Name: ______________________________
Adverbs and Adjectives at the Circus

Directions: read each sentence and determine whether the adverb or adjective should be used.  

Adjectives: modify or describe nouns and pronouns.  Ex: The green house is pretty.

Adverbs: modify or describe verbs, adjectives, or other adverbs.  Ex: I ran quickly by the very old dog.

1.  The students were very quiet / quietly when they entered the circus tent.

What word is modified? _________________________  What part of speech is that? _______________

2.  The ring at the center of the tent was colorful / colorfully decorated.
 
What word is modified? _________________________  What part of speech is that? _______________

3.  We were all very eager / eagerly to see what the circus had in store for us.

What word is modified? _________________________  What part of speech is that? _______________

4.  A woman in an all silk gown with dragon patterns on it was singing beautiful / beautifully.

What word is modified? _________________________  What part of speech is that? _______________

5.  As the show began, the mood in the auditorium was joyous / joyously.

What word is modified? _________________________  What part of speech is that? _______________

6.  My friend started laughing quite loud / loudly when the clowns came out in their little car.

What word is modified? _________________________  What part of speech is that? _______________

7.  I could barely hear the ringmaster over the crowd because they were so noisy / noisily.

What word is modified? _________________________  What part of speech is that? _______________

8.  The man with the popcorn sloppy / sloppily applied butter and seasoning to his treat.

What word is modified? _________________________  What part of speech is that? _______________

9.  The trapeze artists performed fantastic / fantastically even though there was a safety net.

What word is modified? _________________________  What part of speech is that? _______________

10.  I became very irate / irately when the man with the Abraham Lincoln hat sat in front of me.

What word is modified? _________________________  What part of speech is that? _______________

11.  I jealous / jealously watched as a young girl was chosen to come on stage with the magician. 

What word is modified? _________________________  What part of speech is that? _______________

12.  It was hysterical / hysterically when the clowns came back during the ringmaster’s speech.

What word is modified? _________________________  What part of speech is that? _______________

13.  Perhaps the most astonishing was how all of my money magical / magically disappeared.

What word is modified? _________________________  What part of speech is that? _______________
  
14.  My teacher truculent / truculently inquired about the treatment of the circus animals.

What word is modified? _________________________  What part of speech is that? _______________

15.  The show went by amazing / amazingly quickly and then it was time to leave.

What word is modified? _________________________  What part of speech is that? _______________

Try it yourself.

Directions: write six sentences.  In each sentence you should use both an adverb and an adjective. Underline your adverbs and circle your adjectives.

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