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Adjectives vs. Adverbs

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 6mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

An ADJECTIVE is ...

a)

a word that DESCRIBES or MODIFIES a NOUN

b)

a word that DESCRIBES or MODIFIES a VERB

2.

Examples of ADJECTIVES include...

a)

beautiful

b)

roughly

c)

sleeveless

d)

meaningful

3.

ADVERBS are...

a)

words that DESCRIBE a NOUN

b)

words that ADD VERBS to a sentence

c)

words that DESCRIBE or MODIFY VERBS (action words)

4.

Examples of ADVERBS include....

a)

dreamy

b)

cheerfully

c)

extremely

d)

hopelessly

5.

LATE show

"Late" in this phrase is used as an...

a)

Adjective

b)

Adverb

6.

play ROUGH

"Rough" in this phrase is used as an...

a)

Adjective

b)

Adverb

7.

HOTLY debated

"Hotly" in this phrase is used as an...

a)

Adjective

b)

Adverb

8.

send HOME

"Home" in this phrase is used as an...

a)

Adjective

b)

Adverb

9.

HOT dogs

"Hot" in this phrase is used as an...

a)

Adjective

b)

Adverb

10.

HOME plate

"Home" in this phrase is used as an...

a)

Adjective

b)

Adverb

11.

sleep LATE

"Late" in this phrase is used as an...

a)

Adjective

b)

Adverb

12.

How should this question be changed?

Always walk quiet in the woods unless

you want to scare away the deer.

a)

Change quiet to quietly

b)

Delete away

c)

No change needs to be made.

13.

How should this question be changed?

Fumbling that pass made him look bad

in front of ten million shouting spectators.

a)

Insert nervously after Fumbling

b)

Change bad to badly

c)

No change needs to be made.

14.

How should this question be changed?

In one horror movie, an Egyptian mummy came to life

and extremely quickly terrified an entire city.

a)

Change extremely to extreme

b)

Delete extremely

c)

No change needs to be made.

15.

How should this question be changed?

Jose dribbled so skillfully that

several defenders just stood there and helpless watched him.

a)

Change skillfully to skillful

b)

Delete so before skillful

c)

Change helpless to helplessly

d)

No change needs to be made to this sentence