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Adjectives

Adjectives. What is a adjective?. An adjective modifies a noun or pronoun. beach. loud. happy. brown. Adjectives. Adjectives answer the following questions: How many? How much? What kind? Which one? The articles a , an , and the are adjectives. Position of Adjectives.

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Adjectives

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  1. Adjectives

  2. What is a adjective? An adjective modifies a noun or pronoun. beach loud happy brown

  3. Adjectives • Adjectives answer the following questions: How many? How much? What kind? Which one? • The articles a, an, and the are adjectives.

  4. Position of Adjectives • Adjectives appear 90% of the time before the noun they modify. Ex: The sillycat leaped over the fence. • 10% of the time they appear after the noun they modify. Ex: The cat was very fast.

  5. When looking for Adjectives… • Follow these steps: 1. Find the subject and nouns. 2. Find the adjectives.

  6. Find the adjectives The bald teacher handed out the whitepapers. 1

  7. The laptop computer has a blue screen and a black screen. 2

  8. The big yellow buswent down the wrong road. 3

  9. The crazy plane will crash quickly. 4

  10. That big bad dog frequently chased the scared little boys up trees. 5

  11. Mom and dad alwayshelp me with my Englishhomework. 6

  12. The twodoctors visited the sickpatient at the communityhospital. 7

  13. The footballteam won the big game easily! 8

  14. The little brown cat sometimes has bad hair. 9

  15. The happy little green and yellow bug is smiling. 10

  16. Adverbs

  17. Adverbs Definition: Adverbs modify verbs, adjectives, and other adverbs. • Adverbs answer the following questions: Where, When, Why, & Under what condition

  18. Adverbs Adverbs • Adverbs frequently end in –ly, but not all the time. Some words that end in –ly can also be an adjective. • When looking for adverbs, follow these steps: 1. Find the nouns. 2. Find the verbs. 3. Find the adjectives. 4. Finally, find the adverbs.

  19. Find the Adverbs • I really believe him. 2. He literally wrecked his mother's car. 3. She simply ignored me.

  20. 4. The teacher completely rejected her proposal. 5. I absolutely refuse to attend any more faculty meetings. 6. I so wanted to go with them. 7. We know this city well.

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