ENGLISH GRAMMAR

ADJECTIVES AND ADVERBS

Adjectives and adverbs with the same form.
ADJECTIVES and adverbs are modifiers. Adjectives modify nouns and noun substitutes, while adverbs modify, mainly, verbs, adjectives and other adverbs.

In this exercise about adjectives and adverbs with the same form, can you tell if the words in italics are adjectives or adverbs?

1. The skilful magician pulled a hat with a wide brim out of a fluffy little rabbit.
2. The avid punster read from his collection of puns: “Finding it wide open, the burglar climbed intruder window.”
3. It was a pretty silly idea – his invention of an egg opener.
4. “I wanted to get you a pretty dress,” the burglar says to his wife, “but the darn shop was still open!”
5. He says jestingly to her, “You must be dead tired from all the running you did in my dream last night.”
6. The naughty boy said he put a dead mouse in his sister’s bed because he couldn’t find a toad.
7. Mother Cat says to her kitten, “Stay away from danger. You have only nine lives!”
8. The hummingbird is the only bird that can fly backwards.
9. “I just don’t know what went wrong. According to the cookbook, this is supposed to be a delicious dish.”
10. She wore her wedding ring on the wrong finger because she married the wrong man.
11. Whenever she is down, she cheers herself up by going on a shopping spree.
12. Did you write down your score for this test?

Answers 1. adjective 2. adverb 3. adverb 4. adjective 5. adverb 6. adjective 7. adverb 8. adjective 9. adverb 10. adjective 11. adjective 12. adverb