English Language: Elementary School: 1st and 2nd Grade Quiz - Grade 1 Language - Verbs and Adjectives (Shades of Meaning) (Questions)

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This quiz informs students about verb meanings and the differences between closely-related verbs. It also introduces them to adjectives differing in intensity, such as large and gigantic. Yet another feather in the English and literacy cap!

If you are faster than someone, then you are faster than only one person. If you are the fastest, then you are faster than lots of people. By adding ‘er’ and ‘est’ to adjectives (describing words) we are adding more information to our writing.

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What verb best describes what the man is doing?

[ ]	glare
[ ]	scowl
[ ]	peek
[ ]	stare

Find the adjectives in the sentence.
Children often prefer sweet food to savory.

[ ]	Children, often
[ ]	prefer, food
[ ]	often, to
[ ]	sweet, savory

What verb best describes what these people are doing?

[ ]	sprint
[ ]	jog
[ ]	dart
[ ]	rush

What verb best describes what this girl is doing?

[ ]	howl
[ ]	roar
[ ]	yelp
[ ]	yell

What verb best describes what this man is doing?

[ ]	drive
[ ]	carry
[ ]	ride
[ ]	steer

What adjective best describes the pencil in the picture?

[ ]	gigantic
[ ]	full
[ ]	older
[ ]	high

What adjective best describes the wheel on the left?

[ ]	less
[ ]	small
[ ]	close
[ ]	near

What adjective best describes this sun?

[ ]	smart
[ ]	bright
[ ]	happy
[ ]	clear

What adjective best describes this boy?

[ ]	tired
[ ]	sad
[ ]	mad
[ ]	jolly

10.

'They are the ____ in school.' Fill in the missing word.

[ ]	cooler
[ ]	cool
[ ]	coolest
[ ]	cooling

English Language: Elementary School: 1st and 2nd Grade Quiz - Grade 1 Language - Verbs and Adjectives (Shades of Meaning) (Answers)

What verb best describes what the man is doing?

[ ]	glare
[ ]	scowl
[x]	peek
[ ]	stare

He's peeking through the window - I wonder what he can see.

Find the adjectives in the sentence.
Children often prefer sweet food to savory.

[ ]	Children, often
[ ]	prefer, food
[ ]	often, to
[x]	sweet, savory

'Sweet' and 'savory' both describe food in this sentence.

What verb best describes what these people are doing?

[ ]	sprint
[x]	jog
[ ]	dart
[ ]	rush

Darting, rushing and sprinting are all a faster pace than jogging.

What verb best describes what this girl is doing?

[ ]	howl
[ ]	roar
[ ]	yelp
[x]	yell

She looks happy so she can't be yelping.

What verb best describes what this man is doing?

[ ]	drive
[ ]	carry
[x]	ride
[ ]	steer

He drives a car, he carries his shopping and he steers a boat.

What adjective best describes the pencil in the picture?

[x]	gigantic
[ ]	full
[ ]	older
[ ]	high

Other similar words are huge, massive and enormous.

What adjective best describes the wheel on the left?

[ ]	less
[x]	small
[ ]	close
[ ]	near

We could also say it's smaller than the wheel on the right.

What adjective best describes this sun?

[ ]	smart
[x]	bright
[ ]	happy
[ ]	clear

There are lots of words to describe the sun - what others can you think of?

What adjective best describes this boy?

[ ]	tired
[x]	sad
[ ]	mad
[ ]	jolly

He might be tired as well as sad, but his expression is one of sadness.

10.

'They are the ____ in school.' Fill in the missing word.

[ ]	cooler
[ ]	cool
[x]	coolest
[ ]	cooling

We use 'er' when compared to one person and 'est' when compared to a group. Here, we are comparing this group to the whole school, so it's 'est'.