Adjectives
What is the purpose of adjectives?
To modify a noun
What is the purpose of adverbs?
-Adverbs modify verbs
-Adverbs modify adjectives
Find the adjectives and identify the words they modify in the following sentence:
Clever students are eager to quickly complete hard work.
Cleaver- students
Eager- students
hard- word
About 90% of adverbs end with what suffix?
-ly
Add an adjective to the sentence:
The _______ girls work hard.
Ex: happy, attentive, patient, smart...
What are types of adjectives?
(Name at least three)
Number, opinion, size, age, shape, color, origin, material, purpose
An adverb modifies a ________ when it describes how, where, when, to what extent, and in what manner something happened.
Verb
He quickly* ran outside* earlier*.
Find the adverbs and identify the words they modify in the following sentence:
Clever students are eager to quickly complete hard work.
Quickly- complete
The noun "beauty" means something that is appealing to the senses.
Change the noun "beauty" to an adjective which shows something is full of appeal.
Beautiful
Add an adverb to the sentence:
The girls work _______ hard.
Ex really, very, quite
Provide number, opinion, and size adjectives for "bag"
The ________, _________, ________ bag.
Ex.
The two, pretty, big bags.
An adverb modifies a(n) ___________ when it gives more information about what extent something was.
Adjectives
During the day, a sloth seems really* lazy.
Find the adjectives and identify the words they modify in the following sentence:
The very strong, large, quite old, thick, brown, Egyptian, sturdy oak ritual door briefly hung in the university library.
strong, large, old, thick, brown, Egyptian, oak, ritual- door
university- library
The noun "sorrow" means a deeply sad feeling.
The adjective "sorrowful" means something that is full of sadness.
Change the noun "glee" into a adverb which means to do something full of happiness.
Gleefully
Add an adjective to the sentence:
The ________ dogs fight.
Ex aggressive, six, brown, big, loud,
Provide age, shape, and color adjectives for "ball".
The ______, ______, ______ ball.
Ex. The new, round, blue ball.
Absolutely delighted, Jamel quickly walked far away.
Absolutely, quickly, far
Find the adverbs and identify the words they modify in the following sentence:
The very strong, large, quite old, thick, brown, Egyptian, sturdy oak ritual door briefly hung in the university library.
very- strong
quite- old
sturdy- oak
briefly- hung
The noun "danger" means something that is not safe.
The suffix "-ous" means full of.
Change the noun danger into an adverb.
Dangerously.
Add an adverb to the following sentence:
The dogs fight _________.
ex. aggressively, roughly, often, outside
Provide origin, material, and purpose adjectives for "door".
The _________, _________, _______ door
Ex. The Canadian steel security door
Clarify the adverbs: What do they modify?
Absolutely delighted, Jamel quickly walked far away.
Absolutely- delighted (modifies adjective)
Quickly- walked (modifies verb)
Far- walked (modifies verb)
Find the adjectives and adverbs and identify the words they modify in the following sentence:
Our exceedingly large, chatty English class meets outside regularly.
Adjectives:
large, chatty, English- class
Adverbs:
exceedingly- large
outside, regularly- meets
The noun "comfort" means a a state of relaxation.
The adjectival suffix "-able" means the ability to do
Add a negative prefix and change the noun comfort into a negative connotation adverb
Uncomfortable
Add an adjective and an adverb to modify both your chosen adjective and the verb to the following sentence:
The _(adv)______ __(adj)______ students __(adv)________ answer questions.
Ex: The very attentive students correctly answer questions.