Parts of Speech: adjectives and adverbs.ppt

Parts of Speech: adjectives and adverbs

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2. ADJECTIVES & ADVERBS
RULES TO FOLLOW

3. ADJECTIVES
•Modifies Nouns
•Modifies Pronouns

4. DEFINITION OF AN
ADJECTIVE:
•It tells what kind of person, place, or thing.
A noun or a pronoun is.
•It may also point out which one or how
many.

5. EXAMPLES:
•The ship was an Englishvessel. (what
kind)
•Thisfactory is mine. (which one)
•Many people enjoy the annualdinner. (how
many, which one)

6. AN ADVERB:
•Modifies an active verb or a verb phrase by
expressing manner, place, time, degree, or
number.

7. TYPES OF ADVERBS:
•Simple
•Interrogative
•Negative

8. EXAMPLES:
•SIMPLE:
–She moved quietly. (Manner and tell how)
–I waited therefor an hour. (Place and tell
where)
–You may leave soon. (Time, tells when)
–I called you once. (Number, tells how many)
–He sat verystill. (Degree, tells how much)

9. Interrogative Adverb
•Introduces a sentence that asks a question
•where, when, why and how

10. EXAMPLES:
•Interrogative:
–When will you return?
–Howis the trunk being sent?

11. Negative Adverb
•Denies or contradicts a statement
•no, not , never, only, scarcely and hardly
Note: two negative adverbs should not be
used together.

12. EXAMPLES:
•Negative
•-I can scarcely believe my eyes. ( correct)
•-I haven’t no more sea shells. (incorrect)

13. Familiar Adverbs
to Know
•almost finallyseldom
unusually certainly hardly
quite so usually just rather
very rather fairly nearly too
scarcely well