Modifiers: Adjectives and Adverbs 1

A(n) ___ is a word, phrase, or clause that modifies (or describes) another word and adds detail to a sentence.

• verb
• modifier
• adjective
• adverb

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CCSS.L.3.1G

A(n) ____ modifies (or describes) nouns or pronouns.

• verb
• pronoun
• adjective 
• adverb

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CCSS.L.2.1E

CCSS.L.1.1F

A(n) ____ modifies (or describes) verbs.

• verb
• plural noun
• adjective
• adverb

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CCSS.L.3.1A

What does the red phrase modify (or describe) in the following sentence?

The shoes with the yellow stripes are expensive.

• expensive

• shoes

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CCSS.L.11-12.3A

CCSS.L.7.1C

It is a part of speech that modifies a noun and a pronoun.

• verbs

• adjectives

• adverbs

• prepositions

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CCSS.L.3.1A

What does an adverb modify?

• verb, adjective, and noun

• verb, adjective, and article

• verb, adjective, and adverb

• verb, adjective, and pronoun

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CCSS.L.3.1A

What is the adjective in the sentence: The straight ribbon of freeway, led across the vast expanse of desert."?

• across

• straight

• freeway

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CCSS.L.2.1E

CCSS.L.1.1F

CCSS.L.K.5B

What is the function of the underlined word in the sentence: "The shovel bit deep into the black soil."?

• adjective

• adverb

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CCSS.L.3.1A

The building jutted high into the sky.

• adjective

• adverb

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CCSS.L.3.1A

I left at six for an early appointment.

• adjective

• adverb

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CCSS.L.3.1A