Adverbs and Adjectives

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Adverbs and Adjectives

• Parts of Speech

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Adjectives

• Adjectives describe or modify nouns or pronouns.
• Noun shoes
• His shoes are red.
• There are three shoes.
• The shoes are shiny.

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Adverbs

• Adverbs describe or modify verbs, adjectives, and
  other adverbs.
• He ran quickly.
• He ran very quickly.
• She is really busy.
• She is not worried.

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More About Adverbs

• Adjectives can usually be made into adverbs by
  adding ly to the end.
• Quick gt Quickly
• Beautiful gt Beautifully
• Sneaky gt Sneakily
• Expensive gt Expensively

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Irregular Adverbs

• adjective gt adverb
• good gt well
• fast gt fast
• hard gt hard
• little gt little
• Other Irregular Adverbs very, much, not.

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Practice

1. Write each sentence.
2. Underline the adjectives.
3. Circle the adverbs.

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• The mean teacher angrily called parents.

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• The bitter student did not care.

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• The very sleepy student took a quick nap.

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4

• The old dog could barely wag his tail.

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• Six sacks were secretly stacked with sticks.

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Answers

1. The mean teacher angrily called parents.
2. The bitter student did not care.
3. The very sleepy student took a quick nap.
4. The old dog could barely wag his tail.
5. Six sacks were secretly stacked with sticks.