Adjectives and Adverbs Add Color Grammar Parts of

Adjectives and Adverbs Add Color! Grammar: Parts of Speech

Adjectives An ADJECTIVE is a word that is used to modify a noun or a pronoun. To “modify” a word means to describe the word or to make its meaning more definite. An adjective modifies a noun or a pronoun by telling: What Kind? Gray skies Irish lace Far-fetched tale Lowest price Which One? Either way Those girls Next day Last chance How Many? Five fingers Fewer hours One river Some problems

Adverbs An ADVERB modifies a verb, and adjective or another adverb. An adverb makes the meaning of a verb, an adjective, or another adverb more definite. An adverb answers one of the following questions: Where? We lived there. Put that down. When? Water the plant weekly. We’ll see you tomorrow. How? Drive carefully. The rain fell softly. To what extent (how long or how much)? He hardly moved. Fill the tank completely.

Add adjectives and adverbs The old man came ______ into the room. He had his broom in his hand. And at his heels there walked a _________dog, _____ of muzzle, and with _____, ______eyes. The dog struggled ______ to the side of the room and lay ____, grunting _____to himself and licking his _______, ____coat.

The original: From Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck The old man came slowly into the room. He had his broom in his hand. And at his heels there walked a dragfooted sheep dog, gray of muzzle, and with pale, blind old eyes. The dog struggled lamely to the side of the room and lay down, grunting softly to himself and licking his grizzled, moth-eaten coat.