Question

adjective or adverb?
directions: identify the part of speech of each bolded word.

1. the impatient boy stomped his foot.

adjective adverb

1. mother put the herbed potatoes into the oven.

adjective adverb

1. the rambunctious kids ran outside.

adjective adverb

1. the rain fell softly on the roof.

adjective adverb

1. tina announced grandly that she had won a prize.

adjective adverb

1. the cats tail twitched irritably.

adjective adverb

1. tim works hard at his studies.

adjective adverb

1. that was a really hard test we just took.

adjective adverb

Explanation:

1. "impatient" describes the noun "boy", so it is an adjective.
2. "herbed" describes the noun "potatoes", so it is an adjective.
3. "rambunctious" describes the noun "kids", so it is an adjective.
4. "softly" modifies the verb "fell", so it is an adverb.
5. "grandly" modifies the verb "announced", so it is an adverb.
6. "irritably" modifies the verb "twitched", so it is an adverb.
7. "hard" modifies the verb "works", so it is an adverb.
8. "hard" describes the noun "test", so it is an adjective.

Answer:

1. adjective
2. adjective
3. adjective
4. adverb
5. adverb
6. adverb
7. adverb
8. adjective