Adjective or Adverb After Linking Verbs

Use the linking verb sheet first, then the phrase sheet. Hand out the adjective bank during revising.

Circle the right word in pairs like good and well or bad and badly, and label it adj or adv. After a linking verb such as feel, look or sound, use an adjective (good, bad) to describe the subject, and after an action verb use an adverb (well, badly) to describe the action. The directions on the page read: Circle the correct word in parentheses. Then write adj on the line if it is an adjective or adv if it is an adverb. An answer key is included.

Yes, both. We made it for 7th grade parts of speech, and it works the same at home or at school. At home, a student can work through it alone and then go over it with you, which shows quickly what is solid and what needs another look. In class it works as independent practice, homework or a warm-up, and you can print one copy or a full set.

Use good, an adjective, after a linking verb such as smell or sound. Use well, an adverb, after an action verb such as performed. Adjective or Adverb After Linking Verbs gives sentences to practice.

An adjective phrase modifies a noun or pronoun and tells which one or what kind. An adverb phrase modifies a verb, an adjective or an adverb and tells how, when, where or why. Adjective or Adverb Prepositional Phrases asks students to label each.

Vivid Adjective Bank by Tone groups adjectives such as joyful, tense, gloomy and calm. Students circle a plain adjective in a draft and replace it with one from the group that matches the tone.