PDF-Adverb or Adjective

1 Adverbs and adjectives both describe but theyx2019re used differently Examine the chart and examples below to see how each is used Adverbs Modify Adjectives Modify Verbs nouns Adjectives pro. A picture is worth a . thousand words!. oppress. To keep someone down by means of authority (verb). Oppression (noun) oppressive (adjective). Slavery was perhaps the most . oppressive . act in American history as thousands of Africans were forced into service.. What’s the Difference?. Adjectives. Adjectives modify nouns. To modify means to change in some way. For example:. "I ate a meal." . Meal. is a noun. We don't know what kind of meal; all we know is that someone ate a meal. . Prepositions. (it is one of the parts of speech). A . preposition. is a word that shows the relationship of a noun or pronoun to another word. Prepositions. Ex: Your math book is . underneath. your coat, Allen. . September . 25. GUM 3.3. Literature 3.2. Literary Analysis and Composition 2014-2015. GUM . 3.3. What . are. . our lesson . objectives?. Distinguish among adjective, adverb, and appositive phrases in sentences.. A prepositional phrase has at least two parts , a preposition and a noun or pronoun that is the object of preposition.. Prepositional phrases can be used to tell about time, location, or to provide details. . What is an adjective?. ADJECTIVE. . A word that . describes. or modifies a noun or pronoun.. EXAMPLES: . Small. Blue. Fast. INDEFINITE ARTICLES. A, An . Refers to someone or something in a . general. Comparative Adverb. Superlative Adjective. Superlative Adverb. Four Corners Game. Students move to a corner as you play the music. Once in corners reveal the sentence. Students determine which one is being used in the sentence. The students in that corner are out and participate at their seats. For the last question the winners are the ones in the correct corner.. What is a phrase?. A group of words, which makes sense, but not complete sense, is called a Phrase. It is a group of related words without a subject and a finite verb. . A finite verb must have a tense and agree with its subject in number and person.. What are adjectives?. Adjectives modify nouns or pronouns. These words are . all. adjectives. A . hot. day. A . happy. camper. A . silly. . boy . A . big. , . brown. bear . (both “big” and . Quaver verb . to shake. “. Hallenbeck. just sort of nodded and chortled, absorbing the insults, his soft belly . quavering. under his shirt.” . Distaste noun . A strong feeling of dislike . An . adjective . is a word that . modifies, . or . describes, . a noun or a pronoun.. The . noisy . crowd cheered for Darla.. Adjective. describes. Adjectives answer the questions . what kind, which one, how many, . Chapters 1-2. 1. . Abiding. : (adjective) Obeying or enduring, or long lasting . Example:. By raising my hand, I was . abiding. by the rule, “ Don’t talk out in class.” . 2. . Digest . : (Verb) to think over or absorb (like information) . ADVERB PHRASES ( “Adverb phrases” do English Grammar Today © Cambridge University Press) Adverb phrases: forms An adverb phrase consists of one or more words. The adverb is the head of the phrase and can either appear alone or be modified by other words. Definition: An adjective is used to describe a noun or a pronoun Ruth Heller Many Luscious Lollipops TWELVE LARGE, BLUE, GORGEOUS butterflies. An ADJECTIVE’s terrific when you want to be specific.