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What is the definition of an adjective?
A word that describes a noun or pronoun.
What is the adverb in this sentence?
They sat quietly and spoke softly.
quietly, softly
What is the definition of an adverb?
A word that modifies a verb, adjective, or another adverb.
What is the purpose of using an adjective when you are writing or speaking?
Adjectives provide further detail and description!
What is the difference between an adjective & an adverb?
An adjective describes a noun/pronoun and an adverb modifies a verb, adjective, or another adverb.
What are the following adjectives in the sentence?
There were 10 quiet students who were eagerly doing their best job
10, quiet, best
True or False: There are four adjectives in this sentence: "The old, tired man steadily worked his way down the dark street."
False! There are only three adjectives here: "old", "tired", and "dark".
List ALL the adverbs in the following sentence:
"My dog is so incredibly loyal to me, but my cat completely ignores me."
Three adverbs: "so", "incredibly", "completely".
What three questions do adjectives answer?
1) What kind?
2) Which one?
3) How many/how much?
Change the following adjectives to adverbs: "cold", "slow", "rapid", "success".
Adverbs: "coldly", "slowly", "rapidly", "successfully".
List ALL of the adjectives in the following sentence: "Madagascar is an isolated island and the animals that live there are very unique."
Two adjectives: "isolated" and "unique".
Write an original sentence using three adverbs. Identify the adverbs. (And no, you may not use external devices.)
Answers will vary.
Write down (or name) 5 adjectives and 5 adverbs.
Adjectives = sudden, smooth, first, several, unusual, compassionate, tired, last, yellow, round, etc.
Adverbs = soon, tomorrow, unusually, later, very, so, quietly, inside, close, often, etc.
List ALL of the adjectives in the following sentence: "Mr. Gatsby is a wealthy, mysterious young man with a bright yellow car."
Five Adjectives: "wealthy", "mysterious", "young", "bright" and "yellow"
Write ALL the adjectives and ALL the adverbs in the following sentence: "The gigantic brown bear hungrily leaped for the slippery salmon."
Three Adjectives: "gigantic", "brown", "slippery"
One Adverb: "hungrily"
List the adjective(s) in the following sentence:
"I very rarely dress stylishly."
Trick question! There are no adjectives in this sentence.
How many adverbs are in the following sentences? " I helped my mom cook dinner. We carefully cut the vegetables and slowly placed them into a boiling pot of water."
Two Adverbs: "carefully", and "slowly".
Explain how/why not every word that ends in "-ly" is an adverb.
Adverbs modify verbs, adjectives, and other adverbs. Adjectives describe nouns/pronouns. But, words that end in "-ly" can be descriptions.
For instance, the "ugly duckling". "Ugly" ends in "-ly", yes, but it is DESCRIBING a noun. It's all about how the word is used.
True/False and explain why!
There are three adjectives listed in the following sentence: "Juan D smoothly lobbed the round, orange ball to Ilan for a ferocious dunk."
True! This is true because there are three adjectives here: "round", "orange", and "ferocious".
Write down ALL the adjectives and ALL the adverbs in the following sentence:
"Mr. and Mrs. Hall, who are strong believers in the benefits of exercise, usually run four or five miles in the morning."
Three Adjectives = "strong", "four", "five".
One Adverb = "usually".
What are the adjectives in this sentence?
I saw a red and blue bird.
red, blue
Find the adverbs in this sentence.
The very young puppy ran clumsily down the sidewalk.
very, clumsily
List 4 adverbs
Answers will vary
How many adjectives are in these sentences? What are they?
"Thank you for your timely response! I truly think you are a very respectful student."
Two Adjectives: "timely" and "respectful".
Name ALL the adverbs in the following sentence:
"Mr. Jones, who once worked as a science teacher, proudly informed us that he had never taken a single sick day."
Three adverbs: "once", "proudly", "never".