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Adjectives and Adverbs
Or
Is it real
windy?
really
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,
slow,chewing
slowly,
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.
A.
B.
C.
D.
Slow must
Is slow,
become
thoroughly, or
slowly, a fix
really a
that option A
slowly
slowly
thorough
problem?
real
makes.
No change is necessary.
Adjectives describe nouns .
The m
handsom
a n l a y o net hmeacnoluacyh o
. n the
r ed c o u c h .
I’m not sure
That’s not
handsome
very
is the right
descriptive!
adjective.
Adverbs m o d i f y verbs ,
adj ecti ves , a n d other adverbs .
T h e m a n fsham
l i rat n
en
d eir.
n an
l i r t e d el
i n essl
a b oy
l d fm
extr em el y b o l d m a n n e r.
Sometimes
successfully!
W hat sounds right is not
always cor r ect!
K e n n y t h i n k s t h a t h e i s rreeal
yo l .
a l cl o
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
poorly
onon
her
her
her
algebra
algebra
algebra
quiz.
quiz.
quiz.
She
She
She
A
couldn’t concentrate well
well because
because her
her tablemate
tablemate
B
was chomping noisily
noisilyon
onaapiece
pieceofofgum.
gum.
C
A.
B.
C.
D.
poorly
poorly
good
noisy
No change is necessary.
Item 2
Lawrence cheated on the chemistry test, but he is
still very
very happy
happy with
with his
his A.
A.
A. real
B. so
C. well
D. No change
changeisisnecessary.
necessary.
Item 3
The excruciating
excruciatinglong
excruciatingly
long
long
school
school
school
day
day
day
put
put
put
Wanda
Wanda
Wanda
inin in
A
a bad
bad mood.
mood. She
She was
was very
verytired
tiredand
andjust
just
B
C
wanted to go home to relax.
A.
B.
C.
D.
excruciatingly
excruciatingly
worser
real
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.
B.
C.
D.
horrifyingly
bitterly
bitterly
real demanding
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
profusely
offoff
our
our
our
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.
B.
C.
D.
real hot
profusely
profusely
merciless
No change is necessary.
Item 8
We moved into the new apartment real
real easy.
easily.
easy.
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.
B.
C.
D.
easily
easily
shameless
happily
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.
B.
C.
D.
incessantly
incessantly
well
good
No change is necessary.
The End.