english project

ASSIGNMENT IN ENGLISH

Name: JOHN PAUL R. TUMANGAN
Adverbs and Adjectives

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? QUIET. What part of speech is that? ADJECTIVES

2. The ring at the center of the tent was colorful / colorfully decorated.

What word is modified?COLORFUL What part of speech is that? ADVERBS
3. We were all very eager / eagerly to see what the circus had in store for us.

What word is modified? EAGER What part of speech is that? ADVERBS

4. A woman in an all silk gown with dragon patterns on it was singing beautiful / beautifully.

What word is modified? BEAUTIFULLY What part of speech is that? ADVERBS

5. As the show began, the mood in the auditorium was joyous / joyously.

What word is modified? JOYOUS What part of speech is that? ADVERBS

6. My friend started laughing quite loud / loudly when the clowns came out in their little car.

What word is modified? LOUDLYWhat part of speech is that? ADVERB

7. I could barely hear the ringmaster over the crowd because they were so noisy / noisily.

What word is modified? NOISYWhat part of speech is that? ADJECTIVE

8. The man with the popcorn sloppy / sloppily applied butter and seasoning to his treat.

What word is modified? SLOPPYWhat part of speech is that? ADVERB

9. The trapeze artists performed fantastic / fantastically even though there was a safety net.

What word is modified? FANTASTICWhat part of speech is that? ADJECTIVE

10. I became very irate / irately when the man with the Abraham Lincoln hat sat in front of me.

What word is modified? IRITATE What part of speech is that? ADJECTIVE

11. I jealous / jealously watched as a young girl was chosen to come on stage with the magician.

What word is modified? JEALOUSLYWhat part of speech is that? ADVERB

12. It was hysterical / hysterically when the clowns came back during the ringmaster’s speech.

What word is modified? HYSTERICALWhat part of speech is that? ADJECTIVES

13. Perhaps the most astonishing was how all of my money magical / magically disappeared.

What word is modified?MAGICALLY What part of speech is that? ADVERB

14. My teacher truculent / truculently inquired about the treatment of the circus animals.

What word is modified?TRUCULENTLYWhat part of speech is that? ADVERB

15. The show went by amazing / amazingly quickly and then it was time to leave.

What word is modified? AMAZINGWhat part of speech is that? ADJECTIVE

Try it yourself.

Directions: write six sentences. In each sentence you should use both an adverb and an adjective. Underline your adverbs and circle your adjectives.

16.THE BEAUTIFUL GIRL SUDDENLY SAT ON THE CHAIR.

17.THE MAN WEARING COLORFULLY SHIRT IS HANDSOME.