The Basics of Adverbs and Adjectives

1. The Basics of Adverbs and Adjectives

2. Notes: What is an adjective?

3. Notes: What is an adverb?

4. Notes: Adverbs that don’t end in -ly

5. Notes: How to determine whether you need an adverb or adjective

6. Practice #1 • Music is true the one universal language. Although all cultures have music, each culture develops its own musical forms and styles. • No change • is truly • is more true • is the solid truth Adjective or Adverb?

7. Practice #2 • In the past 100 years or so, there has been an increasing large explosion of popular music styles in the west. Three of the most successful are reggae, punk, and rap. • No change • increasing largely • increasingly large • increasingly Adjective or Adverb?

8. Practice #3 • After the plumber came to repair the busted pipe, the sink ran perfectagain. • No change • ran perfectly • ranly perfect • could ran perfect Adjective or Adverb?

9. Practice #4 • Nevertheless, Ron was still incapable of washing the dirty dishes correctly. • No change • dirtly dishes correctly • dirtly dishes correct • dirty dishes correct Adjective or Adverb?

10. Prcatice #5 • Even after he washed them, they were still covered with grimly gunk. • No change • grimly gunkly • grimy gunkly • grimy gunk Adjective or Adverb?

11. Practice # 6 • There are 2 incorrect sentences in the following paragraph. Find them and rewrite them correctly on a separate sheet of paper. You will hand this in. A difficult problem that is facing society is the legalization of euthanasia. Euthanasia is the act of causing death painless in order to end suffering. People who are in a comma because of injury to their brains and elderly people who are terminal ill are being kept alive by artificial means. However, many would rather die than suffer the pain.