Adjectives and Adverbs

Lauren Bailey
2 min readNov 4, 2017

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Adjectives are words that help further describe other words. Adjectives are the little words added to a sentence to help create an image for someone else. There is a big difference between an advertisement for a rusty car or a shiny car. Adjectives allow someone to know if the food you are posting on Snapchat is delicious or disgusting. Without adjectives a car would just be a car and food would just be food. Adjectives are used every time you answer how your day is going so they are important to be able to identify.

Exercise:
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The three types of adverbs:

  • Adverbs that modify verbs and answer questions of where, when, or how an action is carried out
  • Intensifying adverbs such as, words, such as very, quite, somewhat, and exceedingly
  • The adverb that modifies an entire sentence, adding the speaker’s commentary typically at the beginning of a sentence.

Example of an adverb that modifies an entire sentence: We are discussing adverbs. Consequently, we must mention the classic and catchy educational song from Schoolhouse Rock: Grammar “Lolly, Lolly, Lolly, Get Your Adverbs Here”.

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