Adverbs #11: Modifying Verbs, Adjectives, and Other Adverbs
Directions: Identify the adverb for each of the following sentences and identify the
word that adverb is modifying (describing).
1. Speak now or forever hold your peace.
2. Yesterday, Mrs. Blue thoughtfully assigned two brief assignments.
3. Today, the students will arrive early.
4. She did well on the first test, but she failed the second test miserably.
5. The skaters put on a very exciting show.
6. The runner was an unusually fast starter.
7. Kangaroos are extremely fast animals.
8. They look quite awkward when they jump.
9. The great red kangaroo is surprisingly tall.
10.Before 1900, fingerprinting was very rarely used by the police.
11.People used their fingerprints quite often to protect themselves from forgers.
12.Fingerprinting has been used much longer than we ordinarily think.
13.The expert worked quite rapidly.
Recognizing Adjectives #12
Directions: Select the underlined word in each sentence that is an adjective.
1. Grandpa always told us exciting tales about his boyhood in the “old country.”
2. He will probably be reelected, since his performance during his term in office has
been outstanding.
3. Among older workers there is less absenteeism and greater productivity.
4. This painting appears to be an exact copy of an earlier work.
5. Visiting the site of the ancient city of Troy was an experience I will never forget.
6. Bud’s reply to the teacher’s question was instantaneous.
7. The salesman said he was nervous because it was his first day on the job.
8. Helen is the most sensible girl in this group.
9. I wonder how Vivian can afford to wear the very latest styles.
10.Vigorous exercise several times a week is recommended for keeping muscles in
good condition.
11.As he stared at the trophy, he pictured himself making the crucial hit that won
the game.
12.Neglected children often have serious psychological problems that get them into
trouble.
13.Water shortages in parts of the United States have prompted the growing of xeric
plants (those requiring less water).
Adverbs #13: Writing Adverbs?
Directions: Rewrite the words in brackets as adverbs.
1. [In a rough way of] speaking, Beethoven and the great composer Wolfgang
Amadeus Mozart were contemporaries.
2. The two crossed paths only [one time] or [two times].
3. This was not because they disliked each other; on the contrary, Beethoven, who
was the younger of the two had [at all times] admired Mozart [in a way that is
tremendous].
4. [In a way that is tragic] for music lovers, Mozart died at the age of thirty-five.
5. Rumors [in not much time] began to spread that Mozart had [in actual terms]
been murdered by a music rival.
6. [It is alleged], Antonio Salieri, who was a friend of Mozart’s and a fellow
composer, poisoned the young genius.
7. According to legend, Salieri was [to an extreme degree] jealous of Mozart.
8. Mozart was by all indications one of the most [in a remarkable way] gifted
musicians who ever lived.
9. Salieri, by comparison, was only [in a moderate way] talented.
10.The relationship between the two composers is [in a thorough way] explored in
a movie called Amadeus.
