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ADJECTIVES
An adjective is a word that describes or modifies (changes) a noun.
Unpack Your Adjectives
Got home from camping last spring.
Saw people, places, and things.
We barely had arrived,
Friends asked us to describe
The people, places, and every last thing.
So we unpacked our adjectives.
I unpacked "frustrating" first.
Reached in and found the word "worst."
Then I picked "soggy" and
Next I picked "foggy" and
Then I was ready to tell them my tale,
'Cause I'd unpacked my adjectives.
Adjectives are often used to help us compare things,
To say how thin, how fat, how short, how tall.
Girls who're tall get taller.
Boys who're small get smaller,
Till one is the tallest and the other's the smallest of all.
We hiked along without care.
Then we ran into a bear!
He was a hairy bear!
He was a scary bear!
We beat a hasty retreat from his lair,
And described him with adjectives!
Adjectives are words you use to really describe things.
And words to carry around.
Days are sunny, or they're rainy.
Boys are dumb or else they're brainy.
Adjectives can show you which way.
Predicate Adjective
Follows a linking verb and modifies the subject of the sentence.
Christina’s World is a haunting painting.
Is – linking verb
haunting- adjective
Christina’s World by Andrew Wyeth
Eighth graders are noisy.
We are happy to be back to work.
Articles p. 426
An article is one of the following words: a, an or the
a and an are called indefinite articles because they refer
to one of
a general group of people, place, things, or ideas.
a unit
a painting
an etching
an hour
The is called a definite article because it identifies specific
people, places,
things, or ideas.
The valuable statue is the only one of its kind.
Proper Adjectives p. 426
A proper adjective is formed from a proper noun. A proper adjective
always begins with a capital letter.
The Italian dinner was delicious.
The French art museum , The Louvre, contains many classics.
The Mona Lisa
Maria orders Chinese food every weekend.
Charles I of England
Comparative Adjectives
Compares two things or people.
I am younger than Mrs. Sev. (tee hee)
Superlative Adjectives
Compare more than two things or people.
Mr. Lewandowski is the youngest of the teachers on this end of the hall.
In most cases if an adjective has two or more syllables, add more or
most before the adjective.
The one next to it is more colorful.
The painting in the next room is the most colorful.
NEVER use more or most with adjectives that already end with –er or-est.
I am more younger than Mrs. Sev. (INCORRECT)
Irregular Comparative and Superlative Forms
Adjective
Comparative
Superlative
good, well
better
best
bad
worse
worst
many, much
more
most
little
less
least
Adjective form
Comparative
Superlative
Only one syllable, ending in E. Examples:
wide, fine, cute
Add -R:
wider, finer, cuter
Add -ST:
widest, finest, cutest
Only one syllable, with one vowel and one
consonant at the end. Examples:
hot, big, fat
Double the consonant,
and add -ER:
hotter, bigger, fatter
Double the consonant,
and add -EST:
hottest, biggest, fattest
Only one syllable, with more than one vowel or
more than one consonant at the end. Examples:
light,neat, fast
Add -ER:
lighter, neater, faster
Add -EST:
lightest, neatest, fastest
Two syllables, ending in Y. Examples:
happy, silly, lonely
Change Y to I, then add
-ER:
happier, sillier, lonelier
Change Y to I, then
add -EST:
happiest, silliest,
loneliest
Two syllables or more, not ending in Y.
Examples:
modern, interesting, beautiful
Use MORE before the
adjective:
more modern, more
interesting, more
beautiful
Use MOST before the
adjective:
most modern, most
interesting, most
beautiful
Demonstrative Adjectives p.430
Point out something and describe nouns by answering the questions
Which one? Or which ones?
Demonstrative Words
Demonstrative Adjectives
Demonstrative Pronouns
This painting is my favorite.
This is my favorite painting.
I like these kinds of paintings.
These are the paintings I like.
That portrait is well known.
That was the first stage.
He draws those sorts of pictures.
Those are from his Cubist phase.
Remember a demonstrative adjective comes before a noun.
A demonstrative pronoun is followed by a being verb. Am, is, are, was,
were, be, being, been.
ADVERBS p. 432
An adverb is a word that modifies, or describes, a verb, an adjective
or another adverb.
An adverb or an intensifier may tell to what extent a quality exists.
An adverb may tell, when where, or how about a verb.
Below the adverb in all sentences modify the verb play.
How? Many pianists play well with a large orchestra.
How do the pianists play? The pianists play well.
When? Pianists sometimes play duets.
When do the pianists play? They play sometimes.
Where? Some pianists play everywhere in the country.
Where do the pianists play? They play everwhere.
Notice not all adverbs end in –ly
afterward
often
there
hard
sometimes
soon
everywhere
long
later
here
fast
straight
Comparative Adverbs p.434
A comparative adverb compares two actions.
The audience listened more attentively last night than tonight.
Superlative Adverbs
A superlative adverb compares more than two actions.
Last Sunday’s audience responded most enthusiastically of all.
Irregular Comparative and Superlative Forms
Adverb
Comparative
Superlative
well
better
best
badly
worse
worst
little
less
least
Long adverbs require the use of more or most or less or least.
i.e. attentively
More attentively The nurse cared more attentively for the baby than
the man.
Most attentively. The nurse cared for the babies most attentively.
Identify the adverb. Tell whether it is comparative or superlative.
1. A turtle moves more slowly than a snake.
2. A sailfish swims most quickly of all.
3. My rabbit hops higher than my dog does.
4. But my dog runs farthest of all without stopping.
5. I can run faster than my dog at times.
6. My dog eats fastest of everyone in my family.
Write the correct form of the adverb.
1. The gazelle runs (gracefully) of all animals.
2. Poets have written (often) about the gazelle than about any other
3. animal I know.
4. Almost any animal drinks water (frequently) than the gazelle does.
5. The gazelle goes (long) without water than the average animal.
6. Another (good,well) builder is the ant.
7. The ant builds (better, best) of all the insects.
Using Adverbs and Adjectives p.436
Distinguishing Adjective from Adverb
Adjective
Adverb
The sound is bad.
The actor sang badly.
The band sounds good.
The band played well. Not good.
The soloist seems well.
Well is used to describe the manner in
which something is done.
The soloist seems well.
Describes how the soloist appears health wise. Good would be used for
Describing one’s appearance.
She looks good in that outfit.
Music is a real art.
A pianist needs sure hands.
Most pianos have eighty-eight keys.
Music is really popular.
Piano music is surely popular.
Piano strings almost never break.
Avoiding double negatives p. 438
The adverb not is a negative word, expressing the idea of “no”.
It often appears as a contraction.
i.e. Do not- Don’t
Is not – isn’t
cannot- can’t
have not- haven’t
Was not- wasn’t
could not- couldn’t
had not- hadn’t
Were not- weren’t
do not- don’t
would not- wouldn’t
Will not- won’t
did not- didn’t
should not- shouldn’t
Be careful not to use double negatives.
This isn’t no good.incorrect This isn’t any good. correct
Didn’t no one get directions? incorrect Didn’t any one get directions.
correct
My brother doesn’t have no money. Incorrect
My brother doesn’t have any money. correct
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She was certainly an effective speaker.
I ran quickly home and told Mother what had happened.
She was extremely upset about the delay.
My mother wrote home often while she was away.
The jaguar sits low in the grass and waits.
My car would not start this morning.
A tornado then hit my home.
The sound boomed above.