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ADJECTIVES & ADVERBS

RULES TO FOLLOW
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ADJECTIVES

• Modifies Nouns
• Modifies Pronouns
 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.

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EXAMPLES:
• The ship was an English vessel. (what
kind)

• This factory is mine. (which one)

• Many people enjoy the annual dinner.
(how many, which one)
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AN ADVERB:
• Modifies an active verb or a verb phrase by
expressing manner, place, time, degree, or
number.
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TYPES OF ADVERBS:
• Simple
• Interrogative
• Negative
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EXAMPLES:
• SIMPLE:
– She moved quietly. (Manner and tell how)
– I waited there for an hour. (Place and tell
where)
– You may leave soon. (Time, tells when)
– I called you once. (Number, tells how many)
– He sat very still. (Degree, tells how much)
 Interrogative Adverb

• Introduces a sentence that asks a question

• where, when, why and how

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EXAMPLES:
• Interrogative:
– When will you return?
– How is the trunk being sent?
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Negative Adverb
• Denies or contradicts a statement
• no, not , never, only, scarcely and hardly

Note: two negative adverbs should not be

used together.
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EXAMPLES:
• Negative
• - I can scarcely believe my eyes. ( correct)
• - I haven’t no more sea shells. (incorrect)
 Familiar Adverbs
to Know
• almost finally seldom
unusually certainly hardly
quite so usually just rather
very rather fairly nearly too
scarcely well

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