Adjective and adverb

a.  Identify an adjective and adverb.

b.  Distinguish the difference between adverb and adjective.

c.   Identify the function of adverb and adjective in a sentence.

d.  Understand the use of adverb and adjective in a sentence.

Reading a Passage

Andy’s lovely cat, Lola, had kittens. They were adorable little creatures that were starting to noisily 

explore Andy’s house. They happily hopped and ran all over the living room, chasing each other and 

trying greatly to climb on the Big couch. Lola lazily watches her active babies as she laid on her bed 

in the corner of the busy room. Andy was eagerly following the small kittens around hoping that they 

would play with him.

 Adjective – describes a noun or pronoun.

Adverb – describes a verb or another adverb.

Look at the following sentences base on the passage that we read a while ago.

1.  Andy’s lovely cat

Lovely is an adjective because it describes the noun cat.

2.  They were adorable little creatures.

Adorable is an adjective because it describes the noun creatures.

3.  They were starting to noisily explore Andy’s house.

                               Noisily is used as adverb because it describes the verb explore.

4.  They happily hopped and ran all over the living room.

Happily, is an adverb because it describes the verb hopped.

5.  She laid on her bed in the corner of the busy room.

Busy is used as an adjective because it describes the noun room.

Look at the underlined words.

1.  a. They are happy kids.

b. The kids are playing happily.

Which sentence used as an adjective? Adverb?

                      2.  a. The students are talking quickly.

 b. The teachers have a quick meeting.

Identify how the word is used in the given sentences. Write ADV if it is used as an adverb and ADJ if it is used as an adjective. Encircle the word it modifies.

1.      She is a nice person.

2.      She talked nicely.

3.      I can speak Spanish very well.

4.      Katrina attends a painting class so she can paint beautiful pictures.

5.      My teacher looked at me angrily when I arrived late.

6.      The music is too loud. Please turn it down.

7.      Tommy is very kind. He always helps me.

8.      She is the most polite person I know.

9.      The firemen bravely rescued the people.

10.  The man quietly opened the door.