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Adjectives and Adverbs

Total questions: 35

Worksheet time: 18mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Choose the sentence with the compound adjective.

a)

The campsite rules are posed around the recreation areas.

b)

The acre of land was a lot to plow

c)

My teacher lets us wear jackets in the classroom

d)

Jake has a new job at a restaurant.

2.

Choose the adjective.

Paul left his new jacket in the gym.

a)

his

b)

new

c)

jacket

d)

gym

3.

Choose the questions that the underlined adverb answers.

Stack the boxes there before you leave for the day.

a)

when

b)

where

c)

in what way

d)

to what extent

4.

Choose the adverb that modifies the underlined adverb.

After he had eaten lunch, Steve tackled the paint job more cheerfully.

a)

lunch

b)

tackled

c)

job

d)

more

5.

Choose the adverb.

I could never sing as well as my sister.

a)

could

b)

never

c)

sing

d)

well

6.

Choose the compound adjective.

For our spring dance, we hope to get a well-known band.

a)

our

b)

well-known

c)

spring

d)

we

7.

Choose the possessive pronoun used as an adjective in the sentence.

Mr. Allen drove his car to the train station.

a)

Mr. Allen

b)

his

c)

drove

d)

train

8.

Choose the adjective that the underlined adverb modifies.

The chili at Sal's diner is extremely hot!

a)

chili

b)

Sal's

c)

diner

d)

hot

9.

Choose the question that the underlined adverb answers.

Larry seems very upset by the team's loss.

a)

When

b)

Where

c)

In what way

d)

To what extent

10.

Choose the adjective that the underlined adverb modifies.

The time on my watch is definitely wrong.

a)

time

b)

my

c)

watch

d)

wrong

11.

Choose the adverb that the underlined adverb modifies.

My mother parks her car deliberately far from the store.

a)

mother

b)

parks

c)

store

d)

deliberately

12.

Choose the adverb in the sentence.

Bob defended fiercely his right to try out for the team.

a)

defended

b)

fiercely

c)

right

d)

try

13.

Choose the adverb in the sentence.

However Katie tried, she could not stop thinking about the final exam.

a)

however

b)

tried

c)

could

d)

final

14.

Choose the word that is modified by the underlined adverb.

I think Sarah did extremely well on her science project.

a)

Sarah

b)

did

c)

well

d)

project

15.

Choose the word that is modified by the underlined adverb.

The movie critics were rather unkind about that film.

a)

movie

b)

critics

c)

unkind

d)

film

16.

Choose the adverb that the underlined adverb modifies.

Betty and Susan are hardly ever late to class despite their long walk to school.

a)

late

b)

walk

c)

hardly

d)

despite

17.

Choose the question that the adverb answers.

The newspaper arrives on our doorstep daily.

a)

when

b)

where

c)

in what way

d)

to what extent

18.

Choose the proper adjective in the sentence.

We studied a well-known French fable in class today.

a)

we

b)

studied

c)

French

d)

well-known

19.

Choose the proper adjective in the sentence.

The Florida wetlands are a wonderful place to explore while visiting on vacation.

a)

wonderful

b)

wetlands

c)

visiting

d)

Florida

20.

Choose the noun used as an adjective in the sentence.

The campers gathered around the stone fireplace after the sun went down.

a)

campers

b)

stone

c)

fireplace

d)

sun

21.

Choose the adjective.

My sister and I waited in a long line at the movies.

a)

sister

b)

waited

c)

long

d)

line

22.

Choose the adjective.

The stray dog ate quickly.

a)

stray

b)

dog

c)

ate

d)

quickly

23.

Choose the proper adjective.

One Asian elephant lived sixty-nine years in captivity.

a)

one

b)

Asian

c)

sixty-nine

d)

elephant

24.

Choose the proper adjective.

Spanish art is famous throughout the world.

a)

Spanish

b)

art

c)

famous

d)

world

25.

Choose the proper adjective.

Cross-country skiing is a favorite Swedish sport.

a)

cross-country

b)

skiing

c)

favorite

d)

Swedish

26.

Choose the compound adjective.

My mother bought three pairs of high-heeled shoes at the department store sale.

a)

three

b)

pairs

c)

high-heeled

d)

department

27.

Choose the compound adjective.

The left-handed tennis player surprised the crowd when he switched to his right hand.

a)

left-handed

b)

tennis

c)

player

d)

right

28.

Choose the compound adjective.

The farmer always sits on a three-legged stool when he milks his dairy cows.

a)

always

b)

three-legged

c)

stool

d)

dairy

29.

Choose the possessive pronoun used as a adjective in the sentence.

Mom remembered her umbrella this morning.

a)

her

b)

this

c)

mom

d)

morning

30.

Choose the noun used as an adjective.

I turned on the porch light at dusk.

a)

dusk

b)

turned

c)

porch

d)

light

31.

Choose the noun used as a adjective in the sentence.

Tony got a red mountain bike for his birthday.

a)

red

b)

mountain

c)

bike

d)

birthday

32.

Choose the noun used as an adjective in the sentence.

I left my science book in the cafeteria.

a)

my

b)

science

c)

book

d)

cafeteria

33.

Choose the adverb in the sentence.

I have often thought about joining the school band.

a)

often

b)

have

c)

thought

d)

joining

34.

Choose the adverb in the sentence.

The tiny puppy carefully approached the larger dog.

a)

tiny

b)

larger

c)

carefully

d)

approached

35.

Choose the adverb in the sentence.

Reluctantly, Leslie put her toes into the icy cold lake.

a)

reluctantly

b)

put

c)

icy

d)

cold