Adverb Review: The Sequel

created by Nancy Warden

Your mission is to complete the following

adverb activity correctly.

Should your mission fail, this presentation will self-destruct.

Part 1: Select the modifier in the following sentences. Determine if it’s an adjective or an adverb.

They look beautiful now that they are polished.

The hem of the skirt was really crooked.

Marcia’s black bean soup smells wonderful.

Part 2: Correct the negative errors in the following sentences.

In less than a century, however, none were left

nowhere.

By the 1880s, there weren’t no passenger

pigeons left in the world.

Nobody has seen nothing else like the

archerfish.

The archerfish doesn’t waste no time eating its

meal.

Part 3: Correct the misplaced modifiers in each sentence.

Bruised and mushy, the shopper replaced the

apples in the bin.

Mr. Smith bought a computer for his son

that didn’t work.

Squawking and cackling, the cat was attacked by

the angry chicken.

The mayor decided that the city needed more

garbage pick-ups during her lunch break.

Part 4: Give the comparative and

superlative form of the following irregular

adverbs.

WellLittleMuch

Part 5: Select the adverb in the following

sentences.

I go to the pool at the rec center frequently.

Normally, I do not eat breakfast before

school.

Mom burned the cake dreadfully.

Congratulations! Mission completed!