Name: ______

Grammar for the week of 10/22-10/26

Topic: Adjectives & Adverbs (quiz on 10/26)

Monday: Read the following sentences and underline or highlight each adjective. *Remember to include articles (a, an, the). If a sentence contains a demonstrative adjective (this, that, these, those), circle it.

1.) Did you see that show about the National Postal Museum?

2.) It is about the mail compartment on the Titanic.

3.) It shows an old room with sea creatures growing in it.

4.) That huge room contained thousands of letters.

5.) The post office believes some of these letters could actually still be deliverable!

Tuesday: Read the following sentences and underline or highlight each adverb. Then write whether the adverb tells how, when, or where.

1.) Here is a newsstand. ______

2.) I haven’t read the paper today. ______

3.) First, let’s read the headlines. ______

4.) This one sounds extremely urgent. _____

5.) The writer clearly explains the effects of a tidal wave. _____

Wednesday: Oops! Ashley’s big mistake got her kicked out of the school band. But was it really her fault? You decide. Circle all the adjectives and underline all the adverbs in the letter below.

Dear Mom and Dad,

I have a little problem. Mr. Mills suddenly kicked me out of the band. He called me a troublemaker. But it’s all a big mistake! Here’s the whole story:

Remember last Friday when you told me to thoroughly clean my closet? Well, what I didn’t tell you is that while I was cleaning, I lost dear Zippy. I took her out of her cozy tank so she could keep me company. But I must have lost her in my closet. You have repeatedly told me my closet is ridiculously messy. And you’re right. You wouldn’t believe the crazy stuff I found in there! Do you remember that pepperoni pizza we couldn’t find? And Dad, are you missing some fuzzy, purple slippers?Anyway, I never found poor Zippy.

So I went to the recital. We started playing “Oops…I Did it Again.” Suddenly the girl next to me screamed loudly. Zippy was sticking her little, green head out of my saxophone! I swear she was dancing. The rest of the band was not charmed, and they quickly ran off the stage. Mr. Willis closed the front curtain. He angrily told me I was forced from the band!

Your sorry daughter,

Ashley

Thursday: REVIEW FOR QUIZ

Read each passage and follow the directions for each part.

Part One-Highlight the ADVERBS (7) in the following passage.

As he crept slowly into the room, the wind whistled eerily in the trees. His flashlight played nervously on the pieces of furniture until he caught some movement behind the couch. "Who's there?" He asked fearfully. "Surprise!" The group shouted excitedly as they burst from their hiding places. He grinned sheepishly and collapsed immediately into a chair.

Part Two-Highlight the ADJECTIVES (12) in the following passage.

Molly crept out the door onto the front porch in the early morning. Their old farmhouse sat comfortably on an acre of grass and gardens, surrounded by colossaltrees. Sounds of distant traffic filtered through trees. Molly sat on the steps and took a deep breath. Two robins pecked in the grass looking for slimy worms. Mom's bed of yellow flowers glowed in the morning light. All of a sudden, three deer poked through the misty fog. Molly loved their spotted fur. She was glad that she got up on this beautiful morning!

Part Three

  1. Both passages are written using one verb tense. Circle it.

Past Present Future

  1. Write a common noun on the line from PART ONE ______
  2. Write a proper noun on the line from PART TWO______
  3. Write two verbs from PART ONE on the line ______&______