This presentation is brought to you by Grammar

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, chewing slowly chewing , chewing hishis food thoroughly. . AA BB His mother was really impressed since 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 thorough problem? real makes. No change is necessary.

Adjectives describe nouns. The man handsome man lay on the red lay on the couch. I’m not sure That’s not handsome very is the right descriptive! adjective.

Adverbs modify verbs, adjectives, and other adverbs. The man flirted shamelessly flirted in an in a bold manner. extremely bold manner. Sometimes successfully!

What sounds right is not always correct! Kenny thinks that he is really 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 on poorly onon her her algebra quiz. She She A couldn’t concentrate well because her tablemate B was chomping noisilyon onaapieceofofgum. C A. B. C. D. poorly good noisy No change is necessary.

Item 2 Lawrence cheated on the chemistry test, but he is still very happy with his AA. . A. real B. so C. well D. No changeisisnecessary.

Item 3 The excruciatinglong excruciatingly long school day day put put Wanda inin in A a bad mood. She was verytiredand andjust B C wanted to go home to relax. A. B. C. D. excruciatingly worser real No change is necessary.

Item 4 The horrifyingnewsthat. Professor. Anderson A was assigning another 10 -page paper made his students complain bitterabout bitterly about hishis very hard B C requirements. A. B. C. D. horrifyingly bitterly real demanding No change is necessary.

Item 5 The duck quacked loud, hoping that we we would throw it some of our French fries. A. loudest B. real loud C. loudly D. No change is necessary.

Item 6 Mr. Hodges says to quit gossiping about Veronica and finish typing his report real quick. A. very quick B. real quickly C. right now D. No change is necessary.

Item 7 We roasted in the very hotsun, sweatpouring A profuse off profusely offoff our our skin. Thoughts of oficed of iced tea tea and and BB lemonade plagued us mercilessly. C A. B. C. D. real hot profusely merciless No change is necessary.

Item 8 We moved into the new apartment real easy. easily easy. . AA Rebecca shamelesslyflirtedwithsomestrong B neighbors who were happy to to help with the C heavy boxes. A. B. C. D. easily shameless happily No change is necessary.

Item 9 Alex did goodduring well duringhis hisspeeches, addressing AA his classmates with confidence and poise. But he did poorlyfor forthe thesemesterbecausehe henever B submitted homework punctually. C A. well B. poor C. punctual D. No change is necessary.

Item 10 The incessantloud incessantly loud barks ofofher of her neighbor’s dogs A kept Diane from getting a good night’s sleep. She B did not feel well rested the next day. C A. B. C. D. incessantly well good No change is necessary.

The End.