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Word Choices at the Taffy Shop

Help Owen at his aunt's taffy shop: decide if each sentence needs an adjective or an adverb, turn adjectives into -ly adverbs and fix shop sentences.

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Aligned toL.2.1.e

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Format: Interactive · Printable
Grade: Grade 2
Subject: ELA
Question types: Fill in the blank, Multiple choice, Circle the answer, Sorting, Short answer

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What students practice

Students decide whether a sentence needs an adjective to describe a noun or an adverb to describe a verb.
Students form adverbs by adding -ly to adjectives such as careful and quiet.
Students choose the adjective or adverb that fits a sentence.

How to use

Read the short shop scene and the reminder at the top together. For the sorting question, have students ask what the missing word would tell about before they decide.

Curriculum

Common Core standard covered

L.2.1.e

Use adjectives and adverbs, and choose between them depending on the word being described.

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Word Choices at the Taffy Shop

Decide when a sentence needs an adjective and when it needs an adverb.

Adjective or adverb?

An adjective tells about a noun (a person, place, or thing). An adverb tells about a verb (an action). Many adverbs end in -ly.

Owen helps at Aunt Rosa's taffy shop on Saturdays. A machine pulls and stretches the warm taffy. Then the workers cut it into small pieces and wrap each one.

Each sentence is missing a describing word. Does the missing word tell about a noun or about a verb? Sort the sentences.

The ____ machine pulled the taffy.Aunt Rosa wrapped each piece ____.Owen stacked the boxes ____.A ____ sign hung over the door.The bell rang ____ when a customer came in.Kids pressed their noses against the ____ window.

Needs an adjective (tells about a noun)	Needs an adverb (tells about a verb)

The adjective sticky tells about a noun in this sentence. Underline the noun that sticky tells about.

Owenwipedthestickycounterwithawetcloth.

The adverb gently tells about a verb in this sentence. Underline the verb that gently tells about.

AuntRosagentlyfoldedthewarmtaffy.

Read the sentence.
The little kids waved happily at the taffy machine.
Which word in the sentence is an adverb?

A. little
B. kids
C. happily
D. waved

Make an adverb

You can make many adverbs by adding -ly to an adjective. For example, quick becomes quickly.

Change each bold adjective into an adverb. Write the adverb to finish the sentence.

1. Owen is a careful worker. He cuts the taffy .
2. Aunt Rosa has a loud laugh. She laughs .
3. The new mixer is quiet. It hums .

Owen wrote this sentence:
The machine pulled the taffy slow.
Which word should Owen write in place of slow?

A. slows
B. slowly
C. slowed
D. slowing

Choose the right word

Ask yourself what the word tells about. Use an adjective for a noun. Use an adverb for a verb.

Which sentence is written correctly?

A. Owen tied a bow neat on each box.
B. Owen tied a neatly bow on each box.
C. Owen neat tied a bow on each box.
D. Owen tied a neat bow on each box.

Aunt Rosa made a sign with shop rules. Write the word in ( ) that fits each rule.

1. Please walk (slow / slowly) near the machine.
2. Use a (clean / cleanly) scoop for each flavor.
3. Try a (free / freely) sample at the counter.
4. Close the door (gentle / gently) when you leave.