Transcript Adjectives vs. Adverbs

Adjectives vs. Adverbs
12/1/14
Bell Work
12/1/14
Fix the following sentences by rewriting, underlining
the error, and correcting it.
1. The apple smells sweetly.
2. The toddlers acted terrible when they escaped the
daycare center.
3. I couldn’t hardly believe my eyes when the
Wildcats beat the Knights in the playoff game.
4. Sorry I didn’t come to the party. I’ve been real
exhausted.
HOMEWORK
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• Adjectives vs. Adverbs worksheet
Adjectives
Words that describe nouns and pronouns are
called adjectives.
Adjectives usually come before the noun or
pronoun they modify.
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Adjectives
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Adverbs
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examples as you can.
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Adverbs
Adverbs are words that describe verbs.
You can recognize adverbs easily because many
of them are formed by adding -ly to an
adjective.
Basic Rules
1. Adjectives modify nouns; adverbs modify verbs,
adjectives, and other adverbs.
• You can recognize adverbs easily because many of them
are formed by adding -ly to an adjective:
– Phil is careless. (Adjective modifies Phil.)
– Phil talks carelessly. (Adverb modifies talks.)
– Britney was extremely happy. (The adjective happy modifies
Britney; the adverb extremely modifies happy.)
– Daryl finished his work unusually quickly. (The adverb
quickly modifies finished; the adverb unusually modifies
quickly.)
• It's easy to notice that adverbs can't modify nouns as
you can see from the following obviously incorrect
sentences.
–He is a quietly man.*
–I have a happily dog.*
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On the other hand, it's sometimes easy to make the
mistake of using an adjective to modify a verb as the
incorrect sentences below show.
– He talks careless about your wife.* (should be carelessly)
– He is breathing normal again.* (should be normally)
Bell Work
12/2/14
Write 5 sentences. Underline all adjectives
and BOX all adverbs.
1. Write a sentence with multiple
adjectives
2. Write a sentence with an adverb.
3. Write 3 sentences with adjectives AND
adverbs.
• 2. An adjective always follows a form of the
verb to be when it modifies the noun before
the verb.
– I was nervous.
– She has been sick all week.
– Be careful.
– They tried to be helpful.
3. Likewise, an adjective always follows a sense
verb or a verb of appearance—feel, taste,
smell, sound, look, appear, and seem—when it
modifies the noun before the verb.
– Sharon's cough sounds bad. (not badly)
– Castor oil tastes awful. (not awfully)
– The ocean air smells fresh. (not freshly)
– I feel weak. (not weakly)
– She seems unhappy today. (not unhappily)
– The images on the negative appeared dark. (not
darkly)
• Be careful to notice whether the word
modifies the subject or the verb in the
sentence. The difference is shown in the
following pair of sentences.
– This apple smells sweet. (The adjective sweet
modifies apple.)
– Your dog smells carefully. (The adverb carefully
modifies smells.)
Avoiding Common Errors
Bad or Badly?
When you want to describe how you feel, you
should use an adjective (see rule #3 above), so
you'd say, "I feel bad." Saying you feel badly is like
saying you feel gladly.
Fill in the blanks using either bad or badly:
• The way she treated her mother was downright
______.
• He broke his ankle _______ while playing rugby.
Avoiding Common Errors
Good or Well?
Good is an adjective, so you do not do good or live good, but
you do well and live well. Remember, though, that an adjective
follows sense-verbs and be-verbs, so you also feel good, look
good, smell good, are good, have been good, etc.
Confusion can occur because well can function either as an
adverb or an adjective. When well is used as an adjective, it
means "not sick" or "in good health." For this specific sense of
well, it's OK to say you feel well or are well—for example, after
recovering from an illness. When not used in this healthrelated sense, however, well functions as an adverb; for
example, "I did well on my exam."
Avoiding Common Errors
Double-Negatives
Scarcely and hardly are already negative adverbs. To
add another negative term is redundant.
– They found scarcely any animals on the island. (not
scarcely no)
– Hardly anyone came to the party. (not hardly no one)
Bell Work
12/3/14
Find 4 replacement words for these commonly
used adjectives: (You can visit the thesaurus app or
website on your phone)
-Good:
-Bad:
-Sad:
-Happy:
-Mad:
Homework
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Avoiding Common Errors
Sure or Surely?
Sure is an adjective, and surely is an adverb. Sure is
also used in the idiomatic expression sure to be.
Surely can be used as a sentence-adverb.
– I am sure that you were there.
– He is surely ready to take on this project.
– She is sure to be a great leader.
– Surely, environmental devastation has been one of the
worst catastrophes brought about by industrial
production.
Avoiding Common Errors
Real or Really?
Real is an adjective, and really is an adverb.
– Popular culture proposes imaginary solutions to real
problems.
– She did really well on that test.
– Is she really going out with him?
Avoiding Common Errors
Near or Nearly?
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Near can function as a verb, adverb, adjective, or preposition.
Nearly is used as an adverb to mean "in a close manner" or
"almost but not quite."
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The moment of truth neared. (verb)
The cat crept near. (adverb of place)
I'll be seeing you in the near future. (adjective)
The detective solves the mystery in a scene near the end of the movie.
(preposition)
– First cousins are more nearly related than second cousins. (adverb)
– We are nearly finished with this project. (adverb)
"This used textbook is the tattered in the bookstore,
but it is also the expensive," Urio told his friend Pogrim.
What is the correct way to write this sentence?
A. "This used textbook is the more tattered in the bookstore, but it is
also the least expensive," Urio told his friend Pogrim.
B. "This used textbook is the most tatterest in the bookstore, but it is
also the least expensivest," Urio told his friend Pogrim.
C. "This used textbook is the most tattered in the bookstore, but it is
also the least expensive," Urio told his friend Pogrim.
D."This used textbook is the more tattered in the bookstore, but it is
also the less expensive," Urio told his friend Pogrim.
Nicholas tried to move _______ through his math
homework before playing video games, but he kept
having to look up formulas in his textbook.
Which word best belongs in the blank above?
• A. speed
• B. speediness
• C. speedily
• D. speedy
There is scarcely no icing on this chocolate cake, and
it is far too dry to taste good.
How should this sentence be rewritten to correct
the error in grammar?
A. There is scarcely any icing on this chocolate cake, and it is
far too dry to taste good.
B. There is more scarcely no icing on this chocolate cake,
and it is far too dry to taste good.
C. There is scarcely any icing on this chocolate cake, and it is
far too driest to taste good.
D. There is scarcely no icing on this chocolate cake, and it is
far too drier to taste good.
What change, if any, should be made to rambunctiously
in this sentence?
The rambunctiously crowd cheered as the girls'
basketball team entered the stadium as champions
for the first time.
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A. rambunctious
B. rambunctiousness
C. rambunctiouser
D. no change
While the rest of the students were creating the sets
for the play, Mrs. Vallejo took her leading lady aside to
give her some _______ tips on the character.
Which word best belongs in the blank above?
• A. helping
• B. helper
• C. helpfully
• D. helpful
“You shouldn’t do nothing to the house.”
This was an example of…
A. Double Negative
B. Adverb confused for an adjective
C. Adjective confused for an adverb
Which of the following sentences uses adjectives
correctly?
• A.I heard a loud crash and a squeaky yelp when
Lucy fell down the stairs.
• B. The barking high-pitched was coming from my
neighbor's dog small.
• C. My aunt's baby new happy giggled at my while I
made faces funny.
• D. I liked going to the diner neighborhood because
of the noise constant.
Choose the adverb that best fills in the blank in the
sentence below.
Christina was _______ proud of the fact that she had
lived in Tucson all her life.
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• A. exceeding
• B. exceeds
• C. exceedest
• D.exceedingly
Choose the adverb that best fills in the blank in the
sentence below.
Christina was _______ proud of the fact that she had
lived in Tucson all her life.
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• A. exceeding
• B. exceeds
• C. exceedest
• D.exceedingly
Which word from the sentence below is an
adverb?
Bruce felt that he and Laura could speak openly
since they were meeting behind closed doors
and away from their colleagues.
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A.meeting
B.colleagues
C.closed
D. openly
Bonus on the quiz!
• The bonus question will ask you to define the
adjective jubilant!