Chapter Thirty-One Adjectives and Adverbs

1. Chapter Thirty-OneAdjectives and Adverbs Prepared by Professors Rita Perkins and Paul Harris Camden County College

2. Adjectives • Adjectives describe nouns or pronouns. • My neighbor is a successfulprivate investigator. ( The adjective successful describes the noun unit private investigator.)

3. Adjectives • Adjectives are used to compare. • For most short adjectives, we add -ER when comparing 2 things, -EST when comparing 3 or more things. • His company isbiggerthan the firm in Haddon Hills. The one in New York City is the biggest.

4. Adjectives • For adjectives of two or more syllables), we add more when comparing 2 things and most when comparing 3 or more things. Mr Murphy is more educated than his accountant, but his wife is the most educated person in the group.

5. 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. Two Mistakes to Avoid 1. Be careful that you do not use both -er ending AND more or both -est ending AND most.

6. Two Mistakes to Avoid 2. Do not make mistakes with irregulars.

7. ADVERBS • Adverbs describe verbs, other adjectives, or other adverbs. Adverbs usually end in -ly. The private investigator acts quicklywhen he is hired. The absolutely priceless statue has disappeared. (The adverb describes the adjective priceless.)

8. INCORRECT: The behavior of the wrongfully accused boy changed real sudden when the boy found a private investigator…. CORRECT: The behavior of the wrongfully accused boy changed suddenly... ADVERBS 1. A common mistake is to use an adjective instead of an adverb with a verb. Three mistakes to avoid with adjectives and adverbs.

9. ADVERBS 2. 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.)

10. NOT: Technology advancements make it easier to investigate fraud. CORRECT: Technological advancements make it easier to investigate fraud. ADVERBS 3. Do not use a noun as an adjective.

11. Although Sean does not speak Spanish too good, he went to visit Costa Rica with his high school classmates. Practice Exercises Correct each of the following sentences. I speak Spanish well!

12. He was surprised to see how quick his Spanish improved while he was visiting Central America. Practice Exercises ...how quickly my Spanish... Correcteach of the following sentences.

13. One day Sean and his classmates rode horses to a breathtaking beautiful waterfall. Practice Exercises Correct each of the following sentences. breathtakingly

14. Since Sean was the taller of the 6 boys on the trip, he often attracted attention. Practice Exercises Correct each of the following sentences. tallest

15. The students were good hikers, so they walked to view an active volcano. Practice Exercises Correct each of the following sentences. correct

16. The people they met on the Pacific coast swam well in the ocean. Practice Exercises Correct each of the following sentences. correct

17. There are over 400 species of birds to see in Costa Rica, and the more interesting ones to photograph are the toucans. Practice Exercises Correcteach of the following sentences. most interesting

18. The most biggest spiders Sean has ever seen were in Costa Rica. Practice Exercises Correct each of the following sentences. delete “most”

19. One biology phenomenon was the walking tree which moves five to eight inches per year. Practice Exercises Correct each of the following sentences. biologicalphenomenon

20. The students rode on an aerial tram which moved slow over the canopy of the rain forest. Practice Exercises Correct each of the following sentences. movedslowly