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Adjectives and Adverbs

The tomato was florescent orange


For starters, in the sentence above, “orange” is an adjective that modifies the noun “tomato”. “Florescent” is an adverb that modifies and describes the adjective “orange”.

Adjective:A word that modifies a noun or pronoun by describing, identifying, or quantifying it with a word. An adjective usually precedes the noun or the pronoun which it modifies.

Ex. The green hat, a cat that was furry, the feeling was unsettling.

As you can see in the examples above, they are words describing the noun, or giving background detail or information about the noun.




Adverb: A word that modifies a verb, an adjective, another adverb, a phrase, or a clause. An adverb indicates manner, time, place, cause, or degree and answers questions such as “how,” “when,” “where,” “how much”. Recognized mostly with the suffix “ly”.

Ex. The dog ran quickly to grab his bone, the sisters waited silently to make sure their plan wouldn’t be foiled, Quickly, the concert-goers were let into the hall at 7 pm today.
In the examples above, you can see how the words describe, modify and give detail to the verbs in the sentence. The words describe the manner in which the dog ran or how the concert-goers were let into the hall. In the last sentence, “unfortunately” modifies the whole phrase, and “today” gives detail into the when of the sentence.



Adjective Examples:
The cat is lazy. The adjective is “lazy” since it modifies the proper noun of the cat
After dinner, Priya was very content. The adjective is “content” since it is describing Priya, the noun in the phrase.

Additional Adjective Rule

An adjective always follows the verb “to be” in its many forms. This is because it modifies the noun before the verb. Examples to show this rule…

I was light-headed.
My aunt was ill all week
Be aware
They wished they were better


Adverb Examples:
Rami thoroughly enjoyed the game. Thoroughly is the adverb in this phrase, since it descibes the noun in connection to the verb “enjoyed”.
Tim always gossips carelessly. Carelessly is the adverb, since it describes the verb.
To our surprise, Benny finished his dinner unusually quickly! In this phrase the adverb modifies the adverb (unusually and quickly). Quickly modifies the verb finished.


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aritdas
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aritdas said:

Nice one ! Thanks a lot.

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babceo
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babceo said:

Hi!

Your work is excellent. I would suggest using simpler words in your explanations or defining the population you are targeting. I would also suggest providing an authentic situation for the sentences you use as samples. As a native speaker of English, I would never have said or written “Tim always gossips carelessly.”

I hope my suggestions are helpful. Your work is excellent and I personally would like to see it grow and mature in to something even more valuable.

If you need help just ask.

Chris Babowal Meaningful English

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rdxb said:

I had a confusion, I am appearing for the GMAT, and so I am a bit too aware of “split infinitives” i.e try to put the adverb before/after , but not in between the infinitive… I was just wondering if it would be better that instead of the following usage, if we were given sentences like the dog Quickly ran to , the sisters silently waited to.

Original Ex: The dog ran quickly to grab his bone, the sisters waited silently to make sure their plan wouldn’t be foiled,

I understand in these sentences, there is not an evident Split infinitive, as the “to” is after the verb, but wanted a few comments on my thoughts…

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babceo said:

rbxb,

The sentences you use in the your reply are not native like, such as, ‘the dog ran quickly to grab the bone. I would say, the dog quickly ran to grab the bone. I hope this gives you a better idea of how to develop your sentences.

(Mrs.) Chris Babowal

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ravendrasingh said:

really nice chapter …....... i enjoyed it …..thanx

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Shrinawas said:

It is realy intrusting.

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