8 nov 2010

ADVERBS

ADVERBS.

  • Adverbs tell us in what way someone does something. Adverbs can modify verbs, adjectives or other adverbs.
  • Adjectives tell us something about a person or a thing. Adjectives can modify nouns or pronouns.
EXAMPLE:
  • Mandy is a careful driver. This sentence is about Mandy, the driver, so use the adjective.
  • Mandy drives carefully. This sentence is about her way of driving, so use the adverb.
STRUCTURE:
  V+ LY

 TYPES OF ADVERBS.
1) Adverbs of manner
quickly

kindly

2) Adverbs of degree
very

rather

3) Adverbs of frequency
often

sometimes

4) Adverbs of time
now
today

5) Adverbs of place
here
nowhere


ADJETIVES



Adjectives describe or give information about nouns or pronouns.

Example:
The grey dog barked.

The good news is that the form of an adjective doesn't change. It doesn't matter if the noun being modified is male or female, singular or plural, subject or object.

Some adjectives give us factual information about the noun - age, size colour, etc. Some adjectives show what somebody thinks about something or somebody - nice, horrid, beautiful etc.

If you are asked questions with which, whose, what kind, or how many, you need an adjective to be able to answer.
There are different types of adjectives in the English language:
  • Numeric: six, one hundred and one
  • Quantitative: more, all, some, half, more than enough
  • Qualitative: colour, size, smell etc.
  • Possessive: my, his, their, your
  • Interrogative: which, whose, what
  • Demonstrative: this, that, those, these

  • The articles a, an, and the and the possessives my, our, your, and their are also adjectives.