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One-Word Modifiers: Adjectives and Adverbs
Introduce your students to adjectives, adverbs, and the differences between them with this helpful grammar presentation. Though it appears long at 79 slides, note that each slide is doubled, with the first slide asking a question and the...
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Christmas Modifiers: Change the Adjective to an Adverb
Incorporate a grammar lesson into your winter holidays celebration by asking class members to change the adjectives in sentences into adverbs. You'll be amazed how quickly learners catch on.
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Adverbs That Modify Adjectives
In this adverb and adjectives worksheet, students read ten sentences, underline the adverb in each sentence and write the word it modifies after the end of the sentence. Students study the first one done for them.
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Misplaced and Dangling Modifiers
Start by reading the information provided for both misplaced modifiers and dangling modifiers. The entire first page is explanation and examples-perfect for those who need extra support. On page two, you will find a short, 10-question...
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Comparative Adverbs
Show the comparative forms of adverbs with a straightforward worksheet. Learners decide how to represent 16 adverbs in both comparative and superlative forms.
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Grammar Bytes: Adjectives and Adverbs
Using a format similar to what students may see on standardized tests, this presentation discusses the proper use of adjectives and adverbs. The examples focus on some of the most common errors, including the use of the words poorly and...
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Modifying Adjective and Adverbs Exercise
In this modifiers worksheet, students fill in the blanks in 24 sentences by choosing the correct adjective or adverb modifier: far, just about, nearly, or slightly.
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Modify My Action
Third graders listen to directions as they perform a theatrical role. For this vocabulary lesson, 3rd graders listen to and observe the adjectives given to them during a practice of their performance by the director. Students identify...
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Introduction to Adverbs
Students develop a definition of the role/function of adverbs. Specifically students articulate that adverbs modify verbs by telling how something is done, when something is done, where something is done, or modify adverbs or adjectives.
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Adjectives, Adverbs and Advertising
Learners identify adjectives and adverbs and be able to use them correctly in a Christmas-related creative writing project. They work in pairs to cut out ads from a magazine to classify them as adjectives and adverbs.
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Adverbs
While designed for college learners, this review of adverbs could be used in a high school classroom as well. The worksheet begins with a detailed overview of adverbs which is followed by a six-question activity.
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Is It An Adverb?
Adverbs are one of the more-difficult parts of speech to understand and master. In this adverb worksheet, students review adverbs as modifiers and identify their purposes in sentences. Students answer 18 questions about adverbs. Excellent!
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Modifying Adjectives and Adverbs
In this modifying adjectives and adverbs learning exercise, students complete sentences by adding an adverb to modify an adjective or another adverb.
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Language--Modifier Phrases
In this modifier phrases activity, students rewrite 5 sentences correcting the dangling modifiers in each one and combine 5 pairs of sentences into one sentence by using a modifier phrase.
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Adverb or Adjective? Who's Wearing the -LY?
In this adjectives and adverbs worksheet, students read and look at the underlined word in 8 sentences and write on the blank line in front of each one whether they are an adjective or an adverb. Students fill in the blanks or answer...
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Adjectives and Adverbs with Transitive and Intransitive Verbs
In this grammar instructional activity, students practice using the correct modifier in each of the 14 sentences. Students circle the correct adjective or adverb for each sentence.
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Few and Less: A Confusing Pair
In this grammar worksheet, students learn the difference between the words "few" and "less" as well as adverbs and adjectives. They then answer the 14 questions on the page by inserting either few/fewer or less in the blank.
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Bad or Badly: A Troublesome Pair
For this grammar worksheet, students learn about the differences between adverbs and adjectives. They learn when to use "bad", an adjective, and when to use "badly", an adverb. Students then fill in the blanks in the 5 sentences using...
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Comparatives Superlatives
Review comparatives and superlatives. Middle schoolers are introduced to modifiers such as Adjectives and Adverbs. They will talk about comparatives and superlatives such as: What makes them different, fo over rules for each type of...
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Adverb or Adjective
Sixth graders choose adjectives to describe an object given by the teacher and share with the class, then do the same for a verb, choosing an adverb to modify each. In this adjective or adverb lesson, 6th graders review the difference...
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Adverbs
For this adverbs worksheet, students answer short answer questions about adverbs and identify parts of speech in sentences. Students complete 22 problems.
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The Describer - Adverbs
For this adverbs as describers worksheet, students identify and use adverbs. In this fill in the blank, and word/adverb recognition worksheet, students answer eighteen questions.
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Did You Say Adverbs?
In this adverb activity, students identify and produce adverbs in sentences. In this fill in the blank and short answer activity, students complete eleven sentences.
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Parts of Speech--Adjectives
In this parts of speech worksheet, students review adjective as they read a brief description and underline all of the adjectives in 15 sentences. In addition, students create 2 of their own sentences using adjectives.