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Adverbs before adjectives

Adverbs before adjectives. adjectives. An  adjective  modifies a noun or a pronoun by describing, identifying, or quantifying words. An adjective usually precedes the noun or the pronoun which it modifies . In the following examples, the  highlighted  words are adjectives:

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Adverbs before adjectives

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  1. Adverbs before adjectives

  2. adjectives • An adjective modifies a noun or a pronoun by describing, identifying, or quantifying words. An adjective usually precedes the noun or the pronoun which it modifies. • In the following examples, the highlighted words are adjectives: • The truck-shaped balloon floated over the treetops. • Mrs. Morrison papered her kitchen walls with hideous wall paper. • Thesmall boat foundered on the wine dark sea. • Thecoal mines are dark and dank. • Many stores have already begun to play irritatingChristmas music. • Abatteredmusic box sat on the mahogany sideboard. • The back room was filled with large, yellow rain boots.

  3. adverbs • An adverb can modify a verb, an adjective, another adverb, a phrase, or a clause. An adverb indicates manner, time, place, cause, or degree and answers questions such as "how," "when," "where," "how much". • In the following examples, each of the highlighted words is an adverb: • The seamstress quickly made the mourning clothes. In this sentence, the adverb "quickly" modifies the verb "made" and indicates in what manner (or how fast) the clothing was constructed. • The midwives waited patiently through a long labour. Similarly in this sentence, the adverb "patiently" modifies the verb "waited" and describes the manner in which the midwives waited. • The boldly spoken words would return to haunt the rebel. In this sentence the adverb "boldly" modifies the adjective "spoken." • We urged him to dial the number more expeditiously. Here the adverb "more" modifies the adverb "expeditiously." • Unfortunately, the bank closed at three today.

  4. Listen: it´s a fairly big city

  5. Practice

  6. Match each adjective in column a with it´s opposite word on column b

  7. Match each adjective in column a with it´s opposite word on column b

  8. Match each adjective in column a with it´s opposite word on column b

  9. Match each adjective in column a with it´s opposite word on column b

  10. Match each adjective in column a with it´s opposite word on column b

  11. Match each adjective in column a with it´s opposite word on column b

  12. Match each adjective in column a with it´s opposite word on column b

  13. Match each adjective in column a with it´s opposite word on column b

  14. Match each adjective in column a with it´s opposite word on column b

  15. Bibliography • http://www.ego4u.com/en/cram-up/grammar/adjectives-adverbs/adjectives • http://www2.cambridge.org/interchangearcade/launch.do?activityID=354&level=1&unit=11&type=Cup_drag_and_drop&stage=2 • http://www.writingcentre.uottawa.ca/hypergrammar/adjectve.html • http://www2.cambridge.org/interchangearcade/launch.do?activityID=499&level=1&unit=11&type=Cup_sentence_ordering&stage=2 • http://www.uottawa.ca/academic/arts/writcent/hypergrammar/adverbs.html#adverb • http://www2.cambridge.org/interchangearcade/launch.do?activityID=423&level=1&unit=11&type=Cup_cross_word&stage=2

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