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Topic/Objective: Grammar
Essential Question: What is are adjectives and adverbs?
What is an adjective?
What is an adverb?
Describes/modifies a noun or pronoun EX: Great books are in the library.
Tells about looks (ugly), behavior (nice), number (23), set apart phrase (with
the red pants), ownership (my)
Articles
A
Not specific, used with words beginning with a consonant sound
An
Not specific, used with words beginning with a vowel sound
The
Is specific
Demonstrative Adjectives
This
These
That
Those
Which one about a specific person, place, or thing
Comparative adjectives – compares two nouns, uses “er” or “more” or
“less”
Ex: He is taller than Fred. She is more beautiful than a cow.
Superlative adjectives – compares more than two nouns, uses “est” or
“most” or least
Ex: I am the fastest runner. I am the most remarkable person.
Irregular comparative and superlative adjectives
Positive
Comparative
Superlative
Much
More
Most
Good
Better
Best
Bad
Worse
Worst
Proper adjectives – formed from a proper noun, capitalized
Suffix
Noun
Adjective`
N, an, ian
Africa, Egypt
African, Egyptian
Ish
Ireland
Irish
Ese
Japan
Japanese
Predicate adjective – used with a linking verb, describes the subject of the
sentence
Ex: Language Arts is awesome!
(subject)
(l.v.) (pred. adj.)
Modifies a verb, adverb, or adjective, Tells: how, when, where, to what extent
Most adverbs end in –ly
Common adverbs not ending in -ly
Somewhat Then
Always
Rather
Quite
Well
Yesterday Already
Seldom
Almost
Very
Also
Everywhere First
Nearby
Just
Now
Later
Tomorrow Often
Away
Late
Today
Here
Still
There
Soon
Adverb placement - adverbs modifying an adjective or another adverb come
just before the word they modify Ex: The day was very exciting.
(adverb) (adj.)
Adverbs modifying verbs come almost anywhere in the sentence
Ex: Swiftly they climbed the slope. They swiftly climbed the slope.
They climbed the slope swiftly.
Positive adverbs – no comparison
Ex: Mike ran fast. Mike ran quickly.
Comparative adverbs – compares two Ex: Mike ran faster than Joe.
Mike ran more quickly than Joe.
Superlative adverbs – compares more than two Ex: Mike ran the fastest.
Mike ran the most quickly.
Irregular comparative and superlative adverbs
Positive
Comparative
Superlative
Well
Better
Best
Badly
Worse
Worst
Little
Less
Least
Much
More
Most
Far
Farther/further
Farthest/furthest
Some regular superlative and superlative forms of adverbs
Positive
Comparative
Superlative
Lightly
More lightly
Most lightly
Near
Nearer
Nearest
Hard
Harder
Hardest
Shyly
More shyly
Most shyly
Often
More often
Most often
Negatives: two negative words should not be used together
Ex: Mexico wasn’t independent until 1921. No one could stop the fight for
independence
Common negative words
No
Not
Never
Nowhere
Nobody
Nothing
None
No one
n’t
Adjective or Adverb?
Adverb modifies: verb, adjective, adverb
Adjective modifies: noun or pronoun
Bad – adjective Ex: The nurse felt bad.
Badly – adverb Ex: The work went badly.
Good – adjective Ex: Clara Barton was a good nurse.
Well – adjective Ex: She helped soldiers who did not feel well.
Well – adverb
Ex: She did her job well.
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