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Learn how to effectively use adverbs and adjectives to describe and modify nouns and verbs. Practice identifying and applying these parts of speech to improve your writing.
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Adverbs and Adjectives Parts of Speech
Adjectives Adjectivesdescribe or modify nouns. Noun = shoes His shoes are red. There are threeshoes. The shoes are shiny.
Adverbs Adverbs describe or modify verbs, adjectives, and other adverbs. He ranquickly. He ranveryquickly. She is reallybusy. She is notworried.
More About Adverbs Adjectives can usually be made into adverbs by adding “ly” to the end. Quick => Quickly Beautiful => Beautifully Sneaky => Sneakily Expensive => Expensively
Irregular Adverbs adjective => adverb good => well fast => fast hard => hard little => little Other Irregular Adverbs:very, much, not.
Practice • Write each sentence. • Underline the adjectives. • Circle the adverbs.
1 The mean teacher angrily called parents.
2 The bitter student did not care.
3 The very sleepy student took a quick nap.
4 The old dog could barely wag his tail.
5 Six sacks were secretly stacked with sticks.
Answers • The mean teacher angrily called parents. • The bitter student did not care. • The verysleepy student took a quick nap. • The old dog could barely wag his tail. • Six sacks were secretly stacked with sticks.