Adjectives and Adverbs Adjectives Adjectives describe nouns or pronouns by answering questions such as what kind is it how many are there Which one is it Adjective can be a single word a phrase or a clause ID: 252257
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By Alexis Kitchens
Adjectives and AdverbsSlide2
Adjectives
Adjectives describe nouns or pronouns by answering questions such as:
what kind is it?
,
how many are there?
,
Which one is it?
Adjective can be a single word, a phrase or a clause
Adjectives usually are placed before nouns they describe
Ex:
what kind:
a towel
that is still warm from the dryer
is more comforting than a hot fudge sundae
how many
:
eleven
unconfident students walked into the classroom and took the challenging test.
which one
: the
most unhealthy
item from the fast food place is the bacon burger, which will slime your hands with grease.Slide3
Punctuating adjectives
To describe a noun fully you might need 2 or more adjectives to do so
If you have more than one adjectives it usually requires commas
If the adjectives are
coordinate
you must use commas to list the adjectives
If the adjectives are n
on-coordinate
no commas are necessary
Ex:
coordinate
: the
tall, creamy, delicious
milkshake melted on the counter.
Non-coordinate
:
Jeanne's two fat Siamese
cats hog the electric blanket.
There are also two types of adjectives: comparative and superlative adjectives
both of these are used to compare things Slide4
Comparative adjectives
Comparative adjectives
compare two people, places or things so we can see if they’re the same or different
Can form comparative adjectives two ways. You can add -
er
to the end of the adjective or you can use
more
or
less
before it.
However you cannot use both ways and be grammatical correct. So you cannot say
more taller
or
more smarter
One-syllable words generally have
–
er
at the end
Ex: Sam is
smaller
than Mathew
Two syllable words vary
Ex: Kelly is
lazier
than an old dog. or Marvin is
more handsome
than a movie star .
If a adjective has three or more syllables use more or less
Ex: Heather is
more compassionate
than anyone I knowSlide5
Superlative adjectives
Superlative adjectives
describe three or more people, places or things
C
an form superlative adjectives two different ways. You can add
–
est
to the end of the adjective or you can use
most
or
least.
However you violate another grammatical rule if you say
most brightest
,
most happiest
and
least angriest
one syllable words generally use
–
est
at the ends
Ex: Nigel is the
tallest
in the class
Two syllable words vary
Ex: She is the
most gorgeous
person in the school or these chips are the
crispiest
I have ever had
With adjectives with three or more syllables use
more
or
least
Ex: the
most frustrating
experience of Desiree’s day was the piles of homework she hadSlide6
Adverbs
Adverbs
are used to modify verbs then tell us when, where, how, in what manner, or to what extent an action is performed
Most adverbs end in a
–
ly
particularly those that are used to expressed how an action is performed
there are thousands of adverbs and each can be categorized in many groupings
Adverbs can modify adjectives and other adverbs .adverbs can also modify
adjectives
,other
adverbs,
and
verbs
Ex: The
heavenly
blue light shone in the waterSlide7
Types of Adverbs
There are many grouping of
adverbs such as the following
Adverbs
of time:
press the button
now
, I have
never
been, I tell him
daily
Adverbs of place:
daises grow
everywhere
, I did not put it
there
Adverbs of manner:
he passed the re-sit
easily
,The lion crawled
stealthily
Adverbs of degree
: that is the
farthest
I have ever jumped, He boxed
more cleverlySlide8
Flat adverbs
Flat adverbs
are adjectives that do not change form (add –
ly
) to become adverbs
Ex: early, late, hard, fast, long, high, low, deep, near
To determine whether these words are functioning as adjectives or adverbs one must ask
What the word is describing(noun or verb)
What question the word is answering
Early
as a adjective: the
early
train arrives at 8:45 a.m.(early describes the noun
train
and answers the question “which one?”
Early
as a adverb: the 8:45 a.m. train arrived
early
.(early describes the verb
arrived
and answers the question “when?”Slide9
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