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Adjectives and Adverbs

This guide explores the essential roles of adjectives and adverbs in English grammar. Adjectives describe and modify nouns and pronouns, adding clarity and detail to sentences, while adverbs modify verbs, answering questions about how, when, where, and why an action occurs. Learn about different types of adjectives, such as personal, possessive, and numeric, along with the various kinds of adverbs, including manner, place, frequency, time, and purpose. Mastering these elements will significantly improve your writing clarity and effectiveness.

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Adjectives and Adverbs

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  1. Adjectives and Adverbs Madison Hanes

  2. Adjectives • Adjectives are words that describe, modify a person, place or thing. Adjectives usually come before the noun. For example: The orange cat ran across the yard. Adjectives can also describe pronouns. For example: The green one. Adjectives make sentences more detailed and clear.

  3. Types of Adjectives • Personal adjectives include Ms. Jones and Mr. Smith. They are adjectives when they are connected with a name. • Possessive adjectives include: My, her, his • Articles include: A, an, the • Numbers: Examples are, 7 dwarves, 4whales.

  4. Positive, Comparative, Superlative

  5. Do we Capitalize adjectives? • Yes, sometimes. You only capitalize it when the adjectives owes its origin to a proper noun. • For example: Christmas music, Spring festival, Fall musical.

  6. Adverbs • Adverbs modify and tell when, where and why. They describe verbs. Adverbs are pretty movable throughout your sentence. They can be hard to find in some cases. A lot of verbs end in ly, which usually expresses how an action is done.

  7. Types of Adverbs • Adverbs of Manner: The girl talked softly and moved quietly. • Adverbs of Place: She lived on the boat for a whole week! • Adverbs of frequency: The kid lays on the couch every day. • Adverbs of Time: The daughter was home late. • Adverbs of Purpose: The brother exercises everyday to loose weight.

  8. Example of Adverbs • The kid ran really fast. • Stacy finished her test quickly. • The speech was about an hour long. (even when you take the adverb or adjectives out of a sentence, the sentence is still complete.)

  9. Bibliography • Col, Jeananda. "About EnchantedLearning.com." About EnchantedLearning.com. Mirchell Spector, 1995. Web. 11 Sept. 2013. • "Adjectives." Adjectives. Capital Community College Foundation, n.d. Web. 11 Sept. 2013. • "Punctuation." Free English Grammar Lessons and Tests. N.p., n.d. Web. 11 Sept. 2013. • Benner, Margaret L. "Towson University’s Online Writing Support." Towson University’s Online Writing Support. Townson University, 2003. Web. 11 Sept. 2013.

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