Adjectives & Adverbs Worksheet

ADJECTIVES

Definition:  Adjectives are words that describe or modify nouns (persons, places, or things) in the sentence. The articles — a, an, and the — are adjectives.  Multiple adjectives can be used to modify/describe a noun. Possessive pronouns are also adjectives (e.g. my, your, his, etc.)

Adjectives answer these questions: what kind, which one, how many, and how much.  They may be placed before the noun (or pronoun), after the noun (or pronoun), or after a linking or helping verb.

In the following sentences, the adjectives are underlined and in bold:

·         The funny movie was the best part of a long day.

·         My old gray sweater has a large hole on the left sleeve.

·         Four dogs ran wildly in the enormous hay field.

·         That blue car belongs to his grumpy Latin teacher.

·         The fifth student in that long line fainted in the hot summer sun.

ADVERBS

Definition:  An adverb is a word (or phrase or clause) that modifies or describes a verb, an adjective, or another adverb.   Adverbs answer the following questions:  How? When? Where? To what extent? How much? How often? 

Placement:  Adverbs of one word almost always come before the word modified.  Clauses and phrases should be placed as closely as possible to the verb is modifies.

Formation:  Adverbs can be formed by adding “-ly” to an adjective.  (e.g.  correctly, happily, sparingly)  Another way to form an adverb is to place an adjective in the following formula:  “in a _________ manner.”

In the following sentences, the adverbs are underlined and in bold:

·         The horse lazily meandered through the very dense forest.

·         Her brother playfully teased her yesterday.

·         Tomorrow the band will carefully practice that insanely hard piece.

·         Carefully, John put a foot on the thin ice.

·         Bill stubbornly refused to do his homework.

·         Joan instantly recognized the very famous actor.

·         I secretly planned a party for the students.

  

Adjectives Practice

Underline the adjectives in the following sentences.

1.       My ancient grandfather wrote an insightful book about his long time as a cattle rancher.

2.       The woman’s new wool coat sold for fifty dollars at the neighborhood discount store.

3.       The tangy red ketchup on the grilled hamburger dripped on the clean picnic table cloth.

4.       This smelly garbage in my uncle’s car is gross and disgusting.

5.       My amazing essay was read by some appreciative students.

Fill in adjectives for each of the blanks in the sentences below.

1.       My _____________________ book is both ______________  and  ___________________.

2.       The _________________ kitten slept on the _______________ blanket.

3.       The ___________________________ weather ruined my ________________________ trip.

4.       My __________________________ sailboat on the lake was  _________________.

5.       The __________________________ student in the _______________________ class studied for the

_______________________ test.

Adverbs Practice

Underline the adverbs in the following sentences.

1.       The horse raced speedily around the very crowded racecourse.

2.       The man next to her coughed annoyingly all through the performance today.

3.       Katherine accidentally deleted her files.

4.       We silently watched the amazingly beautiful sunset.

5.       We will all take that infuriatingly difficult test tomorrow.

Fill in adverbs for each of the blanks in the sentences below.

1.       The boy ran ______________________________ 

2.       Jackson  ______________________________  finished his homework.

3.       I  ______________________________  drove to the store.

4.       Corey ______________________________  handed in his essay.

5.       The team  ______________________________   played the game.