Adjectives and Adverbs.notebook September 08, 2014 Adjectives Look at your picture from home. List as many one word descriptions as you can think of. The person with the most words will win. Sep 311:42 AM Adjectives An adjective is a word that modifies (or changes) a noun or pronoun. Imagine a boat. gravy boat banana boat row boat sail boat Each time, your mental picture changed (or was modified). Sep 311:42 AM 1 Adjectives and Adverbs.notebook September 08, 2014 ` Adjectives An adjective modifies a noun or a pronoun by telling what kind, which one, how much, or how many. How much Which one What kind? or How or ones? many? Korean children busy dentist braided hair seventh grade these countries several days five dollars no marbles any book Sometimes the adjective comes after the word it modifies. Ex. A woman, kind and helpful, gave us directions. Sep 31:58 PM Adjectives Articles are also adjectives. They are known as indefinite adjectives. a, an, and the Examples: A frog croaked. An orange is a good source of vitamin C. Sep 31:58 PM 2 Adjectives and Adverbs.notebook September 08, 2014 Adjectives Nouns or Adjective? Nouns bean Adjectives bean soup spring spring weather gold gold coin football football game Labor Day Labor Day weekend Super Bowl Super Bowl party Milan White House Persian Gulf Milan fashion White House security Sep 31:58 PM Adjectives Demonstrative adjectives: this, that, these, and those can be used as adjectives and pronouns. When they modify a noun or pronoun, they are called adjectives, and when they are used alone, they are pronouns. DEMONSTRATIVE ADJECTIVES This drawing is mine, and that drawing is his. DEMONSTRATIVE This is mine and that is his. PRONOUNS Sep 31:58 PM 3 Adjectives and Adverbs.notebook September 08, 2014 See page 348 in Elements of Language to identify adjectives. Exercise 8 Sep 33:31 PM Adverbs An adverb is a word that modifies... a verb an adjective another adverb Sep 48:52 AM 4 Adjectives and Adverbs.notebook September 08, 2014 Adverbs Adverbs answer the following questions... Where? How often? or How long? When? To what extent? How? or How much? Examples: The sprinter ran swiftly. I read the funny pages early on Sunday morning. Jolene was comforting a very small child. The fire blazed too wildly for anyone to enter. Dad will sometimes quote from Archbishop Desmond Tutu's speech. Put the apples there, and we will eat them later. Sep 48:52 AM Adverbs Many adverbs end in ly. These adverbs are generally formed by adding ly to adjectives. Adjective + ly = Adverb clear + ly = clearly quiet + ly = quietly convincing + ly = convincingly However, some words ending in ly are used as adjectives. Adjectives ending in ly daily friendly lonely early kindly timely Sep 48:52 AM 5 Adjectives and Adverbs.notebook September 08, 2014 Adverbs The adverb "very" is often overused. In your writing, try to use adverbs other than very to modify adjectives. You can also revise sentences so that other words carry more of the descriptive meaning. Example: Chloe is very tall. Chloe is amazingly tall. or Chloe is 5'11" tall and is a guard on the varsity basketball team. Sep 410:02 AM Adverbs Adverbs may appear at various places in a sentence. They can come before, after, or between the words they modify. Examples: We often study together. We study together often. Often, we study together. When an adverb modifies a verb phrase, it frequently comes in the middle of the phrase. Example: We have often studied together. Sep 410:02 AM 6
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