Transcript Adjective?
Adjectives & Adverbs= organic part of
sentences, pretty much like verbs
Right answer: decorative elements in a
sentence
Adjectives qualify nouns & Adverbs qualify
verbs.
We could write and speak without using
adjectives or adverbs.
Adjectives qualify nouns & state
verbs.
Adjectives ALWAYS come BEFORE nouns.
Right answer: if they describe the
influence they have over nouns, they come
AFTER them.
Can adjectives come after ACTION
verbs?
What order do we find adjectives in
when describing sb/ sth?
The Present Participle (verb + ing) denotes
a feeling & the Past (verb + ed) a
description.
Right answer: It’s the other way round.
What are Compound Adjectives?
What are the combinations of
Compound Adjectives?
What are ‘Predicate’ Adjectives?
Can you name some Predicate Adjectives
(and their attributive equivalents)?
What is an ‘Extreme’ Adjective?
It’s possible to stress even extreme
adjectives.
But we use a set of equally intense (emphatic)
adverbs, like: virtually, practically, absolutely,
completely, totally, etc
What are Group Adjectives?
And what are Double-form Adjectives?
What are the possible Adverb
combinations?
How do we form Adverbs from
adjectives?
Are all words in –ly Adverbs?
When –ly words are adjectives, how do
they form adverbs?
Do all adverbs end in –ly?
What’s wrong with these forms?
What categories do adverbs fall into?
Manner, place/ direction, time,
frequency, degree, quantity,
comment, restrictive, connecting.
What are Double-form Adverbs?
Most of them also have an –ly form but
with a different meaning (e.g. lately).
Name the differences between these
Double-form Adverbs.
How many degrees are there in
Comparison?
How do we compare one- & twosyllable adjectives & adverbs?
Name the spelling rules for some
adj.’s & adv’s.
How do we compare some two- & all
multi- syllable adjectives & adverbs?
Name the irregular comparison forms
of these adjectives & adverbs.
Do you remember how these are
formed?
And these?
How do we add emphasis to the
Comparative Form?
How do we add emphasis to the
Superlative Form?
How do we add emphasis to the
Comparison of Inequality?
Not all adjectives have corresponding
adverbs.
e.g. single, isolated
Some adverbs have no
adjective they come from.
e.g. very, quite
known