Title: Adjectives and Adverbs
1Adjectives and Adverbs
- Adjectives describe nouns.
- Adverbs modify verbs and adjectives.
2How do adjectives function?
- Adjectives describe nouns or pronouns.
- My neighbor Kabir is a successful salesman.
- The adjective successful tells what kind of
salesman Kabir is. - His work schedule is complicated.
- Complicated describes his work schedule.
Why is the woman asking about the mans success?
3How do adjectives compare?
- Adjectives can compare
- Short adjectives add -er to compare 2 things
- Add -est to compare 3 or more things
- His company is bigger than the firm in Haddon
Hills. - The biggest agency in the area is not the best.
Do people usually compare their bank balances?
4When do we use more or most?
- Adjectives with two or more syllables use more
when comparing 2 things - Use most when comparing three or more things
- Mr. Martin is more educated than his accountant.
- Still, his wife Adri is the most educated person
in the group.
Do whites tell more lies?
5Should we use more and -er?
1. Be careful that you do not use both -er ending
AND more or both -est ending AND most.
- INCORRECT
- The detective is the most smartest person who
works with the agency.
- CORRECT
- The detective is the smartest person who works
with the agency.
6Should we use more and -er?
2. Do not confuse the few irregular adjectives.
Comparative (two)
Superlative (three or more)
Bad Good, well Little Much
Worse Better Less More
Worst Best Least most
7How do adverbs function?
- Adverbs describe verbs, adjectives, and other
adverbs. - Adverbs often end -ly.
- The investigator acts quickly when he is hired.
- The very priceless statue is gone.
- The adverb describes the adjective priceless.
Are the kids really slow? Or should cars go
slowly?
8Can adjectives replace adverbs?
1. No a common mistake is to use an adjective
instead of an adverb with a verb.
- INCORRECT
- The behavior of the wrongfully accused boy
changed real sudden when the boy found out that
an investigator would help prove him innocent.
- CORRECT
- The behavior of the wrongfully accused boy
changed suddenly when the boy found out that an
investigator would help prove him innocent.
92. Do not confuse good and well. The word
good is an adjective it describes nouns. The
word well is an adverb.
- Detective Price did a good job on the reports. (
Good describes the noun job.) - She phrased the questions well. (Well is an
adverb describing the verb phrased.)
10Can nouns work as adjectives?
- WRONG
- The technology advancements make it easier to
investigate fraud. - RIGHT
- The technological advancements make it easier to
investigate fraud.
Do computers always Make life easier?
11Can you correct the mistakes?
- Although Sean does not speak Spanish too good, he
went to a rural part of Mexico. - How quick his poor Spanish improved in those
weeks. - The toucans there were the more interesting
birds. - The most biggest spiders scared him.
Shouldnt traveling make life more interesting?