs by indicating their actions.

How do adverbs typically modify verbs?

• Adverbs are used to connect sentences.

• Adverbs typically modify verbs by describing how, when, where, or to what extent an action is performed.

• Adverbs change the meaning of adjectives.

• Adverbs only modify nouns.

Provide an example of a sentence using an adjective.

• The tall building is very impressive.

• The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog.

• The dog barks loudly at the moon.

• She quickly ran to the store.

Provide an example of a sentence using an adverb.

• She quickly ran to the store.

• He sings beautifully in the shower.

• They walked slowly to the park.

• The cat slept soundly on the couch.