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Name: Adverbs and Adjectives Worksheet Directions: Circle the correct form to complete the sentence, 2, 8 9. ‘The student wanted to finish her homework quick / quickly ‘Todd walked very sneaky / sneakily down the hallway. ‘The student was in such a hurry that she did bad / badly on the assignment. ‘The girl sang beautiful / beautifully . The classroom was very noisy / noisily . Antonio wound up and threw the football hard / hardly . Whoever made the cake did a wonderful / wonderfully job. She was running down the hallway crazy / crazily . . She answered the question wrong / wrongly 0, The flowers smelled good / well Underline the adjectives and circle the adverbs. There is at least one of each in every sentence. 1, Ihave six dollars but, unfortunately, I need ten dollars to get into that awesome movie. 12. He quickly threw on his green pants and orange shirt 3. Tam very mad, but I'am not mad at you. 14, The black cat stealthily walked on the old windowsill. 15. We happily ate the fat, juicy steaks, 16, She clumsily spilled hot coffee on her pink shirt. 17. The car is not red. 1 1 8. The cat is really old. 9. The student sloppily wrote his answers on the crumpled homework sheet. 20. The teacher angrily graded the messy homework assignment. 2 1-25. Write five adjectives and show how they can be turned into adverbs. Name: Adverbs and Adjectives at the Circus Directions: read each sentence and determine whether the adverb or adjective should be used. Adjectives: modify or describe nouns and pronouns. Ex: The green house is pretty. Adverbs: modify or describe verbs, adjectives, or other adverbs. Ex: I ran quickly by the very old dog. 1. The students were very quiet / quietly when they entered the circus tent. What word is modified? ‘What part of speech is that? 2. The ring at the center of the tent was colorful / colorfully decorated. What word is modified? What part of speech is that? 3. We were all very eager / eagerly to see what the circus had in store for us. What word is modified? ‘What part of speech is that? 4, A woman in an all silk gown with dragon patterns on it was singing beautiful / beautifully. What word is modified? ‘What part of speech is that? 5. As the show began, the mood in the auditorium was joyous / joyously. What word is modified? What part of speech is that? 6. My friend started laughing quite loud / loudly when the clowns came out in their little car. What word is modified? ‘What part of speech is that? 7. Tcould barely hear the ringmaster over the crowd because they were so noisy / noisily. What word is modified? What part of speech is that? 8. The man with the popcom sloppy / sloppily applied butter and seasoning to his treat. What word is modified? What part of speech is that? 9. ‘The trapeze artists performed fantastic / fantastically even though there was a safety net. What word is modified? ‘What part of speech is that? 10. I became very irate / irately when the man with the Abraham Lincoln hat sat in front of me. What word is modified? What part of speech is that? 11. I jealous / jealously watched as a young girl was chosen to come on stage with the magician, What word is modified? What part of speech is that? 12. It was hysterical / hysterically when the clowns came back during the ringmaster’s speech. What word is modified? What part of speech is that? 13, Perhaps the most astonishing was how all of my money magical / magically disappeared. What word is modified? ‘What part of speech is that? 14, My teacher truculent / truculently inquired about the treatment of the circus animals. What word is modified? ‘What part of speech is that? 15. The show went by amazing / amazingly quickly and then it was time to leave. What word is modified? What part of speech is that? ‘Try it yoursel Directions: write six sentences. In cach sentence you should use both an adverb and an adjective. Underline your adverbs and circle your adjectives. 16. 18. 19. 20. 2

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