Adjectives and Adverbs Parts of Speech Adjectives describe

Adjectives and Adverbs Parts of Speech

Adjectives describe or modify nouns. Noun = shoes His shoes are red. There are three shoes. The shoes are shiny.

WHAT IS AN ADJECTIVE? JAn adjective is a word that describes/modifies a noun or pronoun EXAMPLES: JA big, red ball JThe cute, small puppy live on my street.

Examples of adjectives and the nouns/pronouns they modify. She wore a yellow sweater to the picnic. adjective noun My bedroom was messy. noun Yellow describes the sweater. Messy describes the bedroom. adjective She lost her blue and white bag. adjective noun Blue and white describe the color of the bag

Choose the correct answers or 1. My dad has a 2. Lina has a 3. Sara wants a X blue / small /cooks small / chair / friendly red / pen / fast car. dog. bicycle. 4. Anna found a bag / beautiful / pink flower. 5. Dad has tree / big / black shoes.

or X 6. Layla wears a yellow / long / table dress. 7. Janet has a book / bird / sad face. 8. Ahmad has a bus / long / bear letter. 9. Grandma has a purple / pretty/ horse umbrella. 10. John has a box/ colourful / stripy 11. Nick likes bottle / big / house hat. cakes.

Let’s do some examples of ‘What does it look like’

blue My dad has a ____ car. Why?

small My dad has a ____ car. Why?

cooks My dad has a ____ car. Why?

small dog. Amy has a _____ Why?

chair dog. Amy has a _____ Why?

Amy has a friendly _____ dog. Why?

red Pete wants a ____ bicycle. Why?

pen Pete wants a _____ bicycle. Why?

fast Pete wants a _____ bicycle. Why?

bag Anna found a _____ flower. Why?

beautiful flower. Anna found a _____ Why?

pink Anna found a _____ flower. Why?

tree Dad has ______ shoes. Why?

big Dad has ______ shoes. Why?

Dad has ______ shoes. black Why?

yellow dress. Layla wears a _______ Why?

long Layla wears a _______ dress. Why?

table Layla wears a _______ dress. Why?

book Emma has a _____ face. Why?

bird Emma has a _____ face. Why?

Emma has a _____ sad face. Why?

bus Lucas has a _____ letter. Why?

long Lucas has a _____ letter. Why?

bear Lucas has a _____ letter. Why?

purple umbrella. Grandma has a _______ Why?

pretty umbrella. Grandma has a _______ Why?

horse umbrella. Grandma has a _______ Why?

box Josh has a _____ hat. Why?

colourful hat. Josh has a _____ Why?

stripy Josh has a _____ hat. Why?

bottle cakes. Nick likes ______ Why?

big Nick likes ______ cakes. Why?

house cakes. Nick likes ______ Why?

I want a big house I want a blue car

Adverbs describe or modify verbs, adjectives, and other adverbs. He ran quickly. He ran very quickly. She is really busy. She is not worried.

More About Adverbs Adjectives can usually be made into adverbs by adding “ly” to the end. Quick => Quickly Beautiful => Beautifully Sneaky => Sneakily Expensive => Expensively

Irregular Adverbs adjective => adverb good => well fast => fast hard => hard little => little

Choose the correct word (adjective or adverb) 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. This music is too loud/loudly. We can’t talk. She played bad/badly and she lost the game. We waited patient/patiently for the letter but it never came. Please don’t be angry/ angrily with him. She asks intelligent/ intelligently questions. The children are playing together nice/nicely today. She’s a very warm/warmly person and everyone likes her. She surprised me when she opened the door sudden /suddenly. It’s dangerous/ dangerous to swim in the sea here.

1. This music is too loud. We can’t talk. 2. She played badly and she lost the game. 3. We waited patiently for the letter but it never came. 4. Please don’t be angry with him. 5. She asks intelligent questions. 6. The children are playing together very nicely today. 7. She’s a very warm person and everyone likes her. 8. She surprised me when she opened the door suddenly. 9. You speak English very well. 10. It’s dangerous to swim in the sea here.

Rewrite the sentences using a verb and adverb. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. They’re slow workers. He’s a dangerous driver. She’s a careful writer. I’m a loud singer. She’s a fast swimmer. He’s a bad actor. Jill’s a beautiful painter. You’re a terrible dancer. They’re good teachers. John’s a patient listener.

Rewrite the sentences using a verb and adverb. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. They’re slow workers. He’s a dangerous driver. She’s a careful writer. I’m a loud singer. She’s a fast swimmer. He’s a bad actor. Jill’s a beautiful painter. You’re a terrible dancer. They’re good teachers. John’s a patient listener. 1. They work slowly. 2. He drives dangerously. 3. She writes carefully. 4. I sing loudly. 5. She swims fast. 6. He acts badly. 7. Jill paints beautifully. 8. You dance terribly. 9. They teach well. 10. John listens patiently.