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You must read each slide, and complete any questions on the slide, in sequence.
Exercise B1-18
Parts of speech: adjectives and adverbs
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In the box below each sentence, list the adjectives and adverbs in the sentence. If a word is a noun or pronoun functioning as an adjective, list it and mark it as a noun/adjective or pronoun/adjective. Also treat the articles a, an, and the as adjectives.
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Generalizations lead to weak, unfocused essays.
Adjective(s) and adverb(s):
Adjective(s) and adverb(s):
Answer: Adjectives: weak, unfocused
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The Spanish language is wonderfully flexible.
Adjective(s) and adverb(s):
Adjective(s) and adverb(s):
Answer: Adjectives: The (article), Spanish, flexible; adverb: wonderfully
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The wildflowers smelled especially fragrant after the steady rain.
Adjective(s) and adverb(s):
Adjective(s) and adverb(s):
Answer: Adjectives: The (article), fragrant, the (article), steady; adverb: especially
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I’d rather be slightly hot than bitterly cold.
Adjective(s) and adverb(s):
Adjective(s) and adverb(s):
Answer: Adjectives: hot, cold; adverbs: rather, slightly, bitterly
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The cat slept soundly in its wicker basket.
Adjective(s) and adverb(s):
Adjective(s) and adverb(s):
Answer: Adjectives: The (article), its (pronoun/adjective), wicker (noun/adjective); adverb: soundly