Chapter 6 Practice Test: Adverbs

Adverbs are _________________________________ .

Adverbs modify _________________ , _______________________________ , and other ______________________ .

Many adverbs end in the suffix _________ .

Adverbs that modify adjectives and other adverbs _______________________________ or

______________________ the meaning of the words they modify.

The word _____________ is always an adverb.

Many adverbs can be compared, just like adjectives. The three forms are ________________________ ,

_____________________________________ , and ____________________________________ .

_______________________________ adverbs compare by adding –er or –est or more or most.

_______________________________ adverbs (such as well) form comparative and superlative forms in

other ways.

PART OF SPEECH

MODIFIED

QUESTION(S)

ANSWERED

POSITION IN

SENTENCE

verbs when, where, how anywhere

adjectives

to what extent right before the word

modified

adverbs

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Matching For each underlined adverb, indicate the letter that represents the form of the adverb.

P Positive C Comparative S Superlative

21. ________ Of the many who have contributed to the development of the circus, none pursued

the work more successfully than the Ringling brothers..

22. ________ With hard work and determination, five brothers from the Midwest created an

organization that lasted longer than all of its competitors..

23. ________ Though they had few employees at the beginning, the brothers proved that they

themselves could work as well as anyone.

24. ________ Together with their seventeen workers, they made and put up the tent, sold the

tickets, played the music, and provided the acts, all most capably.

25. ________ Of the existing circus outfits, the Ringling brothers planned best for the future by

using the money they made to improve their circus.

Identifying Modified Words For each sentence below, write in the first box the question answered by the underlined adverb, in the second box the word

modified by the underlined adverb, and in the third box the part of speech of the modified word. You may abbreviate: Verb (V),

Adjective (Adj), or Adverb (Adv). Abbreviate “to what extent?” TWE.

Question Answered

Word Modified Part of Speech

26. how resembles verb A jellyfish’s shape closely resembles an inverted bowl or a bell.

27. TWE seven adj Certain jellyfish grow to be nearly seven feet long.

28. how move verb Jellyfish move quickly upward when they open their bodies like an umbrella.

29. when inject verb Some jellyfish often inject deadly poisons into their prey.

30. TWE uncomfortable adj Other poisons cause a slightly uncomfortable rash.

31. how swings verb Outside Alaska’s Assay Office a sign swings gently in the breeze.

32. how is written verb Formidably written on the sign in large letters is “Gold Dust Bought Here.”

33. how unearthed verb In the early 1900s, gold diggers quickly unearthed over two million dollars’ of gold.

34. TWE done adj A professionally done photograph taken outside the Assay Office shows a stack of gold bars.

35. when is valued verb Now the same amount of gold bars is valued at four million dollars!

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Review Diagram each of the sentences below.

You should NOT diagram items in parenthesis.

Label the sentence pattern above each DIAGRAM, not above the sentence itself.

The monarch butterfly sanctuaries are temporarily jeopardized.

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The Mexican government does not allow the farmers (to clear the forest areas).

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South-central Mexico provides an ideally located area (for the monarch butterflies).

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(After the breeding season), the butterflies will fly (in remarkably large masses) (to Mexico).

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The sight (of a mass) (of orange and black) (against a blue sky) is absolutely beautiful.

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