Adjectives and Adverbs

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Adjectives and Adverbs

• Ms. Sanacore
• 6th Grade

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What is an adjective?

• An adjective is a word that modifies, or
  describes, a noun or a pronoun.
• Adjectives answer the questions what kind, which
  one, how many, and how much.
• Ex.
• A heavy rainstorm soaked the campsite.
• (Heavy describes rainstorm.)

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Adjectives

• Articles
• The most commonly used adjectives are the
  articles a, an, and the.
• Use a before a word beginning with a consonant
  sound.
• Use an before a word beginning with a vowel
  sound.
• The is an article that points to a particular
  person, place, thing, or idea.

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Adjectives

• Proper Adjectives
• A proper adjective is formed with a proper noun.
• Ex.
• Proper Noun China
• Proper Adjective Chinese

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Adjectives

• Predicate Adjectives
• A predicate adjective is an adjective that
  follows a linking verb and describes the verbs
  subject.
• Ex.
• A volcanic eruption is violent.
• (Violent describes the subject eruption.)

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Adjectives

• Pronouns as Adjectives
• Demonstrative Pronouns This, that, these, and
  those are demonstrative pronouns. They can be
  used as adjectives.
• Ex.
• This canoe is made of wood and leather. (This
  modifies canoe.)

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Adjectives

• Pronouns as Adjectives
• Possessive Pronouns My, our, your, her, his,
  its, and their are possessive pronouns. They are
  used as adjectives.
• Ex.
• My skateboard is newer than your bike.
• (My and your modify skateboard and bike.)

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Adjectives

• Pronouns as Adjectives
• Indefinite Pronouns Indefinite pronouns such as
  all, each, both, few, most, and some can be used
  as adjectives.
• Ex.
• Most people like pizza.
• (Most modifies people.)

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Adjectives

• Nouns as Adjectives
• Like pronouns, nouns can be used as adjectives.
  In the expression mountain climber, for
  example, the word mountain (normally a noun)
  modifies, or describes, climber.

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Adverbs

• What is an adverb?
• An adverb is a word that modifies a verb, an
  adjective, or another adverb.
• Adverbs answer the questions how, when, where, or
  to what extent.

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Adverbs

• Adverbs can appear in different positions in
  sentences after the verb, before the verb, at
  the beginning.
• Ex.
• The tourists boarded the bus eagerly.
• The tourists eagerly boarded the bus.
• Eagerly, the tourists boarded the bus.

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Adverbs

• Adverbs that modify adjectives or other adverbs
  usually come directly before the words they
  modify.
• Ex.
• Marco Polo told really wonderful tales of China.
• People were very eager to hear stories.
• They nearly always hung on every word.

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Adverbs

• Many adverbs are formed by adding the suffix ly
  to adjectives. Sometimes a base words spelling
  changes when ly is added.
• Ex.
• near nearly
• gentle gently
• easy easily