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10 Adjectives&Adverbs
10 Adjectives&Adverbs
ADVERBS
Basic Grammar Review – 1
O Modifiers
O Adjectives
O Adverbs
O A common way of expanding the basic
sentence is with modifiers---words that add to
the meaning of other words.
O Simplest modifiers are adjectives and
adverbs.
Examples:
O She thinks slowly.
She thinks how? slowly.
O She is a slow thinker.
Slow does not answer how, so no -ly is attached. Slow
is an adjective here.
O She thinks fast.
Fast answers the question how, so it is an adverb.
But fast never has an -ly attached to it.
O We performed badly.
Badly describes how we performed.
O Rule 2
Example:
O I do not feel well. You do not look well today.
Note: You may use good with feel when you are not
referring to health.
Example:
O I feel good about my decision to learn Spanish.
Rule 4
For example:
O "The tall boy is learning a new program.“
O Tall tells us which boy we're talking
about. New tells us what kind of program
we're talking about.
O "The tough professor gave us the final
exam."
Which?
What kind of?
How many?
Identify the Adjectives
1. A roving reporter phoned in her story.
2. It concerned a growing controversy.
3. The demanding editor wanted the details.
4. The reporter interviewed a politician accused of
graft.
5. She asked provoking questions.
6. The alleged criminal did not evade the questions.
7. He had been offered a tempting bribe.
8. Refusing, he called the FBI.
9. They had been investigating the suspected
politician.
10. He claimed to be an honest man.
Division
Three classes of adjectives:
1. Adjectives of Quality
2. Adjectives of Quantity
3. Adjectives of Number
1. Adjectives of Quality
O Show the ‘kind or quality’ of a person
or thing; as,
O Kolkata is a large city.
O He is an honest man.
O The foolish old crow tried to sing.
O This is the Grammar of the English
language.
2. Adjectives of Quantity
O Show ‘how much’ of a thing is
meant; as,
O I ate some rice.
O He showed much patience.
O He has little intelligence.
O He has lost all his wealth.
O He did not eat any food.
O The whole sum was expected.
O There has not been sufficient rain this
year.
3. Adjectives of Number
O Show how much/many persons or things
are meant, or in what order a person or
thing stands; as,