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Adjectives and Adverbs

By Nacira Ortiz
 what is an adjective?
An adjective is a word or phrase describing an attribute, added to a
noun to modify or describe it. Adjectives are usually located before
the noun.

Ex: The white cat is smiling.

Ex. The black cat has big eyes.

Suffixes commonly found
in adjectives:
-able/-ible – adorable, invisible, responsible,
uncomfortable
-al – educational, gradual, illegal, nocturnal, viral
-an – American, Mexican, urban
-ar – cellular, popular, spectacular, vulgar
-ent – intelligent, potent, silent, violent
-ful – harmful, powerful, tasteful, thoughtful
-ic/-ical – athletic, energetic, magical, scientific
-ine – bovine, canine, equine, feminine,
masculine
-ile – agile, docile, fertile, virile
-ive – informative, native, talkative
-less – careless, endless, homeless, timeless
-ous – cautious, dangerous, enormous,
malodorous
-some – awesome, handsome, lonesome,
wholesome
 What order do they
follow?
1.Determiner – This means an article (a, an, the), a number or amount, a possessive
adjective (my, his, her, its, your, our, their), or a demonstrative (this, that, these,
those).
2.Observation/Opinion – ugly, expensive, cheap, broken, delicious, nice
3.Size – small, big, 4-foot-tall
4.Shape – triangular, circular, oblong
5.Age – 13-year-old, old, ancient, new
6.Color – green, red, purple, yellow
7.Origin – Norwegian, Greek, Italian
8.Material – leather, glass, metal, wooden
9.Qualifier – A noun or verb acting as adjective
Demonstrative Adjectives

Singular Plural

This These

That Those
 Possessive Adjectives:
ownership
1st person my our

2nd person your your

3rd person his/her/its their

Athens is older than rome

oranges are more

expensive than bananas

john is taller than michael.

ann is prettier than susan.

The church is the oldest
building in the town.

english is the most

important language in
the business.

alaska is the largest state

in the u.s.a
 What is an adverb?
An adverb is a word or phrase that
modifies or qualifies an adjective,
verb, or other adverb or a word group.
They express a relation of place, time,
circumstance, manner, cause, degree,
etc.

There are different kinds of adverbs:

adverbs of manner, adverbs of
frequency, adverbs of place, and
adverbs of time.
accidentally busily cruelly eventually frantically honestly
generousl
angrily calmly daringly exactly y hungrily

anxiously carefully deliberately faithfully gently hurriedly

awkwardly carelessly doubtfully fast gladly inadequately

badly cautiously eagerly fatally gracefully ingeniously

beautifully cheerfully easily fiercely greedily innocently

blindly clearly elegantly fondly happily inquisitively

boldly closely enormously foolishly hard irritably

bravely correctly enthusiastically fortunately hastily joyously

brightly courageously equally frankly healthily justly

 obedientl unexpecte
kindly y quickly roughly sleepily stupidly dly
successful
lazily openly quietly rudely slowly ly victoriously
smooth
loosely painfully rapidly sadly ly suddenly violently
suspicious
loudly patiently rarely safely so ly vivaciously

madly perfectly really selfishly softly swiftly warmly

solemn
mortally politely recklessly sensibly ly tenderly weakly
mysteriou speedil
sly poorly regularly seriously y tensely wearily
powerfull reluctantl stealthi thoughtfu
neatly y y sharply ly lly well
repeatedl
nervously promptly y shyly sternly tightly wildly
punctuall
noisily y rightfully silently straight truthfully wisely
Adverbs of frequency
 Adverbs of time
These adverbs tell us when an action took place, but also for how long, and how
often. Adverbs of time are invariable and they have standard positions in a
sentence depending on what the adverb of time is telling us.

Yesterday Last year Later

Today All morning Since last week

Tomorrow For hours Now

Ex. Carol is going to the movies tomorrow.

Mario ate bananas yesterday.
 Adverbs of place
These adverbs express the place where the action took place.
around behind backwards
everywhere down westwards
back off upwards
in over homewards
nearby nowhere towards
outside somewhere indoors
here anywhere abroad
there downhill sidehill
 Examples of adverbs of
place
Ex. They built the park nearby.

She took the dog outside

Put it here.

Come towards me

What is the cat doing up there?

Hurry! You are getting behind.