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Adjectives and Adverbs
Part 1
Adjectives
 Modify nouns
 Modify=change
I
ate a meal.
 Meal
I
in some way
is a noun. What kind of meal did I eat?
ate an enormous meal.
 Enormous
tells us what kind of meal I ate.
The Basics for Adjectives
Adjectives answer the questions:
Which?
 What kind of ?
 How many?
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Find the adjectives. Which question do they
answer?
 The tall girl is riding a new bike.
 Fifteen students passed the midterm exam.
The Basics for Adverbs
Adverbs
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Modify verbs, adjectives, or other adverbs.
Many adverbs end in –ly (but not all)
The most common question they address is why?
Other questions: when, where, why, to what extent
Identify the adverbs and the words they modify:
 She sang beautifully.
 That woman is extremely nice.
 It was a terribly hot afternoon.
Other Rules
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Adjectives most often come before nouns.
Adjectives follow the nouns they modify when the verb
is one of the following:
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Be, feel, taste, smell, sound, look, appear, seem.
Examples:
 The dog is black.
 Brian seems sad.
 The milk smells rotten.
INCORRECT: The dog smells awfully.
Common Errors
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Bad vs. Badly
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With “feel,” use an adjective.
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The dog smells badly. This means the dog is bad at
smelling.
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If you have done something wrong, you can say that
you feel badly.
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Ex: I feel badly about breaking the vase.
Common Errors, cont.
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Good vs. Well
Good is an adjective; well is an adverb (unless it
describes wellbeing)
 Remember, use the adjective with feeling/sensing
verbs, so you would feel good, look good, smell good
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Examples:
 My mother looks good.
 She plays tennis well.
Common Errors, cont.
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Sure vs. Surely
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Sure is an adjective. Surely is an adverb.
Examples:
 He is sure about his answer.
 You surely must be joking.
Common Errors, cont.
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Near vs. Nearly
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Near can be a verb, adjective, adverb, or preposition
Nearly is an adverb meaning “in a close manner” or “almost
but not quite”
Examples:
 I’ll be seeing you in the near future.
 Don’t worry; we’re nearly there.
 My graduation neared.
 Place the couch near the window.