Transcript Using Adjectives and Adverbs

Using Adjectives and Adverbs
Correctly
What are adjectives?
• Adjectives modify nouns or pronouns
• These words are all adjectives
 A hot day
 A happy camper
 A silly twit
 A big, smelly mess (both “big” and “smelly”
modify “mess”)
 She is creative (“creative” is a complement that
follows the linking verb “is”)
 A boring course
Draw the umbrella & take notes:
Adjective – a word
that describes a
noun or pronoun.
Adjectives are
modifiers. They
change, or modify,
the meaning of
nouns or pronouns.
Answers These
Questions
Demonstrative
• What kind?
• this
Articles
• Which ones? • that
•a
• How many? • these
• an
• How much? • those
• the
So what are adverbs?
• Adverbs modify verbs, adjectives and other
adverbs
• Many adverbs end with ly
• Many adverbs answer the question “How?”
• These are adverbs
Eating quickly (modifying a verb)
Trying very hard (modifying an adverb)
A really big show (modifying an adjective)
Draw the umbrella
& take notes:
Answers These
Questions
• Where?
Adverb – a word that
modifies a verb, adjective,
or another adverb.
Adverbs are modifiers.
They change, or modify,
the meaning of another
word.
• When?
• In what way?
•To what extent?
 when modifying
adj. and other adv.
Recognizing Adjectives & Adverbs
• Many words have both an adjective and adverb form
Adjective
Adverb
Happy kids
Playing happily
Smooth jazz
Running smoothly
Good night
Eating Well
Efficient workers
Working efficiently
Casual dress
Dressing casually
Quick meeting
Talking quickly
Hopeful children
Waiting hopefully
Real butter
Really hot
Comparatives and Superlatives
• Most adverbs and adjectives also have a
comparative and superlative form
Simple
Comparative
Superlative
Hot
Hotter
Hottest
Good
Better
Best
Exciting
More exciting
Most exciting
Careful
Less careful
Least careful
• Use the comparative form to compare two things
 Sally is the taller of the twins. (not tallest)
• Use the superlative form to compare three or more
 August was the hottest month of the year.
Double Comparatives
• Don’t use “more” or “most” with –er or –est
X Yesterday was more hotter than today.
X That was the most dirtiest story I ever heard.
X You are the bestest teacher.