The document contains a 7-lesson study guide for a language arts test on adjectives, adverbs, and other parts of speech. It includes directions for exercises identifying different types of modifiers in sentences and choosing the correct modifier to complete sentences. The test on these lessons will take place on May 9th.

1. May 7/8, 2012 Agenda
->Study Guide Review
Test: Wednesday, May 9th (in regular Language Arts)
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2. Lesson 1: What is an adjective?
Directions: Underline each adjective and draw an arrow to the noun or
pronoun it modifies. Circle the articles.
1. Camping during a cold winter has numerous advantages.
2. Ordinary insects cannot live in the extreme cold.
3. Wild animals can be spotted easily against the white snow.
4. Knowledgeable campers appreciate the natural beauty of the wintry
wilderness.
5. Winter camping provides a great opportunity to have the whole
campsite to yourself.
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3. Lesson 2: Predicate Adjectives
Directions: Label the subject and linking verb in each sentence.
Write the predicate adjective on the line.
6. On August 26, 1883, the island of Krakatoa looked frightful.
_____________________
7. The island’s volcano became active.
_____________________
8. The ground felt shaky.
_____________________
9. Explosions, which happened every ten minutes, sounded loud.
_____________________
10. Because of the thick smoke, the entire area seemed foggy.
_____________________
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4. Lesson 3: Other Words Used as Adjectives
Directions: Underline each noun or pronoun that is used as an
adjective. Draw an arrow to the word it is modifying.
11. Would you crawl on your belly in a dark cave?
12. That activity appeals to many people know as cavers.
13. A cave adventure is nearly irresistible to them.
14. Cavers crawl through limestone passages, climb over rock bridges,
and explore unusual formations.
15. These adventurers wear a helmet lamp, knee pads, warm clothes,
and safety boots.
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5. Lesson 4: What is an Adverb?
Directions: Underline each adverb and draw an arrow to the word it modifies. On the line,
identify the word modified as a verb, adjective, or adverb.
16. Sacajawea played a very valuable role in the Lewis and Clark
expedition.
______________________
17. Initially, they hired a French­Canadian trader to help them understand
the Native Americans they encountered.
______________________
18. Lewis and Clark realized that the trader’s wife was a more suitable
interpreter.
______________________
19. Sacajawea, a Shoshone Indian, was just barely 17 or 18 when she joined
the expedition.
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20. She was obviously quite familiar with Native American culture.
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6. Lesson 5: Making Comparisons
Directions: Choose the word in parentheses that correctly completes each
sentence.
21. Growing only about 13 feet long, a pygmy whale is the (smaller, smallest) of
all whales.
22. A sei whale swims (more rapidly, most rapidly) than a blue whale.
23. The gray whale makes one of the (longest, more longest) migrations of any
mammal, a journey of about 12,000 miles per year.
24. Whales are the (better, best) divers of all.
25. A male humpback sings (more distinctively, most distinctively) than a
female.
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7. Lesson 6: Adjective or Adverb?
Directions: Choose the correct modifier in parentheses, then identify it as an
adjective or adverb.
26. When John James Audubon was a young adult, his business ventures turned
out (bad, badly).
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27. Because he could paint (good, well) and had a great love of nature, he became
and artist and naturalist.
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28. In the early 1800s, he had roamed the countryside and studied birds (real,
really) closely.
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29. Usually, he sketched (real, really) specimens of bird.
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30. His paintings capture birds very (good, well) in their natural settings.
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8. Lesson 7: Avoiding Double Negatives
Directions: Write the word in parentheses that correctly completes each sentence.
31. There hasn’t (ever, never) been a higher temperature recorded in the world
than 136 degrees Fahrenheit.
32. This temperature couldn’t occur (anywhere, nowhere) but in a desert­in this
case, the Sahara, in northern Africa.
33. Much of the Sahara isn’t (nothing, anything) but empty plateaus and plains.
34. Most plants and animals can’t thrive (nowhere, anywhere) but near an oasis.
35. Grasses, shrubs, and trees (can, can’t) scarcely get by in some parts of the
Sahara.
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