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Grammarly

Grammarly Blog: Double Comparatives and Superlatives

For Students 9th - 10th
This page focuses on forming comparatives and superlatives and the misuse of double comparisons and superlatives such as "most fastest."
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Alabama Learning Exchange

Alex: What's Going on and Where Am I?

For Teachers 6th - 8th Standards
In this lesson, students write a descriptive essay about an historical event as seen through the eyes of an alien from a different planet and time. The lesson encourages the use of colorful and exciting adjectives, adverbs, and verbs in...
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Get It Write

Get It Write: Comparatives and Superlatives

For Students 9th - 10th
Learn the difference between the comparative and superlative degress of adjectives and how to use them. Take the brief quiz to check your understanding.
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Online Writing Lab at Purdue University

Purdue University Owl: Adjective or Adverb?

For Teachers 9th - 10th
A clear comparison of adverb and adjective function in sentences for the advanced English learner. Two practice exercises can be printed.
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University of Calgary

University of Calgary: Parts of Speech: Distinguishing Adjectives and Adverbs

For Students 9th - 10th
This site helps you distinguish between adjectives and adverbs.
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Other

Grammar: Adjectives and Adverbs [Pdf]

For Students 9th - 10th
This document offers an explanation regarding the formation of adjective comparison and order in a sentence. PDF (requires Adobe Reader).
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Robin L. Simmons

Grammar Bytes: Presentations: Adjectives and Adverbs Power Point

For Students 3rd - 8th Standards
A PowerPoint slide show introducing the types of questions one might see about adjectives and adverbs on a standardized test.
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Online Writing Lab at Purdue University

Purdue University Owl: Adjective or Adverb Exercise #1

For Students 9th - 10th
A list of exercises to help you learn when to use an adjective and when to use an adverb.
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Other

Spanish Comparatives and Superlative Sentences

For Students 9th - 10th
Side by side English to Spanish translations of comparatives and/or superlatives of adjectives, adverbs, nouns, and verbs. Other English expressions that may be confused with Spanish comparatives are also translated. Excellent reference...
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Capital Community College Foundation

Guide to Grammar and Writing: Definitions of Basic Sentence Parts

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This site from Capital Community College Foundation provides all the different parts of speech and their definitions. It also shows word functions and their use.
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University of Ottawa (Canada)

Hyper Grammar: Modifiers

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Explains when and how to use adverbs and adjectives properly. Also includes a short section on conjunctive adverbs and their rules of usage.
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University of Calgary

University of Calgary: Comparatives Superlatives

For Students 9th - 10th
This site, sponsored by the University of Calgary, has a lot of good information on comparative and superlative adverbs and adjectives. Examples are given and a quiz is provided at the bottom of the page.
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Other

English Grammar Online: Form and Comparison of Adverbs

For Students 3rd - 8th Standards
Charts show how adverbs are formed from adjectives, and how to form the comparative and superlative forms for both regular and irregular adverbs. Exercises are available to practice your skills.
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Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Adjective/adverb Confusion Quick Guide

For Students 9th - 10th
This Khan Academy resource is a quick guide/lesson plan about the difference between adjectives and adverbs.
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Study Languages

Study Spanish: Comparisons of Inequality

For Students 9th - 10th
This site is an online lesson on comparisons of inequality, using "mas" and "menos" with adjectives, adverbs, and nouns. A great explanation of when to use "de" and "que" with numbers. The lesson is thorough and easy to understand, with...
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Study Languages

Study Spanish: Comparisons of Equality

For Students 9th - 10th
Excellent lesson on comparisons of equality, using "tan" and "tanto" with adjectives, adverbs, and nouns. The lesson is thorough and easy to understand, with ample examples. A short test at the end of the lesson tests the student's...
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Writing Fix

Writing Fix: Color Personification Poems

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st Standards
In this lesson, Hailstones and Halibut Bones, a book written by Mary O'Neill and Red Sings, and From Treetops: a Year in Colors, a book by Joyce Sidman, are used as mentor texts. Students will brainstorm to collect different adjectives,...
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Sophia Learning

Sophia: Commas and Coordination

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This lesson introduces how to use commas with coordinating clauses and conjunctive adverbs.
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Cengage Learning

Cengage Learning: Adjectives and Adverbs Comparative and Superlative Forms

For Students 3rd - 5th Standards
This is an English style guide article focusing on comparative and superlative forms of adjectives and adverbs. It explains how to form these adjectives and adverbs, how to use them, and provides examples.
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Towson University

Towson University: Self Teaching Unit: Avoiding Misplaced and Dangling Modifiers

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This lesson focuses on misplaced modifiers including adjectives, adverbs, phrases, and clauses and dangling modifiers. It discusses each, provides examples, explains how to correct them, and offers links to exercises and a post-quiz.
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English Zone

English Zone: The Amazing Vocabulary Machine!: Adjectives and Adverbs

For Students 3rd - 8th Standards
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.
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Other

Grammar Quiz: Adjectives and Adverbs

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
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.
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Other

City College, San Francisco: French Online Grammar Quiz

For Students 9th - 10th
Series of interactive online grammar quizzes divided into 12 chapters (intended to accompany text "Allons-y" but text not necessary). Each chapter is divided into various concepts and provides a short, self-correcting test - several in...
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Sophia Learning

Sophia: Modifiers

For Students 9th - 10th
This tutorial focuses on modifiers using three slideshows: modifiers, dangling modifiers, and misplaced modifiers and printed information about adjectives and adverbs. Each slideshow defines the term, gives examples, and provides...

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