Slide 1 : What is an adjective?
An adjective is a word that describes a noun or a pronoun. They usually come before the nouns they describe.
The big house belongs to George.
She is a pretty girl.
He has many goofy friends, killing time here and there.
He is an intelligent student.
Slide 2 : Adjectives can also follow certain verbs
The Burger tastes delicious.
The perfume smells nice.
The baby’s voice sounds angelic.
Mark went bald before his daughter was born.
Elina turned green when she tasted the Indian food.
Slide 3 : Comparative and Superlative Adjectives
The comparative and superlative of one syllable are formed by adding -er and -est to the adjective.
Small Smaller Smallest
Short Shorter Shortest
Poor Poorer Poorest
Cool Cooler Coolest
Slide 4 : The comparative and superlative of three or more syllables are formed by putting more or most before the adjective.
Anne is more intelligent than Svetlana.
Priyanka is most intelligent student in the class.
Getting good education is more significant than earning lots of money.
Aishwarya is the most beautiful actress in the bollywood.
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Slide 5 : Two syllable adjectives are formed following one of the two rules
Adjectives ending with y are formed into comparatives and superlatives by changing y to an –i and adding -er or –est
Mark is happier than John in the family.
Fabiana is the happiest person in the group.
Sandra is cleverer than Olga.
Gracie is cleverest among the girls.
Slide 6 : Two syllable adjectives : Adjectives ending in –er, -le, and ow frequently take –er and –est
The link road is narrower than grand trunk road.
The Gafoor market is the narrowest market in New Delhi.
Barek Obama is gentler than George Bush.
Dr. Abdul Kalam was the gentlest Indian president.
Slide 7 : Two Syllable adjectives ending in –full or –re usually take more and most
Kristina is more careful than Astrid in studies.
Carla is most careful employee in the organization.
Janna is more beautiful than Sania.
Angelina Jollie is the most beautiful actress in Holloywood.
Slide 8 : Some adjectives do not follow the regular pattern. These are termed as the irregular adjectives.
Violating the govt. rules is among the bad habbits.
Indulging in heinous crimes is worse than offending.
Terrorism is the worst form of violence on the planet.
Slide 9 : Adjectives can be used to express equality
With as + Adjective + as.
This flower is as beautiful as that flower.
My student is as intelligent as yours.
Aishwarya Rai is as beautiful as Angelina Jollie.
Margret is as brilliant as Florina.
Slide 10 : What is an Adverb?
An adverb is a word that tells us more about a verb. An adverb "qualifies" or "modifies" a verb (The man ran quickly). But adverbs can also modify adjectives (Tara is really beautiful), or even other adverbs (It works very well).
We can usually recognise an adverb by its:
Function (Job)
Form
Position
Slide 11 : Function
The principal job of an adverb is to modify (give more information about) verbs, adjectives and other adverbs. In the following examples, the adverb is in bold and the word that it modifies is in italics.
Modify a verb:- John speaks loudly. (How does John speak?)- Mary lives locally. (Where does Mary live?)- She never smokes. (When does she smoke?)
Slide 12 : Modify an adjective:- He is really handsome.
Modify another adverb:- She drives incredibly slowly.
Modify a whole sentence:- Obviously, I can't know everything.
Modify a prepositional phrase:- It's immediately inside the door.
Slide 13 : Form
Many adverbs end in -ly. We form such adverbs by adding -ly to the adjective. Here are some examples:
quickly, softly, strongly, honestly, interestingly
But not all words that end in -ly are adverbs. "Friendly", for example, is an adjective.
Some adverbs have no particular form, for example:
well, fast, very, never, always, often, still
Slide 14 : Position
Adverbs have three main positions in the sentence:
Front (before the subject):- Now we will study adverbs.
Middle (between the subject and the main verb):- We often study adverbs.
End (after the verb or object):- We study adverbs carefully.
Slide 15 : Adverbs of Frequency
100%:always, usually :frequently, often sometimes (50%), occasionally: rarely, seldom: hardly 0%:never
Adverbs of Frequency answer the question "How often?" or "How frequently?" They tell us how often somebody does something.
Adverbs of frequency come before the main verb (except the main verb "to be"):
We usually go shopping on Saturday.
I have often done that.
She is always late.
Slide 16 : Occasionally, sometimes, often, frequently and usually can also go at the beginning or end of a sentence:
Sometimes they come and stay with us.
I play tennis occasionally.
Rarely and seldom can also go at the end of a sentence (often with "very"):
We see them rarely.
John eats meat very seldom.
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