Bad or Badly - A troublesome Pair

Summary
A short lesson in correct use of the words bad or badly.

Objectives
• to introduce the troublesome adverb and adjective pair, bad and badly;

• to show students how to identify an adverb;

• to have students use bad and badly correctly in a sentence.

Suggested Grades
3rd Grade
4th Grade
5th Grade

Excerpt
Adjectives are words used to describe or modify nouns and pronouns.
They answer the questions:

? what kind?
? which one?
? how many?
? how much?

For example:

? The pink bicycle is my favorite.

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