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Grammar Vitamin: Using Adjectives

An adjective is a word that modifies a noun or a pronoun.

An adjective answers one of the following questions: Which one? How many? What kind? How much?

There are four types of adjectives:

1. Articles: A, an, and the are the adjectives referred to as articles.
The is the definite article because it points out a specific person thing or group.
A and an are the indefinite articles because they do not refer to specific terms.

2. Proper Adjectives: These are adjectives formed from proper nouns. They are always capitalized. For example Italian ice, Napoleonic wars.

3. Predicate Adjectives: These adjectives follow linking verbs and describe the subject of the sentence. For example, "Her feet are cold." " The room looks peaceful."

4. Nouns as Adjectives: Nouns become adjectives (or modifiers) when they describe nouns. For example, blood pressure, rock garden, infant seat.

Write a sentence which includes each type of adjective. Total 4 sentences (one for each).

Grammar Vitamin: Using Adverbs

An adverb modifies a verb, an adjective, or another adverb. Adverbs tell when, where, how, or to what extent about the words they modify.

3 types of adverbs:

1. Modifies Verb: example: Demonstrated angrily, plays well.

2. Modifies Adjective: example, too difficult, moderately helpful.

3. Modifies Adverb: example, so simply, quite often.

Many adverbs are formed by adding ly to an adjective.
However, there are some commonly used adverbs which do not use ly. For example: afterward, almost, already, even, far, fast, long, low, more, often, seldom, soon, today, too, yesterday.

Write a short paragraph (approximately 3-4 sentences) which uses at least six adverbs (all three kinds).

More Grammar Vitamins----Adjectives

Grammar Vitamin #2, Using Adjectives and Adverbs Grammar Vitamin: Using Adjectives An adjective is a word that modifies a noun or a pronoun. An adjective answers one of the following questions: Which one? How many? What kind? How much? There are four types of adjectives: 1. Articles: A, an, and the are the adjectives referred to as articles. The is the definite article because it points out a specific person thing or group. A and an are the indefinite articles because they do not refer to specific terms. 2. Proper Adjectives: These are adjectives formed from proper nouns. They are always capitalized. For example Italian ice, Napoleonic wars. 3. Predicate Adjectives: These adjectives follow linking verbs and describe the subject of the sentence. For example, "Her feet are cold." " The room looks peaceful." 4. Nouns as Adjectives: Nouns become adjectives (or modifiers) when they describe nouns. For example, blood pressure, rock garden, infant seat. Write a sentence which includes each type of adjective. Total 4 sentences (one for each). Grammar Vitamin: Using Adverbs An adverb modifies a verb, an adjective, or another adverb. Adverbs tell when, where, how, or to what extent about the words they modify. 3 types of adverbs: 1. Modifies Verb: example: Demonstrated angrily, plays well. 2. Modifies Adjective: example, too difficult, moderately helpful. 3. Modifies Adverb: example, so simply, quite often. Many adverbs are formed by adding ly to an adjective. However, there are some commonly used adverbs which do not use ly. For example: afterward, almost, already, even, far, fast, long, low, more, often, seldom, soon, today, too, yesterday. Write a short paragraph (approximately 3-4 sentences) which uses at least six adverbs (all three kinds).
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