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ADJECTIVE/ADVERB TEST STUDY GUIDE
You will need to review the following information:
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Adjective: a word that describes a noun or a pronoun.
Ex- The hot day made us thirsty for cold water. (Hot describes day)
The fluffy dog had long, dark hair. (Fluffy describes dog)
ADJECTIVES answer the following questions of the
NOUNS/PRONOUNS in the sentence:
1) WHAT KIND?
2) WHICH ONE?
3) HOW MANY OR HOW MUCH?
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Proper adjective: adjective made from a proper noun.
Ex- June wedding, Canadian woman, Aztec ruins
Proper Noun:
America
Proper Adjective:
American
Articles as adjectives: a, an, the
Ex- The boy is nice. (The describes which boy.)
Predicate adjectives: an adjective that follows a linking verb.
It describes the subject. Linking verbs include all forms of the verb
TO BE: is, was, am, are, were, etc…and sensory verbs like seem,
feel, hear, appear, sound, smell, feel, and become.
Ex- The air is humid. (Humid describes the kind of air)
The water feels cool and wet.
(Cool & wet describe what kind of water.)
Noun adjectives: a noun acting as an adjective in a sentence.
Ex- The plastic fork is on the picnic table.
(Plastic describes what kind of fork & picnic describes what kind of table)
PRONOUN ADJECTIVES:
o Possessive pronouns used as adjectives:
my, mine, your, yours, our, ours, their, theirs, hers, her, its, his
Ex- She answered my questions about the ancient paintings.
(My describes which questions.)
o Demonstrative pronouns used as adjectives:
this, that, those, these
Ex- Did you taste this chili? (This describes which chili)
I heard that song. (That describes which song)
o Indefinite pronouns used as adjectives:
each, some, many, few, most, all
Ex- Most students did their homefun.
(Most describes how many students)
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Adverb: modifies another verb, adjective or adverb.
Examples: She dresses beautifully. Beautifully is the adverb b/c it
describes how she dresses and ends in –ly.
We will go to the amusement park tomorrow. Tomorrow is
the adverb b/c it describes when we will go to the amusement park.
Ways to identify an adverb:
 Ends in –ly.
 Answers the following: when, how, where and to what
extent.
 Eliminate the nouns, verbs, adjectives, articles and you
should be left with an adverb.
Adjective or Adverb?
 Adjective will be describing another noun or pronoun.
 Adverb will be describing a verb, adjective or another
adverb.
Comparative and Superlative forms of an Adverb
 Comparative- compares only 2 things.
o Ways to recognize comparative form- ends in –er or
has more in front of the adverb.
o If the adverb ends in –ly, add more in front of it.
o Some adverbs change forms completely.
(i.e.- goodbetter)
 Superlative- compares 3 or more things.
o Ways to recognize superlative form- ends in –est or
has most in front of the adverb.
o If the adverb ends in –ly, add most in front of it.
o Some adverbs change forms completely.
(i.e.- goodbest )
Negatives: don’t use 2 negatives words in a sentence!
Examples: You don’t never call me anymore.
We won’t never go there.
 You should usually eliminate the negative word and replace
it with another word.
 Negative words: no, never, not, none, don’t, won’t, etc.
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