Adjectives and Adverbs

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Adjectives and Adverbs

• Adjectives - Describe the NOUN
• Adverbs - Describe the VERB

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The dog barked.
Describe the dog ADJECTIVE
Describe how he barked ADVERB
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The fierce dog barked loudly.
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Adjectives

• What kind? rare coin lucky clover
• Which one? first try that dog
• How many? seven days few people
• How much? adequate time no money

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Adjectives Articles

• Articles a, an, the
• Rules for articles a and an
• A book
• A horn (h sound)
• A one day sale (w sound)
• A unicycle (y sound)
• An incident
• An honorable decision (no h sound)
• An open door (o sound)
• An umbrella (u sound)

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Adjectives
Nouns Nouns used as Adjectives Snack snack
food (what kind?) Ring ring finger (which
finger?)
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Proper and Compound Adjectives

• Boston newspaper
• India ink
• Long-distance operator
• Saber-toothed tiger
• Bedtime stories
• Household goods

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Adverbs modify verbs.

• Where? turned right
• When? arrived yesterday
• In what manner? How?) easily won
• To what extent? had barely touched

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Adverbs can modify adjectives

• They were too eager to turn in the work.
• We were slightly nervous about the outcome.
• The fans were nearly ready to storm the field.

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Adverbs can modify other adverbs

• We worked very carefully.
• She visits almost daily with her grandmother.
• Dont follow too closely.

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Adverb or Adjective?

• The train arrived late.
• I took the late train.
• Cheetahs run fast.
• Cheetahs are fast.

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The girl kicked the can.
Describe how she kicked ADVERB
Describe the girl ADJECTIVE
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The young girl angrily kicked the can.
Describe the can too ADJECTIVE
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The young girl angrily kicked the rusty can.
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Now its your turn...
Sally walked to the house.
VERB
NOUN
Identify the verbs and nouns
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Now its your turn...
Sally walked to the house.
VERB
NOUN
Identify the verbs and nouns
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Sally carefully walked to the creepy house.
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NOUNS and ADJECTIVES in red.
VERBS and ADVERBS in blue.