Adjective or adverb? (English exercise n°3674 - Please quote this number when contacting us)Other English exercises on the same topicAdjective or adverb? L'adjectif qualifie : Ex : The lesson sounds funny. Schoolhouse Rock - Grammar Rock Unpack Your Adjectives Got home from camping last spring. Saw people, places and things. We barely had arrived, Friends asked us to describe The people, places and every last thing. So we unpacked our adjectives. I unpacked 'frustrating' first. Reached in and found the word 'worst'. Then I picked 'soggy' and Next I picked 'foggy' and Then I was ready to tell them my tale. 'Cause I'd unpacked my adjectives. Adjectives are words you use to really describe things, Handy words to carry around. Days are sunny or they're rainy Boys are dumb or else they're brainy Adjectives can show you which way. Adjectives are often used to help us compare things, To say how thin, how fat, how short, how tall. Girls who are tall can get taller, Boys who are small can get smaller, Till one is the tallest And the other's the smallest of all. We hiked along without care. Then we ran into a bear. He was a hairy bear, He was a scary bear, We beat a hasty retreat from his lair. And described him with adjectives. }} {Whoah! Boy, that was one big, ugly bear!} {You can even make adjectives out of the other parts of speech, like verbs or nouns. All you have to do is tack on an ending, like 'ic' or 'ish' or 'ary'. For example, this boy can grow up to be a huge man, but still have a boyish face. 'Boy' is a noun, but the ending 'ish' makes it an adjective. 'Boyish': that describes the huge man's face. Get it?} Next time you go on a trip, Remember this little tip: The minute you get back, They'll ask you this and that, You can describe people, places and things... Simply unpack your adjectives. You can do it with adjectives. Tell them 'bout it with adjectives. You can shout it with adjectives. L'adverbe modifie le sens du verbe, d'un autre adverbe ou du verbe : Ex : She wears it beautifully. * Voir les explications = une 'précision' après la correction.English exercise "" created by anonyme (14-09-2005) with The test builderClick here to see the current stats of this English test1. She hasn'tgoodcorrectly defined her position in this matter. 2. All their answers sounded easilycorrectoddly . 3. The secretary hasquicklyreal ajusted herself to the new boss. 4. I am certain my measurements will prove to be exactlyexactwell . 5. I am certain I have measured the room exactlyyesterdayprecise . 6. The old woman looked awfullyagainas well sad. 7. Don't take the children there : it is a perfectdangerousawful lake to swim in. 8. I am very proud : my daughter plays the flute awfullybeautifullybeautiful . 9. We were all enchanted ! Her voice sounded so beautifullydifferentlybeautiful ! 10. He is a foreignperfectold stranger to me. 11. You should admit it was not a very correctlysensiblysensible remark. 12. Speak more quicklyslowlyslow , I can't write down 13. My father, who's a chemist, knows this product very goodlittlewell . 14. He knows we should use very dangerousgoodwell products. 15. Don't worry ! My aunt always treats her guests very nicegoodwell . End of the learn English: Adjective or adverb? (21.06.2008 21:47)A free English exercise to learn English.
Got home from camping last spring. Saw people, places and things. We barely had arrived, Friends asked us to describe The people, places and every last thing. So we unpacked our adjectives. I unpacked 'frustrating' first. Reached in and found the word 'worst'. Then I picked 'soggy' and Next I picked 'foggy' and Then I was ready to tell them my tale. 'Cause I'd unpacked my adjectives. Adjectives are words you use to really describe things, Handy words to carry around. Days are sunny or they're rainy Boys are dumb or else they're brainy Adjectives can show you which way. Adjectives are often used to help us compare things, To say how thin, how fat, how short, how tall. Girls who are tall can get taller, Boys who are small can get smaller, Till one is the tallest And the other's the smallest of all. We hiked along without care. Then we ran into a bear. He was a hairy bear, He was a scary bear, We beat a hasty retreat from his lair. And described him with adjectives. }} {Whoah! Boy, that was one big, ugly bear!} {You can even make adjectives out of the other parts of speech, like verbs or nouns. All you have to do is tack on an ending, like 'ic' or 'ish' or 'ary'. For example, this boy can grow up to be a huge man, but still have a boyish face. 'Boy' is a noun, but the ending 'ish' makes it an adjective. 'Boyish': that describes the huge man's face. Get it?} Next time you go on a trip, Remember this little tip: The minute you get back, They'll ask you this and that, You can describe people, places and things... Simply unpack your adjectives. You can do it with adjectives. Tell them 'bout it with adjectives. You can shout it with adjectives.