Grammarly
Grammarly Blog: Adjectives and Adverbs What's the Difference?
This blog article focuses on adjectives and adverbs including their purpose and the confusion between them. It offers links pertaining to adjective and adverb use and misuse.
ReadWriteThink
Read Write Think: Powerful Writing Description in Creating Monster Trading Cards
Contains plans for two lessons that teach about descriptive writing by asking students to create their own monster trading cards with vivid descriptions. In addition to objectives and standards, this instructional plan contains links to...
Goodwill
Gcf Global: Adjectives and Adverbs
This tutorial explores the difference between adjectives and adverbs so you can use them properly.
Teachnology
Teachnology: Lesson Plan: Describe My Toy!
In this lesson plan 3rd to 5th graders learn to use adjectives and adverbs to write sentences and paragraphs describing students' favorite toys.
Love To Know Media
Your Dictionary: Lessons About Adjectives vs. Adverbs
This site offers six fun lessons to help students learn the correct usage of adjectives and adverbs.
Alabama Learning Exchange
Alex: Using Vivid Adjectives
This upper elementary lesson focuses on the use of vivid adjectives to enhance student writing. Students will explore vivid adjectives in a variety of activities including thesaurus use and story development software.
Alabama Learning Exchange
Alex: Gummy Worm Writing
This activity is designed to introduce descriptive writing. It can be used in grades 3-5. [Requires Adobe Reader.]
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: How to Use Different Word Functions
Remember that each type of word has a special job or function to be used in a sentence. Subjects, verbs, and objects all have different uses. Remember to use them correctly! [0:33]
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: What Verbals Are
Verbals are verbs disguised as nouns, adjectives, and adverbs. Verbals come in three forms: gerunds, infinitives, and participles. Gerunds are verbs that end in "-ing" and function as nouns. Participles end in "-ing," "-ed," "-d," "-t,"...
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Ordering Adjectives From General to Specific
Adjectives modify nouns. In using more than one adjective to describe a noun, we need to make sure they are in the correct order-from general to specific. [0:40]
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Adjective Order
Put adjectives in the right order, using your new favorite memory aid, DOSA-SCOMP.
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Using Adverbs and Adjectives
Identify when to use adverbs and when to use adjectives.
ABCya
Ab Cya: Parts of Speech Quest 3 Adjectives
A terrible dragon has attacked the kingdom of Lingua and only a Adjectives Master will be able to save it. Will it be you? Put your knowledge of adjectives to the test as you venture through Parts of Speech Quest - Adjectives!
City University of New York
Cuny Write Site: Grammar and Style
This section of the WriteSite includes answers to some common grammatical questions, exercises to help you gain the knowledge to answer them yourself, and information about a program that can show you what kind of errors give you the...
Writing Fix
Writing Fix: A Left Brained Writing Prompt: Mini Workshop: To Be Perfectly Honest
Think about a time you lied. You are going to write a description about a time when you were less than truthful. When you are ready to begin writing, get some scratch paper and a pencil, then click the button and follow the directions on...
Other
Grinnell College: The Function of Word Order and Parallel Structure
A fairly simple demonstration of the importance of word order in English sentences, with several examples. Also, a brief explanation of parallel structure, with examples. L.11-12.3 Language Functions/Style
Other
C.a.s.t.l.e. Technology: Student Page: Compare and Contrast
A lesson plan requiring students to work in groups to create a modern version of a popular nursery rhyme and then compare and contrast the original version with the one they have created.
Other
English Exercises: Conjunctive Adverbs
This learning module provides a partial list of common conjunctive adverbs, the sentence pattern with an example, and a five-question practice exercise.
Other
Squarehead Teachers: Adjective Order Worksheet [Pdf]
Use this activity to identify the correct order of adjectives in a series.
Other
Grammar Quiz: Adjectives and Adverbs
Thirteen fill-in-the-blank questions where you are to choose the correct form of the word, either the adjective or the adverb. Answers linked to page at bottom.
English Zone
English Zone: The Amazing Vocabulary Machine!: Adjectives and Adverbs
This vocabulary building resource provides a practice quiz on changing adjectives to adverbs. It offers a 40 word list and instant feedback after each answer.
English Club
English Club: Esl Games: Grammar: Adjectives: Adjective Order Game 1
Ten adjective order games. Drag the noun and adjectives into the correct order. Hints are available if needed and work can be checked when completed.
English Club
English Club: Esl Games: Grammar: Adjectives: Adjective Order Game 2
Ten adjective order games. Drag the noun and adjectives into the correct order. Hints are available if needed and work can be checked when completed.
English Club
English Club: Esl Games: Grammar: Adjectives: Adjective Order Game 3
Ten adjective order games. Drag the noun and adjectives into the correct order. Hints are available if needed and work can be checked when completed.