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English language arts quiz for grade 3: Adjectives and adverbs

This quiz helps revise “Adjectives and adverbs” in English language arts for grade 3. It has 25 questions in five categories: Adjective Basics, Adverb Action, Forming Adverbs, Comparing Words, Adjective or Adverb?. Questions get harder as the points go up, from 100 to 500.

  • For ages 8–9
  • 25 questions · 5 categories

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Buzzo quiz: Adjectives and adverbs

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The 100- and 200-point questions are open here. The rest show only their first words, and there are no answers: all of that is in the game itself.

Adjective Basics

  1. 100Picture for the question

    Which part of speech names a person, place, or thing that an adjective describes?

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    In the phrase 'six shiny coins', which question about number does 'six' answer?

  3. 300

    Words like 'sour', 'bitter'…

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  4. 400

    What adjective describes a…

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  5. 500

    What term describes capitalized…

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Adverb Action

  1. 100

    Which part of speech describes an action word and tells how, when, or where it happens?

  2. 200Picture for the question

    An adverb most often describes or gives more information about which action part of speech?

  3. 300

    In the sentence 'The…

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  4. 400

    Which question word does…

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  5. 500

    Which question phrase do…

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Forming Adverbs

  1. 100

    Which two letters are most commonly added to an adjective to turn it into an adverb?

  2. 200

    When adding -ly to an adjective ending in -ful, like 'careful', how many letter L's appear in the adverb?

  3. 300

    When an adjective ends…

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  4. 400

    When an adjective ends…

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  5. 500

    Which four-letter word meaning…

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Comparing Words

  1. 100

    Which two-letter suffix is added to short adjectives like 'tall' to compare two people?

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    Which three-letter suffix is added to short adjectives to show that someone is the most of all?

  3. 300

    For longer adjectives like…

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  4. 400

    Instead of saying 'gooder'…

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  5. 500

    What irregular five-letter word…

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Adjective or Adverb?

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    Which four-letter adverb describes performing an action successfully, serving as the adverb form of 'good'?

  2. 200

    To describe the scent of a blooming rose, should you say it smells 'sweet' or 'sweetly'?

  3. 300

    Which four-letter word meaning…

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  4. 400

    Which five-letter word for…

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  5. 500

    Which four-letter word means…

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