Adjectives and Adverbs

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Adjectives and Adverbs

• English Grammar
• Language Network

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Adjectives modify nouns or pronouns.

• Modifies A Noun
• The map says there is a scenic outlook ahead.
• Modifies A Pronoun-
• Lets stop at scenic outlooks! They can be
  spectacular.

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Articles

• A, An, and The are adjectives because they modify
  the nouns they precede.
• An uncle
• A boast
• The reward for patience

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Adjectives qualifies or specifies the meaning
of the noun or pronoun it modifies

• What kind?
• gold watch, enormous earrings, silky dress
• Which one?
• this ring, another wedding, these gifts
• How many?
• several guests, some cake, most bands
• How much?
• enough delays, more vacations

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Nouns as Adjectives

• Sometimes nouns are used as adjectives
• Beach towel
• Palm tree
• Suntan oil

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Proper Adjectives

• Proper Adjectives are formed from proper nouns
  and are always capitalized, just a proper nouns
  are.
• Proper Nouns Proper Adjectives
• America American
• France French
• Jefferson Jeffersonian

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Different Degrees

• Many adjectives have different degrees to
  indicate their degree of comparison.
• Positive Comparative Superlative
• Large Larger Largest
• Good Better Best

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Adverbs modify verbs, an adjective or another
adverb.

• Most adverbs end in ly and answer
• these questions
• How whispered urgently, peeked carefully,
  closed slowly
• Where drove away, headed west, climbed upward
• When Left suddenly, telephoned constantly,
  wrote daily
• To What Extent
• Very happy, exceptionally pleased, so relieved

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Watch Out!!!

• The word NOT is an adverb that tells to
• what extent. (also no, and nt follow this rule)
• Though it often appears between the parts of the
  verb. It is not part of the verb.
• Example could not go
• Verb could go