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 Adjectives and Adverbs

Or
really
Is it real windy?
windy?
 This presentation
explains how to
discriminate
between and use
correct adjectival
and adverbial
forms.
An adjective and/or adverb
item on an objective test
might look like this . . .
 Sample Item

Jacob ate slow,

slowly
slow, chewing
chewing
, chewing
his
hishis
food
food
food
thoroughly.
thoroughly
thoroughly
. .
AA BB
His mother was really
really impressed
impressed since
since she
she
C
often accused him of bolting dinner.
Is slow
Slow must,
A.
A.slowly
slowly thoroughly
become slowly , or,
B.thorough really
a fix that option
a
C.real A makes.
problem?

D.No change is necessary.

 Adjectives describe nouns.

handsome
The man lay on the lay on the red
couch.
man
couch.

I’m not sure

That’s not
handsome
very
is the right
descriptive!
adjective.
Adverbs modify verbs, adjectives,
and other adverbs.

shamelessly
The man flirted in a bold manner.
flirted in an
extremely bold manner.

Sometimes
successfully!
What sounds right is not
always correct!

really
Kenny thinks that he is real cool.
cool.

Totally hip people

know that the adverb
really needs to
modify an adjective
like cool!
 Quick Test

Directions: In the items that follow, choose

the option that corrects an error in the
underlined portion(s). If no error exists, choose
“No change is necessary.”

Blow us away
with what you
know.
 Item 1

Farzana did poor

poor on
poorlyonon
her
her
her
algebra
algebra
algebra
quiz.
quiz.
quiz.
She
She
She
A
couldn’t concentrate well
well because
because herher tablemate
tablemate
B
was chomping noisily
noisilyon
onaapiece
pieceofofgum.
gum.
C

A.
A.poorly
poorly
B.good
C.noisy
D.No change is necessary.
 Item 2

Lawrence cheated on the chemistry test, but he is

still very
very happy
happy with
with his
his AA..

A.real
B.so
C.well
D.No change
changeisisnecessary.
necessary.
 Item 3

The excruciatingly long school day put Wanda in

The excruciating
excruciatinglong
longschool
schoolday
dayput
putWanda
Wandainin
A
A
a bad
bad mood.
mood. She
She was
was very
verytired
tiredand
andjust
just
a bad mood. She was very tired and just
B C
B C
wanted to go home to relax.
wanted to go home to relax.
A.excruciatingly
A.excruciatingly
B.worser
B.worser
C.real
C.real
D.No change is necessary.
D.No change is necessary.
 Item 4
The horrifying
horrifyingnews
newsthat
thatProfessor
ProfessorAnderson
Anderson
A
was assigning another 10-page paper made his

students complain bitter

bitterabout
bitterly
about
about
his
hishis
very
very
very
hard
hard
hard
B C
requirements.

A.horrifyingly
B.bitterly
bitterly
C.real demanding
D.No change is necessary.
 Item 5

The duck quacked loud,

loud, hoping
hoping that
that we
we would
would
throw it some of our French fries.

A.loudest
B.real loud
C.loudly
loudly
D.No change is necessary.
 Item 6

Mr. Hodges says to quit gossiping about Veronica

and finish typing his report real
real quick.
quick.

A.very quick
B.real quickly
C.right
right now
now
D.No change is necessary.
 Item 7

We roasted in the very

very hot
hotsun,
sun,sweat
sweatpouring
pouring
A
profuse off
profuse
profuselyoffoff
our
ourour
skin.
skin.
skin.
Thoughts
Thoughts
Thoughts
of
oficed
of
iced
iced
tea
tea
tea
and
and
and
BB
lemonade plagued us mercilessly.
mercilessly.
C

A.real hot
B.profusely
profusely
C.merciless
D.No change is necessary.
 Item 8
We moved into the new apartment real real easy.
easilyeasy
. .
AA
Rebecca shamelessly
shamelesslyflirted
flirtedwith
withsome
somestrong
strong
B
neighbors who were happy
happy to to help
help with
with the
the
C
heavy boxes.

A.
A.easily
easily
B.shameless
C.happily
D.No change is necessary.
 Item 9
Alex did good
goodduring
well during
duringhis
his
hisspeeches,
speeches,
speeches,addressing
addressing
addressing
AA
his classmates with confidence and poise. But he

did poorly
poorlyfor
forthe
thesemester
semesterbecause
becausehe
henever
never
B
submitted homework punctually.
punctually.
C
A.well
well
B.poor
C.punctual
D.No change is necessary.
 Item 10

The incessant
incessantloud
incessantly loud
loud
barks
barks
barks
ofofher
of
her
her
neighbor’s
neighbor’s
neighbor’s
dogs
dogs
dogs
A
kept Diane from getting a good
good night’s
night’s sleep.
sleep. She
She
B
did not feel well
well rested
rested the
the next
next day.
day.
C

A.
A.incessantly
incessantly
B.well
C.good
D.No change is necessary.
The End.