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AdjectivesAdjectives and Adverbs and AdverbsChapter 20

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Adjectives and Adverbs

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Adjectives• Adjectives describe nouns or

pronouns.

– My neighbor is a successful private investigator. ( The adjective successful describes the noun unit private investigator.)

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• Adjectives are used to compare..– For most short adjectives, we add For most short adjectives, we add --ERER

when comparing when comparing two two things, things, -EST-EST when comparing when comparing threethree or more things. or more things.

• His company is bigger than the firm in Haddon Hills. The one in New York City is the biggest.

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• For adjectives of two or more For adjectives of two or more syllables, we add syllables, we add moremore when when comparing two things and comparing two things and mostmost when when comparing three or more things.comparing three or more things.Mr. Murphy is more educated than his

accountant, but his wife is the most educated person in the group.

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Two Mistakes to Avoid

• INCORRECT:INCORRECT:

The detective is the most smartest person who works with the agency.

• CORRECT:CORRECT:

The detective is the smartest person who works with the agency.

1. Be careful that you do not use both -er ending AND more or both -est ending AND most.1. Be careful that you do not use both -er ending AND more or both -est ending AND most.

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2. Do not make mistakes with irregulars.2. Do not make mistakes with irregulars.

Comparative (two) Superlative(three or more)

Bad Worse Worst

Good, well Better Best

Little Less Least

Much More most

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ADVERBS• Adverbs Adverbs describe verbs, other describe verbs, other

adjectives, or other adverbs. Adverbs adjectives, or other adverbs. Adverbs usually end in usually end in -ly.-ly.

The private investigator acts quickly when he is hired.

The absolutely priceless statue has disappeared. (The adverb describes the adjective priceless.)

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• INCORRECT:INCORRECT:The behavior of the

wrongfully accused boy changed real sudden when the boy found a private investigator….

• CORRECT:CORRECT:The behavior of the

wrongfully accused boy changed suddenly...

Three mistakes to avoid withadjectives and adverbs.Three mistakes to avoid withadjectives and adverbs.

1. A common mistake is to use an adjective instead of an adverb with a verb.

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Detective Price did a good job on the reports. ( Good describes the noun job.)

She phrased the questions well. (Well is an adverb describing the verb phrased.)

2. Do not confuse good and well. The word good is an adjective; it describes nouns. The word well is an adverb.

ADVERBS

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• NOT:NOT:

TechnologyTechnology advancements advancements make it easier to make it easier to investigate fraud.investigate fraud.

3. Do not use a noun as an adjective.

• CORRECT:CORRECT:

Technological Technological advancements advancements make it easier to make it easier to investigate investigate fraud.fraud.

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Practice Exercises

• Although Sean does not speak Spanish too good, he went to visit Costa Rica with his high school classmates.

Correct each of the following sentences..

I speak Spanishwell!

I speak Spanishwell!

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• He was surprised to see how quick his Spanish improved while he was visiting Central America.

Correct each of the following sentences.. ...how

quickly my Spanish...

...how

quickly my Spanish...

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• One day Sean and his classmates rode horses to a breathtaking beautiful waterfall.

Correct each of the following sentences.

breathtakinglybreathtakingly

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• Since Sean was the taller of the six boys on the trip, he often attracted attention.

Correct each of the following sentences.

tallesttallest

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• The students were good hikers, so they walked to view an active volcano.

Correct each of the following sentences.

correctcorrect

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• The people they The people they met on the met on the Pacific coast Pacific coast swam swam wellwell in the in the ocean.ocean.

Correct each of the following sentences.

correctcorrect

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• There are over 400 There are over 400 species of birds to see species of birds to see in Costa Rica, and the in Costa Rica, and the more more interesting ones interesting ones to photograph are the to photograph are the toucans.toucans.

Correct each of the following sentences.most

interestingmost

interesting

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• The most biggest spiders Sean has ever seen were in Costa Rica.

Correct each of the following sentences.

delete “most”delete

“most”

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• One One biology biology phenomenonphenomenon was the was the walking tree which walking tree which moves five to eight moves five to eight inches per year.inches per year.

Correct each of the following sentences.

biological

phenomenonbiological

phenomenon

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• The students rode on an aerial tram that moved slow over the canopy of the rain forest.

Correct each of the following sentences.moved slowlymoved slowly

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