WHAT IS AN ADJECTIVE?

An adjective is a word that describes/modifies a noun or pronoun

EXAMPLES:

A big, red ball

The cute, huggable puppy

The tall, green tree

His huge, sharp teeth

WHAT IS AN ADVERB?

Adverbs describe/modify verbs.

EXAMPLES:

Jose was quietly going out the door.

Glendale was torn down slowly.

Tony spoke slowly.

Katie jumped high.
 JUST EXACTLY WHAT DOES AN
ADJECTIVE AND ADVERB DO?
• An adverb tells us • An adjective
when,where,and describes a noun
how about verbs, or pronoun by
adjectives and telling which one,
even other what kind or how
adverbs many
Examples of adjectives and the
nouns/pronouns they modify.
Yellow describes
She wore a yellow sweater to the picnic. the sweater.

adjective noun

Messy describes
My bedroom was messy. the bedroom.

noun adjective

Blue and white describe

She lost her blue and white parka. the color of the parka
adjective adjective noun
 Examples of adverbs and what they do:

Extremely describes
David was extremely grumpy. how grumpy David was.

The runner easily finished first. Easily describes how

the runner finished
the race.

Jose, my oldest brother, drove slowly Slowly describes

by his girlfriend’s house. how the brother
drove the car.