the difference between adjective and adverbs by: keely white and angel hsieh

The difference between adjective and adverbs

By: Keely White and Angel Hsieh

Show What You Know…

Get out a piece of notebook paper!

Question 1:

Write down the correct answer.

1. Anna did quite (good, well) on her final exams.

Question 2:

Write down the correct answer.

2. There seems to be a (real, really) big crowd at this game.

Question 3:

Correct or incorrect?

3. I feel real lucky.

Question 4:

Correct or incorrect?

4. I can see good from these seats.

Question 5:

Find the error(s) and rewrite the sentence CORRECTLY:

5. The pitcher really wants to hit the ball good and feels badly when he strikes out.

Switch and

check! 😃

And the answers are.............

Well

Really

Incorrect

Incorrect

The pitcher really wants to hit the ball well and feels bad when he strikes out.

Rules to Remember: Adjectives

Good is ALWAYS an adjective.

Real is ALWAYS an adjective.

Bad is ALWAYS an adjective.

* Adjectives modify a noun OR a pronoun.

Rules to Remember: Adverbs

Well is USUALLY an adverb...

Really is ALWAYS an adverb.

Badly is ALWAYS an adverb.

* Adverbs modify a verb, adjective, or other adverb.

Any questions:

Practice Time!

She did (good, well) on the test.

He thinks (slow, slowly).

The tennis shoes smell (bad, badly).

Erica did (good, well) in her British Literature class.

If you did (badly, bad) on the pretest, we hope you’ll do better on the quiz.

The swimmer swam (quickly, quick).

Keely is a very (good, well) dancer.

Angel wants to do (good, well) on her piano audition.

TIME TO CELEBRATE YOUR LEARNING!