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.

Nouns & Pronouns Worksheet

NOUNS

Definition:  A noun is a word (or phrase or clause) that names a person, place, think, idea, or quality. 

There are several categories of nouns:

Common – every day words, not capitalized (ex:  dog, cat, building, town, man, woman)

Proper – specific names, capitalized (ex:  Spot, Fluffy, Empire State Building, Northfield, Mr. Jones, Sally Forth)

Compound – nouns made up of two or more words (ex:  ice cream, playground, mainstream, brother-in-law)

Collective – nouns that in its singular form denotes many within (ex:  army, company, herd)

Concrete – tangible, touchable things (ex:  rock, ball, bird, house)

Abstract – a quality or idea; something that cannot be touched (ex:  liberty, hope, honesty, love)

Countable – nouns that form their plural with an s or es, that can be counted and numbered (ex:  bugs, projects, boys, girls)

Non-countable – nouns that have no plural and cannot be counted (ex:  poverty, peace, ideas, principles)

Nouns can be used as subjects of a sentence, direct objects, indirect objects, objects of a preposition, and predicate nouns.

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

·         The dog under the tree had a leash around his neck.

·         My dog, Scooby, wanted freedom from his collar.

·         The playground in Northfield had a statue of General Washington who fought for liberty.

·         Sarge’s Parlour, a small business, sold ice cream in Storm Lake, Iowa to many generations of residents.

·         My brother bought a snowmobile because he wanted to have fun during the winter.

Some words can be both a noun and a verb.

Examples:

I had a swim in the lake.

I swim in the lake.

I will drive to school.

We had a nice drive.

I watched the third act of the play.

This man can really act.

I wrote a check at the diner.

Will you check to see if it is right.

I have a new dress from Target.

The doctor will dress my wound.

She has a delightful laugh.

I laugh all the time.

PRONOUNS

Definition:  A Pronoun is a word that takes the place of a nouns.  We can substitute a pronoun for a noun in a sentence.  Pronouns are classified in five (5) different categories. They are personal pronouns, relative pronouns, demonstrative pronouns, indefinite pronouns, and interrogative pronouns. 

Antecedent:  The antecedent is the word or words that the pronoun is substituting. 

Examples:

The lady drank her coffee. She said it was hot.  (lady is the antecedent for her & she; coffee is the antecedent for it)

Roger sat on the chair, but it broke when he sat down. (Roger is the antecedent for he; chair is the antecedent for it)

Below is a chart showing the forms of personal pronouns

Personal Pronouns
	Singular			Plural
Person	Nominative	Objective	Possessive	Nominative	Objective	Possessive
1st person	I	me	mine	We	us	ours
2nd person	You	you	yours	You	you	yours
3rd person	He, she, it	him, her, it	his, hers, its	They	them	theirs

In the following sentences, the personal pronouns are underlined and in bold.

·         I gave her the bottle that used to belong to you.

·         She knew right away that it was a collector’s piece.

·         It had been used by Queen Elizabeth in her castle.

·         They say it held the perfume that she used every day.

·         My family has had many antiques in their collection and loves to talk about them.

·         Do you think she will get any money for it?

Reflexive pronouns are a compound of personal pronouns with “self” or “selves.”  They are used when you refer back to the subject of a sentence or clause.

Examples:

·         I saw myself in the mirror.

·         She made herself some lunch.

·         The bird hurt itself when it flew into the window.

Relative pronouns introduce relative clauses (dependent clauses that relate the clause to a noun or pronoun in the sentence).  The five relative pronouns are who, whom, whose, which, that.

Examples:

·         The car that hit me was yellow.

·         The student whose phone just rang should answer it.

·         Jane is the girl who won the contest.

·         Mr. Jones is a man on whom I can rely.

Demonstrative pronouns are pronouns that point out.  They are this, that, these, and those.

Examples:

·         This is my hat.

·         I like these, not those.

·         That is a great idea.

·         How much money do you want for this?

Indefinite pronouns are pronouns that do not point out specifically. They point out generally. They include such words as another, any, anybody, anyone, anything, both, each, either, everybody, everyone, everything, many, neither, nobody, none, no one, one, other, others, some, somebody, and someone.

Examples:

·         Does anyone have a pencil?

·         Please stand with the others.

·         No one can solve this equation.

·         Both of you should do the dishes.

Interrogative pronouns ask questions. Who, whom, whose, which, and what are interrogative pronouns.

Examples:

·         Who will give me the money?

·         With whom are you going to movie?

·         Whose books are these?

·         What will you bring to the dinner?

Nouns Practice

Underline the nouns in the following sentences.

1. Our job has become harder this year.
2. Elizabeth looked in her backpack for her homework.
3. This plant looks dead.
4. Mrs. Jones called the doctor from the other clinic.
5. Her son bought a cheeseburger and fries.

Fill in a noun for each of the following sentences:

1. Jane baked the __________________  yesterday.

2. My __________________  ache after gardening.

3. The __________________  sang a solo at the concert. 

4. The __________________ fell into the river.

5. __________________  is my home.

Pronouns Practice

Underline the pronouns in the following sentences.

1.       Sally, your mother needs you to call her.

2.       Steve brought his own lunch because he is allergic to most foods.

3.       I have strong opinions, but my sister doesn’t agree with them.

4.       The amazing performance brought the crowd to its feet.

5.       You can tell her because she will keep it a secret.

Parts of Speech Review

Parts of Speech Review

DEFINITIONS

Match the following words with the correct definition.  Write the letter on the line.
____  Noun                             a.  modifies a verb, adjective, or adverb
____  Verb                              b.  shows the relationship of noun or pronoun to another word
____  Pronoun                        c.  expresses action or state of being
____  Adjective                       d.  names a person, place, thing or idea
____  Adverb                          e.  a word that modifies a noun or pronoun
____  Preposition                    f.   a word that is used in place of a noun or pronoun
____  Conjunction                   g.  joins words or word groups
____  Interjection                    h.  expresses emotion; has no grammatical relation to the rest of the

sentence

NOUNS

Proper nouns are the names of particular people, places, things or ideas. They are written with a capital letter at the beginning. Write a proper noun next to each common noun below.

country ___________________                     month  ____________________

river     ____________________                    day      ____________________

city      ____________________                    holiday ____________________

An abstract noun is the name of something that can’t be recognized by the five senses. You can’t touch, taste, hear, smell, or see it; it can only be recognized by the mind.  Collective nouns are the names of  nouns we use for collections of things.  Nouns that are used to name general things are called common nouns.
Circle the proper nouns. Underline the abstract nouns. Square the collective nouns. Star the common

nouns. You may do more than one action to each word.

knees                          Burmese Tiger                        September                  health                          bouquet

Everest                        Tuesday                                  litter                            dog                              bunch

happiness                    school                                      Gull Lake                     fun                               desk


ADJECTIVES

Adjectives are words that describe nouns or pronouns by describing them, adding detail to them, or refining their meaning. In each blank, add an adjective that describes some of the sights you might have seen on the reef. Try to choose words that draw strong visual images and have not been used in the story.

_______________ rocks                    _______________ coral                     _____________ scales

_______________skies                      _______________ sounds                  _____________ waves

_______________ creature                _______________ eyes                     _____________ grasses

PRONOUNS

Pronouns take the place of nouns and other pronouns.  Antecedent is the word the pronoun takes the place of. Underline the pronoun(s) and circle the matching antecedent(s).

Example:  Becky carried her cupcake to the trash, and threw it away.
1.  Students brought their lunches to the beach.
2.  Ken took Meg home on his new motorcycle.
3.  The divers found pieces of coral and brought them back to the boat.
4.  Joe and John could have kept the trophy, but they decided to share it.
5.  The members of the class turned in their term papers.

ADVERBS

An adverb modifies a verb, an adjective, or another adverb.  It answers the questions: Where? When? How? How often? To what extent?

Circle the adverbs that answer the question “HOW?” about a verb. Underline the adverbs that answer the question “WHERE?” about a verb.  Square the adverbs that answer the question “WHEN?” about a verb.

near         gently        fast        never        often        here        tomorrow

slowly        inside        up        finally        easily        quickly        always

Add to each sentence an adverb that strongly supports the word it modifies.  Use a variety of adverbs.
1.  “Please help me!” cried the child ___________________.
2.  The examination showed he was improving extremely ____________________.
3.  The concert is  __________________ sold out.
4.  Hoards of bees swarmed __________________ around their heads.
5.  __________________, I ate a monstrous meal.

PREPOSITIONS

Prepositions show the relationship of a noun or pronoun to another word in the sentence.  
Write a preposition on the blank line.
1.  Mike is standing _______________ Pete.
2.  The cat is _________________ the tree.
3.  It is leaning ________________ the fence.
4.  They ran _________________ the garden.
5.  The ball is __________________ the table.

Underline the prepositions in each sentence.
1.  Does the basketball season generally come before the football season?
2.  The standard length of a basketball court is 94 feet, and the width is 50 feet.
3.  A basket attached to a backboard hangs over each end of the court.
4.  Her free throw hit the backboard above the basket.
5.  Is the center considered the most important player on the team?

CONJUNCTIONS

Conjunctions are words that are used to join words or groups of words together.
Use an appropriate conjunction to complete each sentence.
1.  I wanted to go to the movies, ___________________ I didn’t have any money.
2.  My parents were angry ___________________ I was two hours late.
3.  He said I could have it ___________________I gave him ten dollars.
4.  Sally swept the floor, ___________________ I did the washing up.
5.  You cannot leave ___________________your room is tidy.
6.  The match was still played ___________________it was raining heavily.
7.  I had not seen her ___________________ the middle of the year.
8.  Sally could not come to the club ___________________she was feeling ill.

INTERJECTION

An interjection expresses a strong emotion or feeling.
Add an interjection to each sentence.  Choose a variety of interjections.
1.   ________________! Do not interrupt the speaker.
2.   ________________, what a wonderful time we had on the safari!
3.   ________________, this is a fabulous pasta salad.
4.   ________________, what an incredibly rude thing to say!
5.   ________________, I can’t take it anymore.

Parts of Speech Madlib
Fill in the blanks in the spaces below with words that match the given parts of speech. Then read the hilarious story and found out why this party is the best one ever!

1.    Adjective ____________________

2.    Noun ____________________

3.    Noun-place ____________________

4.    Verb  ____________________

5.    Adjective  ____________________

6.    Verb – past tense ____________________

7.    Adverb ____________________

8.    Interjection ____________________

9.    Noun- friend’s name ____________________

10.  Noun – celebrity’s name ____________________

11.  Interjection ____________________

12.  Adjective – number ____________________

13.  Adjective ____________________

14.  Adjective ____________________

15.  Adjective ____________________

16.  Verb – past tense ____________________

17.  Verb ____________________

18.  Noun – plural ____________________

19.  Adjective ____________________

THE BEST PARTY EVER!

Last night I went to the most ________1__________(adjective) party! The invitation was delivered by a _______2___________(noun) and told me to go to the __________3_________ (noun-place) and _______4___________ (verb}  all the way to the very top of the _________5__________ (adjective) house. I
______6_____________ (verb-past tense) the doorbell __________7_________(adverb).  ________8___________! (interjection) My friend _________9__________(noun-friend’s name) answered the door dressed up as __________10_________(proper noun-celebrity) and said, “_________11__________!” (silly word). There were _______12____________ (adjective-number) different costumes, including _________13_________ (adjective) clowns and __________14_________ (adjective) princesses. The music was loud and ________15__________ (adjective) so I _________16__________ (verb-past tense) until my stomach hurt. There were also delicious treats to_________17__________ (verb), like candy corn and chocolate-covered ________18__________ (noun-plural).  I can’t wait until next party-- it will be even more ________19___________ (adjective)!