English Language - Adjectives Adverbs.ppt

English Language - Adjectives Adverbs.ppt

1. Adjectives
& Adverbs
School Language Lab

2. What are ADJECTIVES?
Adjectives
MODIFY nouns
AKA
They DESCRIBE
things.
A COLORFUL photograph, TWO CUTE kids, a LOVELY
day, a LUSH garden… GREAT examples

3. Analogy:
Writing is the literary equivalent of cooking,
so adjectives are one of the spices you
have in the kitchen.
Like spices added to a soup, a few adjectives
go a long way. Don't overdo it. Let the more
substantial ingredients (strong verbs!) be
the stars.

4. Descriptive Adjectives………
DESCRIPTIVE
ADJECTIVES add
detail or descriptionto
the noun, such as color,
shape, or size.
Examples:
Her redshirt was pretty.
His smalldog ran around
the hugepark.

5. Limiting Adjectives…
Give a quantity and amount, as
opposed to just describing
Often a number or related word
Ex: There are fewstudents who want to
stay for detention.
Ex: I saw threeapples on that table.
Ex: I got manypresents for Christmas.

6. Demonstrative Adjectives……
→Tells which one
→This, That, These, Those
Examples:
Thisbook is great!
Thatfootball is brown.
Thesedesks are close together.
Thosehouses look nice.
*Remember Demonstrative
Pronouns? These are the same
but come before a noun.

7. Articles…….
→ Help put your sentences
together correctly
→ a, an, the
→ Use “a” before a general noun that starts
with a consonant sound.
→Use “an” before a general noun that starts
with a vowel sound.
→Use “the” before a specific noun.
Examples:
Theapple is red.
Anhour has passed since we came in.
Acow says, “Mooooooooo!”

8. Predicate Adjectives………..
→ Adjective that comes
after a linking verb
→ Describes the subject
Examples:
The blanket is clean.
The towel is wet.
Her face looks angry.
His drink is bubbly.

9. Comparatives………….
→Used to compare 2 nouns
→For 1 syllable words, add “er” to
the end of your adjective.
→For 3+ syllable words, keep the
adjective the same and put
“more” in front of it.
→For 2 syllable words, it can go
either way—see what sounds
right!
*There are some irregulars-Funner?
Examples:
His soup was hotterthan mine.
My picture is more beautifulthan
hers.

10. Superlatives………….
→ Used to compare 3+ nouns
→ For 1 syllable words, add “est” to
the end of your adjective.
→ For 3+ syllable words, keep the
adjective the same and put
“most” in front of it.
→ For 2 syllable words, it can go
either way—see what sounds
right!
*There can be irregulars for these,
too.
Examples:
My snowman is the highestone on
the street!
This is the most difficulttest that I
have ever taken.

11. ProperAdjectives……….
Proper Adjectives:
→ A specific term to
describe a common noun
→ Comes from a proper
noun
→ Always capitalized
Examples:
Americancheese is my
favorite food.
Some people say that Swiss
cheese is better.
I like Japanesefood better
than Chinesefood.

12. Adverbs!
Used to describea verb, an adjective, OR
another adverb.
Ex: The singer dancedwildlyon stage.(Wildly
describes the verb danced.)
Ex: The music was veryloud.(Very describes
the adjective loud.)
Ex: The concert ended quitequickly.(Quite
describes the adverb quickly.)

13. Adverbs, continued.
Adverbs give information such as
How, When, Where, and To what
extentsomething happened.
Ex: He ran outside quickly.How
Ex: He fell down yesterday.When
Ex: He landed hereon the
garbage.Where
Ex: He was veryembarrassed.To
what extent

14. Adverbs, continued.
An adverb can come in many different
places in the sentence.
Ex: Guests oftendinedin the dining room
at our house.
Ex: Guests dinedoftenin the dining room
at our house.
Ex: Oftenguests dinedin the dining room
at our house.
Ex: Guests dinedin the dining room at our
house often.

15. Comparative & Superlative Adverbs
Like with adjectives, adverbs are used
to compare.
The comparative form compares two
actions or things.
Add “-er” to the end OR “more” in front
The superlative form compares more
than two actions or things.
Add “-est” to the end OR “most” in front

16. The End