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 Adjectives and Adverbs

Or really
Is it real windy?
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
chewinghis
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.
Slow
Is slowmust
,
A.slowly
A.slowly thoroughly
become slowly, or,
B.thorough a fix really a A
that option
C.real problem?
makes.

D.No change is necessary.

 Adjectives describe nouns.

handsome
The man lay on the
man lay on the red
couch.
couch.

I’m not sure

That’s not
handsome
very
is the right
descriptive!
adjective.
Adverbs modify verbs, adjectives,
and other adverbs.

shamelessly
The man flirted in a bold manner.
flirted in an
extremely bold manner.

Sometimes
successfully!
What sounds right is not
always correct!

really
Kenny thinks that he is real cool.
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
poorlyonon
her
her
heralgebra
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.poorly
A.poorly
B.good
C.noisy
D.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 excruciatingly
excruciating long
longschool
school
day
day
put
put
Wanda
Wanda
in in
The excruciating long school day put Wanda in
A
a bad
bad mood.
mood. She
She was
was very
verytired
tiredand
andjust
just
B C
wanted to go home to relax.
wanted to go home to relax.
A.excruciatingly
A.excruciatingly
A.excruciatingly
B.worser
B.worser
C.real
C.real
D.No change is necessary.
D.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.horrifyingly
B.bitterly
B.bitterly
C.real demanding
D.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
C.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 now
C.right now
D.No change is necessary.
 Item 7

We roasted in the very

very hot
hotsun,
sun,sweat
sweatpouring
pouring
A
profuse off
profuse
profuselyoffoff
our
ourour
skin.
skin.
skin.
Thoughts
Thoughts
Thoughts
ofoficed
of
iced
iced
tea
tea
tea
and
and
and
BB
lemonade plagued us mercilessly.
mercilessly.
C

A.real hot
B.profusely
B.profusely
C.merciless
D.No change is necessary.
 Item 8
We
We moved
moved into
into the
the new
new apartment real easy.
easily.
apartment real easy.
AA
Rebecca shamelesslyflirted
Rebecca shamelessly flirtedwith
withsome
somestrong
strong
B
neighbors
neighbors who
who were happy to
were happy to help
help with
with the
the
C
heavy
heavy boxes.
boxes.

A.easily
A.easily
A.easily
B.shameless
B.shameless
C.happily
C.happily
D.No change is
D.No change is necessary.
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
A.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.incessantly
A.incessantly
B.well
C.good
D.No change is necessary.
The End.