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An adjective is a word that modifies a noun or a pronoun by providing additional information that
answers the questions: what kind, which one, how many, and how much. Knowing this basic definition of
describing word is very essential in your writing and speaking activity. Now, you are going to deal with
the different kinds of adjectives together with their simple yet clear explanations.
Remember:
Do not use “the” with the names of countries/territories (except for the Philippines, the United States,
etc.), cities, towns, states, streets, lakes and bays, mountains, continents, and islands.
Do use “the” before the names of rivers, oceans, seas, points on the globe, geographical areas,
deserts, forests, gulfs and peninsulas.
Adverbs provide context since it offers the description of how, when, where, in
what manner, and to what extent something is done.
You can easily spot an adverb if there is a word in a sentence that ends with -ly.
But not all adverbs. There is still a lot of adverbs that do not end with -ly.
Adverbs can be used in many combinations with each other.