Identifying Adverbs
Read the sentences below and first identify the adverb AND then word it modifies.
Mrs Dowling's Virtual Classroom Quizzes
The closet is cleaner now.
- now-is
- now-cleaner
- closet-now
His presentation was very long.
- very-was
- very-long
- long-very
The gymnast gracefully performed her floor dance.
- gracefully-gymnast
- performed-gracefully
- gracefully-performed
Scott was extremely quiet.
- extremely-Scott
- extremely-was
- extremely-quiet
A performance by that symphony orchestra can never be too long.
- too-long
- too-never
- long-too
Luanne's speech was quite long.
- speech-was
- long-was
- quite-long
The hat with that outfit looked simply ridiculous.
- with-outfit
- simply-ridiculous
- looked-simply
The movie was terribly funny.
- terribly-funny
- was-terribly
- was-funny
Chris and Bruce are definately running for office.
- running for
- are-definately
- definately-are running
The base runner easily stole second.
- easily-stole
- stole-second
- runner-easily