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Grammar

Grammar. Adjectives and Adverbs: The Basics. Adjective - Definition. An adjective is a word that modifies a noun or a pronoun by limiting its meaning. Adjectives: Function. A word is functioning as an adjective if it tells What kind Which one How many How much

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Grammar

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  1. Grammar Adjectives and Adverbs: The Basics

  2. Adjective - Definition • An adjective is a word that modifies a noun or a pronoun by limiting its meaning.

  3. Adjectives: Function • A word is functioning as an adjective if it tells • What kind • Which one • How many • How much Nouns and pronouns can function as adjectives!

  4. Adjectives: Practice • Apple • What kind? • Which one? • How many? • Water • What kind? • Which one? • How much? • Which one: • Possessive pronouns (my, yours, hers, etc.) • Possessive nouns (Lucy’s, students’, America’s) • Demonstrative adjective (that, those, this, these) • Countable nouns are how many • Uncountable nouns are how much

  5. Adjective or noun? Nouns can function as adjectives: • I want to paint the kitchen red this time.. • I opened the can of red paint and saw that it was the wrong shade • Pronouns can function as adjectives: • That book, this school, these students, those shoes

  6. Adverbs • An adverb is a word that modifies a verb, an adjective, or another adverb by making its meaning more specific. • Adverbs almost always end in “ly” – but not all the time.

  7. Adverbs: Function • A word is functioning as an adverb if it tells • When • Where • How • To what degree Negative words are adverbs!

  8. Adverbs: Examples • Modify verbs: • Neverswim alone. • Modify adjectives: • The movie was veryscary and toolong. • Modify adverbs: • She almost alwayswaited quite patiently.

  9. Adverbs: a short list To what degree? • Very • Quite • Almost • Somewhat • A little • Too • Really When? • Yesterday • Now • Later • Early • Again • Often • Already Where? • here • there • nowhere • anywhere • somewhere

  10. Write each adjective OR adverb.Identify it and the word it modifies. • The wolverine is a large, ferocious animal. • The book looks really interesting, but it is too long for me to read in just one week. • The flowers are amazingly beautiful in Aunt Chelsea’s vase. • Yesterday, Marcus was not paying very close attention, and he fell sound asleep at his desk during math class. • I thought this sweater belonged to Toni, but now I think it’s really your sweater.

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