Deck 8: Adjectives and Adverbs

Question 1

Which of the following is not one of the things that an adjective tells us about the word it is modifying?

A) Which?
B) What kind?
C) How many?
D) When?

Answer 1

When?

Question 2

Which of the following is not one of the common adjective endings?

A) -ness as in happiness
B) -ish as in squeamish
C) -ble as in horrible
D) -less as in thoughtless

Answer 2

-ness as in happiness

Question 3

Which of the following cannot be used as an adjective?

A) a helping verb
B) a participle (present or past)
C) a noun
D) an infinitive

Answer 3

a helping verb

Question 4

Which of the following is not one of the things that an adverb tells us about the word it is modifying?

A) Where?
B) Who?
C) Why?
D) When?

Question 5

Adjectives and adverbs are often used to compare things. Adjectives/Adverbs that use -er or more/less to compare two things are called ___________ forms. Adjectives/Adverbs that use -est or most/least to compare three or more things are called ___________ forms.

A) compound; superlative
B) superlative; comparative
C) comparative; superlative
D) superlative; compound

Question 6

Identify which option lists all of the single-word adjectives in the following sentence. (Note: For the purposes of this exercise, do not include the articles a, an, and the when identifying the adjectives.) The pouring rain filled the huge metal tub.

A) pouring; huge; metal
B) rain; filled; tub
C) huge; metal
D) pouring; metal

Question 7

Identify which option lists all of the single-word adjectives in the following sentence. (Note: For the purposes of this exercise, do not include the articles a, an, and the when identifying the adjectives.) Nora was very unhappy when she received her midterm grade.

A) very
B) unhappy
C) very; unhappy
D) unhappy; her; midterm

Question 8

Identify which option lists all of the single-word adverbs in the following sentences:
Slowly, the small mouse crept along the wall. The cat sat quietly nearby and did not make a move.

A) Slowly; quietly
B) Slowly; nearby
C) Slowly; small; quietly; nearby
D) Slowly; quietly; nearby; not

Question 9

Identify which option lists all of the single-word adverbs in the following sentences:
My teacher was extremely happy with my paper. He told me that I did a very good job on it.

A) happy; good
B) extremely; happy; very; good
C) extremely; very
D) extremely; good

Question 10

Identify which option lists all of the adjective phrases or adjective clauses in the following sentence: Typing furiously, the reporter finished his article on gas prices and sent it to his editor, who was waiting impatiently at the news station.

A) Typing furiously; on gas prices
B) Typing furiously; on gas prices; who was waiting impatiently at the news station
C) Typing furious; waiting impatiently
D) on gas prices; to his editor; at the news station

Question 11

Identify which option lists all of the adverb phrases or adverb clauses in the following sentence:
To placate my nagging mother, I washed the dirty dishes that I had left in the sink and put them away in the cabinet.

A) in the sink; in the cabinet
B) To placate my nagging mother; away in the cabinet
C) To placate; I washed; I had left
D) To placate my nagging mother; in the sink; in the cabinet

Question 12

Identify which option provides the correct comparative and superlative forms for the following adjectives:
Small; beautiful; good

A) smaller, smallest; more/less beautiful, most/least beautiful; better, best
B) smaller, smallest; beautifuller, beautifullest; gooder, goodest
C) more/less small, most/least small; beautifuller, beautifullest; more/less good, most/least good
D) smaller, smallest; more/less beautiful, most/least beautiful; more/less better, most/least best

Question 13

Identify which option provides the correct comparative and superlative forms for the following adverbs:
Fast; quickly; badly

A) more/less fast, most/least fast; more/less quickly, most/least quickly; worse, worst
B) faster, fastest; quicklier, quickliest; badlier, badliest
C) faster, fastest; more/less quickly, most/least quickly; worse, worst
D) more/less fast, most/least fast; more/less quicklier, most/least quickliest; more/less badly, most/ least badly

Question 14

Identify which revision correctly repairs the adjective/adverb error in the following sentence: This new computer works real good; it's much faster than the old one.

A) This new computer works really well; it's much faster than the old one.
B) This new computer works real well; it's more faster than the old one.
C) This new computer works really good; it's much faster than the old one.

Question 15

Identify which revision correctly repairs the adjective/adverb error in the following sentence: He is very intelligently; he scored a 36 on the ACT, the most highest score a student can get.

A) He is very intelligent; he scored a 36 on the ACT, the most high score a student can get.
B) He is extremely very intelligently; he scored a 36 on the ACT, the highest score a student can get.
C) He is very intelligent; he scored a 36 on the ACT, the highest score a student can get.

Question 16

Identify which revision correctly repairs the adjective/adverb error in the following sentences: I'm sure that I'll feel better tomorrow. I certain can't get any worst.

A) I'm sure that I'll feel more good tomorrow. I certain can't get any worst.
B) I'm surely that I'll feel better tomorrow. I certainly can't get any worser.
C) I'm sure that I'll feel better tomorrow. I certainly can't get any worse.

Question 17

Identify which revision correctly repairs the dangling/misplaced modifier error in the following sentence:
As a child, my mother used to give me time-outs for bad behavior.

A) When I was a child, my mother used to give me time-outs for bad behavior.
B) As a child, I often received time-outs from my mother for my bad behavior.
C) Both A and B are correct.
D) Neither A nor B is correct.

Question 18

Identify which revision correctly repairs the dangling/misplaced modifier error in the following sentence:
The cowboy sat on a fence smoking a cigarette.

A) While smoking a cigarette, the cowboy sat on a fence.
B) The cowboy sat on a fence that was smoking a cigarette.
C) Both A and B are correct.
D) Neither A nor B is correct.

Question 19

Adjectives and adverbs that compare three of more things using -est are called

A) comparative
B) superlative
C) pronoun
D) linking verbs

Question 20

Which of the following is not an irregular adjective

A) little
B) good
C) faster
D) well

Question 21

Adverbs describe nouns and pronouns; adjectives describe verbs, adverbs, and other adjectives.

Question 22

Adjectives and adverbs are usually close to the words that they modify, but adverbs can sometimes be a good distance away from the words that they are describing.

Question 23

An adjective is usually in front of the word it is describing, but sometimes an adjective will be connected to a subject by a linking verb.

Question 24

A noun or pronoun can have only one adjective modifying it at a time.

Question 25

The demonstrative pronouns this, that, these, and those can be used as adjectives; so can some of the indefinite pronouns, such as some, all, and each.

Question 26

When a noun is in possessive form, (for example, Julie's in the phrase Julie's book), this possessive form is functioning like an adjective, telling which book is being referred to.

Question 27

Phrases and clauses cannot be used as adjectives; only individual, single words can be used as adjectives. The same is true for adverbs as well.

Question 28

All adverbs end in -ly; any word that ends in -ly must be an adverb.

Question 29

Many adverbs are highly maneuverable, which means that they can appear before the word they are modifying, after the word they are modifying, and even several words away from the word they are modifying.

Question 30

Adjectives/Adverbs of one syllable usually add -er or -est to create the comparative and superlative forms-rather than using more/less or most/least. However, most adjectives/adverbs of two or more syllables use more/less or most/least to create the comparative and superlative forms-rather than adding -er or -est.

Question 31

All adjective and adverb forms are regular; there are no irregular forms when it comes to adjectives and adverbs.

Question 32

Dangling and misplaced modifiers can cause confusion for the reader or create unintended meanings because the modifier has not been placed closely enough to the word it is supposed to be describing.

Question 33

Adjectives and adverbs often compare two things.

Question 34

Adjectives are generally placed before nouns in a sentence.