Definitions
They describe nouns and allow us to paint a vivid picture.
Adjectives
Jace carefully completed the form.
Carefully is an _____________ and it tells _________.
adverb; how
What has a head, a tail, is brown, but has no legs?
A penny.
Identify the adjectives:
The hungry boy ate a juicy hamburger and a tossed salad.
hungry, juicy, tossed
Good is an adjective or adverb?
adjective; because it describes nouns
An ____________ is a word that modifies a verb, an adjective, or another verb by making its meaning more specific.
adverb
Sophie bought two surf boards.
Two is an ___________ and it tells ___________.
adjective; how many
David's father has three sons : Snap, Crackle and _____ ?
David.
Identify the adjectives:
Wooden tent stakes have been replaced by plastic or metal ones.
Wooden, tent, plastic, metal
Well is an adjective or adverb?
adverb; because it describes how something is done.
______________ typically end in -ly but not always.
Adverbs.
Blake tucked into a sweet barrel and made it out alright.
Sweet is an ______________ and tells ___________.
adjective; what kind
The more you take, the more you leave behind.
footsteps
Surprisingly, the beach was practically empty yesterday.
When someone asks you, "How are you doing?"
You respond, "I am doing _____________."
______________ answer these four questions:
How many?
How much?
Which one?
What kind?
Adjectives
Yesterday, Marvin ate the largest veggie burrito I've ever seen.
Yesterday is an __________ and tells ___________.
adverb; when
A doctor and a bus driver are both in love with Sarah.
The bus driver has to go on a bus trip that will last a week. Before he leaves, he gives Sarah seven apples. Why?
An apple a day keeps the doctor away.
Identify the adverbs:
Almost every person in the theater was laughing hysterically.
Almost, hysterically
When someone asks you, "How are you feeling?"
You say, "I am feeling ___________."
When someone asks you, "How do you think you did on that test?"
You say, "I think I did ___________."
well; well
__________ answer these four questions:
How? Where?
When? To what extent?
Adverbs
Corbin claims, "This sauce is real gnarly!"
Chet says, "The sauce is really gnarly!"
Who is grammatically correct? Why?
Chet.
Real is an adjective, so it can't modify another adjective. Therefore, you must use really, which is an adverb that enhances the adjective gnarly.
You have me today, Tomorrow you'll have more;
As your time passes, I'm not easy to store;
I don't take up space, But I'm only in one place;
I am what you saw, But not what you see.
What am I?
Memories
Identify the adjectives and adverbs:
Earlier, the young couple danced quickly to the new record they picked up at the really expensive record shop.
Adjectives: young, new, expensive
Adverbs: Earlier, quickly, really
A good way to remember why "I am doing good," is grammatically incorrect is by remembering this saying:
The average person doesn't do ___________, they do ____________. Historically, people like Martin Luther King, Gandhi, and Mother Teresa are the ones that are technically doing _______________.
good, well, good