Find the Adverbs What they modify POS Find the Adverbs What they modify POS Short Answer T or F Find the adjectives Find the Predicate adjectives 100 100 100 100 100 100 200 200 200 200 200 200 300 300 300 300 300 300 400 400 400 400 400 400 500 500 500 500 500 500 What does an adjective modify? ? Answer: noun or pronoun What three questions do an adjective answer? Answer: what kind, how many, which one ? What does a predicate adjective follow? Answer: linking verb ? What does an adverb modify? ? Answer: adjective, verb, adverb What is a synonym for modify? Answer: describe ? Adjectives tell what kind, how many, and which one. Answer: T Articles a, an, and the are adverbs. Answer: False they are adjectives Predicate adjectives follow action verbs. Answer: False-Predicate adjectives follow linking verbs. Adverbs tell what kind, how many, and which one. Answer: F-Adverbs tell how, when, where, and how often. Superlative adverbs compare more than two items. Answer: T On a hot August day in 1983, the space shuttle Challenger blasted off. Answer: hot, August, space Bluford was the mission specialist on that Challenger expedition. Answer: mission, that, Challenger Dinosaurs were egg-laying animals. Answer: egg-laying Some mammoths were heavier than today’s African elephants. Answer: Some, heavier, African The train is more impressive than my commuter train. Answer: more impressive, commuter The eggs are tiny. Answer: tiny In the summer, the sun’s rays grow intense. Answer: intense Honey from the hives is delicious. Answer: delicious The worm mitt is ancient, and it smells musty. Answer: ancient, musty She would be on the soccer field soon. Answer: soon-would beverb Delia quickly put on her uniform. Answer: quickly-put-verb I ran faster than my guard did. Answer: faster-ran-verb Leila then invited me to jump on her trampoline. Answer: then-invitedverb “Will you stay close while I jump,” she asked. Answer: close-stay-verb People can hear very loud sounds. Answer: very-loudadjective We’ll set up our tent here. Answer: here-set-verb Jess is usually the leader in these situations. Answer: usually-leaderpredicate adjective The human ear is rather amazing. Answer: rather-amazingpredicate adjective It seemed they were asking questions forever. Answer: forever-askingverb He quickly ate some breakfast. Answer: quickly-ate-verb He very quickly gathered his gear. Answer: very-quicklyadverb Quickly-gathered-verb