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Adverbs and Adjectives

Total questions: 56

Worksheet time: 48mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which word is the adverb?


The boy kicked the big ball quickly down the field.

a)

boy

b)

kicked

c)

quickly

2.

Which word is the adjective?


The boy kicked the big ball quickly down the field.

a)

boy

b)

kicked

c)

big

3.

Which word is the adverb?


The boy lightly tossed the red Frisbee to the girl.

a)

boy

b)

lightly

c)

Frisbee

4.

Which word is the adverb?


The boy lightly tossed the red Frisbee to the girl.

a)

boy

b)

lightly

c)

Frisbee

5.

Which word is the adjective?


The boy lightly tossed the red Frisbee to the girl.

a)

boy

b)

tossed

c)

red

6.

Which word is the adverb?


We yelled loudly for the green team.

a)

yelled

b)

loudly

c)

team

7.

Which word is the adjective?


We yelled loudly for the green team.

a)

yelled

b)

green

c)

team

8.

Which word is the adverb?


She sat quietly in the purple chair.

a)

chair

b)

quietly

c)

purple

9.

Which word is the adjective?


She sat quietly in the purple chair.

a)

sat

b)

purple

c)

chair

10.

Which word is the adverb?


He held the little cookies tightly in his hands.

a)

cookies

b)

tightly

c)

hands

11.

Which word is the adjective?


He held the little cookies tightly in his hands.

a)

cookies

b)

hands

c)

little

12.

Which word is the adverb?


We walked slowly down the long hall.

a)

walked

b)

slowly

c)

hall

13.

Which word is the adverb?


We walked slowly down the long hall.

a)

walked

b)

slowly

c)

hall

14.

Which word is the adjective?


We walked slowly down the long hall.

a)

walked

b)

long

c)

hall

15.
What is the adverb in the sentence?
The astronaut easily fixed the problem.
a)
fixed
b)
problem
c)
easily
d)
the
16.
What is the adverb in the sentence?
The teacher said, "Write your name neatly."
a)
said
b)
neatly
c)
name
d)
write
17.
Identify the adverb:
We looked at the birds before we looked at the fish.
a)
before
b)
birds
c)
looked
d)
fish
18.
What is the adverb in the sentence? I yelled loudly to my brother to come and play with me. 
a)
yelled
b)
loudly
c)
brother
d)
me
19.
What is the adverb in the sentence? Grace quickly finishes her paper.
a)
quickly
b)
her 
c)
paper
20.
What is the adjective in the sentence? Harry picked up his yellow pencil off the floor.
a)
yellow
b)
off
c)
picked
d)
floor
21.
What is the adjective in the sentence? The small baby crawled to his mother.
a)
The
b)
mother
c)
his
d)
small
22.
What is the adjective in the sentence? Anne opened her new notebook and began writing.
a)
opened
b)
new
c)
writing
d)
notebook
23.
Identify the adjective: 

The teacher taught an interesting class
a)
teacher
b)
taught
c)
interesting
d)
class
24.
Select the adjective in the sentence.
Matthew came home from soccer with a filthy uniform.
a)
soccer
b)
filthy
c)
uniform
d)
came
25.

Which is the adverb in the sentence?

The cat ran quickly across the big room.

a)

cat

b)

big

c)

quickly

d)

across

26.

Which is the adjective in the sentence?

The tired boy laid down on the lawn.

a)

boy

b)

tired

c)

down

d)

lawn

27.

Which is the adverb in the sentence?

She knew the answer and raised her hand quietly.

a)

knew

b)

quietly

c)

raised

d)

hand

28.

Find TWO adjectives.

The king was strong, but very cruel.

a)

king, was

b)

strong, very

c)

strong, cruel

29.

Identify the adverb. "The skater flew gracefully off the ramp."

a)

flew

b)

gracefully

c)

the

d)

off

30.

Nikki politely answered the question. Which word is an adverb?

a)

Nikki

b)

politely

c)

answered

d)

question

31.
Identify the adjective: 
The old shoe was full of mud.
a)
shoe
b)
was
c)
old
d)
of
32.

Identify the adjective in the following sentence.

The cake that Jenny baked tastes bitter.

a)

cake

b)

Jenny

c)

tastes

d)

bitter

33.

My classmate is a _____ person.

a)

nice

b)

nicely

34.

My teacher looked ______ at me when I arrived late.

a)

angrily

b)

angry

35.

1. Which word is an adjective?

a)

kicking

b)

always

c)

pepper

d)

sweet

36.

What is the adverb in this sentence? "Moby runs swiftly along the hard, rocky path."

a)

Moby

b)

swiftly

c)

rocky

d)

path

37.

Which word is an adverb?

a)

slowly

b)

pretty

c)

sticky

d)

funny

38.
What is the adverb in the sentence?
The teacher said, "Write your name neatly."
a)
said
b)
neatly
c)
name
d)
write
39.
What is the adverb in the sentence?
The teacher said, "Write your name neatly."
a)
said
b)
neatly
c)
name
d)
write
40.
Which adverb best completes the sentence?
She ____ laid the baby in the crib.
**the adverb needs to tell how
a)
soon
b)
excitedly
c)
carefully
41.
Which adverb best completes the sentence?
_____, I baked brownies.
**The adverb needs to tell when.
a)
Yesterday
b)
Wisely
c)
Here
42.
 We lost the football match 4-2 yesterday. I don’t think we played___________
a)
bad
b)
badly
43.
Maria walked ....... to school.
a)
Slow
b)
Slowly
44.
My brother plays tennis ......
a)
well
b)
good
45.
He is a ......... football player.
a)
good
b)
well
46.
A turtle is a ............. animal.
a)
slow
b)
slowly
47.
It was an ............. dog.
a)
angry
b)
angryly
c)
angrily
48.
I talked ..............  to my teacher.
a)
angrily
b)
angry
c)
angryly
49.
The boy did his test ..................
a)
carefully
b)
carful
50.
We have got a ............... neighbour.
a)
noisy
b)
noisily
51.
She lived ................... ever after.
a)
happily
b)
happy
52.
Which word is the adverb? My grandpa snored loudly.
a)
loudly
b)
snored
c)
my
d)
grandma
53.
What is the adverb in the sentence? I yelled loudly to my brother to come and play with me. 
a)
yelled
b)
loudly
c)
brother
d)
me
54.
What is the adverb in the sentence? Grace quickly finishes her paper.
a)
quickly
b)
her 
c)
paper
55.
The music is too ______. Please turn it down!
a)
loudly
b)
loud
56.
Brandi is very _____. She always helps me.
a)
kindly
b)
kind