Adjectives vs.

Adverbs
Adjectives 1. Adjectives describe nouns. They can go right before a noun or right after the verb to be. a. Mybeautifulcatishappy. b. He drank too much coffee. Adjective b. My friendisfamous. c. He writes very carefully. 2. Adjectives can be descriptive or limiting. DESCRIPTIVE Beautiful Large Red Interesting Important Colorful LIMITING Cardinal numbers (one, two) Ordinal numbers (first, second) Possessives (my, your, his) Demonstratives (this, that, these, those) Quantity (few, many, much) Articles (a, an, the) 2. Adverbs do not modify linking verbs (non-action verbs: am, is, are, seem, feel, become, etc.). a. He smells good. 3. Many descriptive adjectives can be changed to adverbs by adding ly. ADJECTIVES ADVERBS Bright Brightly Careful Carefully Quiet Quietly Easy Easily Terrible Terribly Extreme Extremely **True **Truly Basic Basically 4. The following words are also adverbs: so, very, almost, soon, often, fast, rather, well, there, too. An adverb answers the question HOW? 5. Irregular adverbs: hard, fast, late, wrong, early, good a. Its a hard dance. b. We practiced hard. It is a difficult dance. We practiced a lot. well Adverb Adverbs 1. Adverbs describe/modify verbs, adjectives and other adverbs. a. He drives slowly. Verb

6. Some negative adverbs are: hardly, barely, rarely, seldom, never. If you start a sentence with a negative adverb, then invert the auxiliary and subject position. a. I hardly missed class before. b. Hardly did I miss class before. 7. We also have frequency adverbs such as always, almost always, often, usually, sometimes, etc., to talk about how often you do an action. Do NOT add ly to these.