ADJECTIVES AND ADVERBS

ADJECTIVES AND ADVERBS

I. Identify the underlined phrase or clause. Write:
ADJP – ADJECTIVAL PHRASE
ADJC – ADJECTIVAL CLAUSE
ADP – ADVERBIAL PHRASE
ADC – ADVERBIAL CLAUSE

1. The child who is making the most noise is my daughter.
2. We need a place where we can meet.
3. I saw the movie on Friday.
4. Anyone who is not holding a valid ticket will be refused admission to the party.
5. Although Gerry has a Master's degree, he works as a store clerk.
6. If you save your money, you will be able to go to college.
7. I saw the movie before I left for Paris
8. Wherever there are computers, there is Microsoft software.
9. The book which I was reading was on the table.
10. I didn't call her because I'm shy.
11. It was a new tie that Henry gave George for his birthday last year.
12. After the fruit is harvested, it is sold at the market.
13. You should make Dr. Flynn's lecture on Irish politics an important part of your day.
14. Mrs. Edwards is the teacher whom everyone respects.
15. The politician's speech about the environment surprised everyone.
16. She took a computer course so that she could get a better job.
17. When Paul was called on to recite, he forgot the assigned poem.
18. After I had waited for half an hour, I left Paul a note and went home.
19. After the accident, the car was replaced.
20. The car was replaced after the accident.
21. I listened to Mozart on the radio.


II. Underline all the adjective clauses. Ring the word being described.

Robert Stone never knew his father, who skipped out of his life when he was a baby, leaving him to cope with a schizophrenic mother and a series of Catholic schools and orphanages where, he says, he "learned to spell, learned grammar, learned Latin -- the only foreign language in which I ever had a literary experience -- and got hit a lot."
And though Stone, at 61, refuses to feel sorry for his abandoned young self ("I had a fine childhood," he says firmly, deflecting sympathy), the story of his genesis is echoed in all of the big, brilliant novels he has written since, especially in his fascination with the absconding God of Jewish mysticism, the God who abandons his creation, leaving behind both tantalizing bits of himself and all of us, long for what those divine fragments suggest we have lost.
III. Combine each pair of sentences. Write your new sentences.
1. The boy is waiting over there. He is in a hurry.
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2. That man told me something. The man is at the train station.
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3. My best friend lives here. She came from London.
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4. The girl is Patti. She has a red hair.
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5. The boy is smoking. He is behind the shed.
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IV. Fill in the blanks with the most appropriate adjectival phrase.
1. The house _________________________________________ is ours.
2. The girl _____________________________________________ is my classmate.
3. I never thought that the woman ___________________________________________ is my teacher.
4. Please try the pairs of shoes ___________________________________________________.
5. I saw the child playing with the toy ____________________________________________.
6. According to the clock _____________________________________________, it’s already 10:00.
7. The people ________________________________________ look familiar.
8. I am a person ____________________________________________________.
V. Fill in the blanks with the correct adverbs. Choose from the list below.
alone amazing everywhere heavy incredibly rare safely sharp silently strong well
The cougar is a/an ___________________________________________. Its back legs are longer than its front legs so it can jump _________________________________________; some cougars can jump up to six meters. It is extremely ____________________________________, too, and can drag its prey (which may be as _____________________________________ as the cougar itself) for long distances, until it finds a place where it can eat its food ___________________________________. Its claws are very ______________________________, but they can be pulled back into its toes, so the cougar can run _________________________________. Cougars live _____________________________; they only meet with other cougars in order to breed. Cougars can swim ________________________________, and climb trees. They used to live ____________________________ in North and South America, from Chile to the Yukon, but now they are quite ______________________________.

VI. Complete the idea of each sentence by filling up the blank with the most appropriate adverb that answers the question in the parenthesis.
1. The seamstress ___________________________________ made the costume of the contestant. (How?)
2. We ____________________________________ went camping when we were children. (How often?)
3. She still lives ___________________________ until now. (Where?)
4. The midwives waited ______________________________ through a long labour. (How?)
5. It’s starting to get dark ______________________________ (When?)
6. She takes the boat to the mainland _____________________________________> (How often?)
7. The student left _______________________________. (When?)
8. Ernie Baron was a ____________________________ intelligent man he was called by many as “the walking encyclopedia.” (To what extent?)
VII. Write YES if the series of adjectives and adverbs is correctly arranged. If it is not, write the correct order on the space.
1. the round glass table
2. a big brick modern house
3. swims enthusiastically in the pool every morning before dawn to keep in shape
4. the long flexible steel poles
5. an ancient tall , oak-tree
6. walks impatiently every afternoon into town before supper to get a newspapaer
7. the first three days
8. a lovely long leather black coat
9. naps every morning in her room before lunch
10. a rustic old stone holiday cottage


VIII.

The boy in a hurry is waiting over there.
The boy at the station told me.
The boy from London lives here.
The boy with red hair is called Ginger.
The boy behind the shed is smoking.



after, before, until, while, because, since, as, so that, in order that, if, unless, whether, though, although, even though, where