Adjectives vs. Adverbs

12/1/14

Bell Work 12/1/14Fix the following sentences by rewriting, underlining the error, and correcting it. 1. The apple smells sweetly.2. The toddlers acted terrible when they escaped the

daycare center. 3. I couldn’t hardly believe my eyes when the

Wildcats beat the Knights in the playoff game.4. Sorry I didn’t come to the party. I’ve been real

exhausted.

HOMEWORK

• Write it in your agenda:

• Adjectives vs. Adverbs worksheet

Adjectives

Words that describe nouns and pronouns are called adjectives. Adjectives usually come before the noun or pronoun they modify.

Watch: Schoolhouse Rock!Adjectives

• Write the song’s definition and as many examples as you can.

• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NkuuZEey_bs

Watch: Schoolhouse Rock!Adverbs

• Write the song’s definition and as many examples as you can.

• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x6dPHWemygY

Adverbs

Adverbs are words that describe verbs. You can recognize adverbs easily because many of them are formed by adding -ly to an adjective.

Basic Rules1. Adjectives modify nouns; adverbs modify verbs, adjectives, and other adverbs.• You can recognize adverbs easily because many of them

are formed by adding -ly to an adjective:– Phil is careless. (Adjective modifies Phil.)– Phil talks carelessly. (Adverb modifies talks.)– Britney was extremely happy. (The adjective happy modifies

Britney; the adverb extremely modifies happy.)– Daryl finished his work unusually quickly. (The adverb quickly

modifies finished; the adverb unusually modifies quickly.)

• It's easy to notice that adverbs can't modify nouns as you can see from the following obviously incorrect sentences.

–He is a quietly man.*–I have a happily dog.*

•On the other hand, it's sometimes easy to make the mistake of using an adjective to modify a verb as the incorrect sentences below show.

– He talks careless about your wife.* (should be carelessly)– He is breathing normal again.* (should be normally)

Bell Work 12/2/14Write 5 sentences. Underline all adjectives and BOX all adverbs.1. Write a sentence with multiple

adjectives 2. Write a sentence with an adverb.3. Write 3 sentences with adjectives AND

adverbs.

• 2. An adjective always follows a form of the verb to be when it modifies the noun before the verb.

– I was nervous.– She has been sick all week.– Be careful.– They tried to be helpful.

3. Likewise, an adjective always follows a sense verb or a verb of appearance—feel, taste, smell, sound, look, appear, and seem—when it modifies the noun before the verb.

– Sharon's cough sounds bad. (not badly)– Castor oil tastes awful. (not awfully)– The ocean air smells fresh. (not freshly)– I feel weak. (not weakly)– She seems unhappy today. (not unhappily)– The images on the negative appeared dark. (not

darkly)

• Be careful to notice whether the word modifies the subject or the verb in the sentence. The difference is shown in the following pair of sentences.

– This apple smells sweet. (The adjective sweet modifies apple.)

– Your dog smells carefully. (The adverb carefully modifies smells.)

Avoiding Common ErrorsBad or Badly?

When you want to describe how you feel, you should use an adjective (see rule #3 above), so you'd say, "I feel bad." Saying you feel badly is like saying you feel gladly.

Fill in the blanks using either bad or badly:• The way she treated her mother was downright

______.• He broke his ankle _______ while playing rugby.

Avoiding Common ErrorsGood or Well?

Good is an adjective, so you do not do good or live good, but you do well and live well. Remember, though, that an adjective follows sense-verbs and be-verbs, so you also feel good, look good, smell good, are good, have been good, etc.

Confusion can occur because well can function either as an adverb or an adjective. When well is used as an adjective, it means "not sick" or "in good health." For this specific sense of well, it's OK to say you feel well or are well—for example, after recovering from an illness. When not used in this health-related sense, however, well functions as an adverb; for example, "I did well on my exam."

Avoiding Common ErrorsDouble-Negatives

Scarcely and hardly are already negative adverbs. To add another negative term is redundant.

– They found scarcely any animals on the island. (not scarcely no)

– Hardly anyone came to the party. (not hardly no one)

Bell Work 12/3/14Find 4 replacement words for these commonly used adjectives: (You can visit the thesaurus app or website on your phone)

-Good:-Bad:-Sad:-Happy:-Mad:

Homework

• Quiz tomorrow! Take home your notes.

Avoiding Common ErrorsSure or Surely?

Sure is an adjective, and surely is an adverb. Sure is also used in the idiomatic expression sure to be. Surely can be used as a sentence-adverb.– I am sure that you were there.– He is surely ready to take on this project.– She is sure to be a great leader.– Surely, environmental devastation has been one of the

worst catastrophes brought about by industrial production.

Avoiding Common ErrorsReal or Really?

Real is an adjective, and really is an adverb.– Popular culture proposes imaginary solutions to real

problems.– She did really well on that test.– Is she really going out with him?

Avoiding Common ErrorsNear or Nearly?

•Near can function as a verb, adverb, adjective, or preposition. Nearly is used as an adverb to mean "in a close manner" or "almost but not quite."

– The moment of truth neared. (verb)– The cat crept near. (adverb of place)– I'll be seeing you in the near future. (adjective)– The detective solves the mystery in a scene near the end of the movie.

(preposition)– First cousins are more nearly related than second cousins. (adverb)– We are nearly finished with this project. (adverb)

"This used textbook is the tattered in the bookstore, but it is also the expensive," Urio told his friend Pogrim.

What is the correct way to write this sentence?

A. "This used textbook is the more tattered in the bookstore, but it is also the least expensive," Urio told his friend Pogrim.

B. "This used textbook is the most tatterest in the bookstore, but it is also the least expensivest," Urio told his friend Pogrim.

C. "This used textbook is the most tattered in the bookstore, but it is also the least expensive," Urio told his friend Pogrim.

D."This used textbook is the more tattered in the bookstore, but it is also the less expensive," Urio told his friend Pogrim.

Nicholas tried to move _______ through his math homework before playing video games, but he kept having to look up formulas in his textbook.

Which word best belongs in the blank above? • A. speed • B. speediness • C. speedily • D. speedy

There is scarcely no icing on this chocolate cake, and it is far too dry to taste good.How should this sentence be rewritten to correct the error in grammar?

A. There is scarcely any icing on this chocolate cake, and it is far too dry to taste good. B. There is more scarcely no icing on this chocolate cake, and it is far too dry to taste good. C. There is scarcely any icing on this chocolate cake, and it is far too driest to taste good.

D. There is scarcely no icing on this chocolate cake, and it is far too drier to taste good.

What change, if any, should be made to rambunctiously in this sentence?The rambunctiously crowd cheered as the girls' basketball team entered the stadium as champions for the first time.

• A. rambunctious • B. rambunctiousness • C. rambunctiouser • D. no change

While the rest of the students were creating the sets for the play, Mrs. Vallejo took her leading lady aside to give her some _______ tips on the character.

Which word best belongs in the blank above? • A. helping • B. helper • C. helpfully • D. helpful

“You shouldn’t do nothing to the house.”

This was an example of…

A. Double NegativeB. Adverb confused for an adjectiveC. Adjective confused for an adverb

Which of the following sentences uses adjectives correctly?

• A.I heard a loud crash and a squeaky yelp when Lucy fell down the stairs.

• B. The barking high-pitched was coming from my neighbor's dog small.

• C. My aunt's baby new happy giggled at my while I made faces funny.

• D. I liked going to the diner neighborhood because of the noise constant.

Choose the adverb that best fills in the blank in the sentence below.

Christina was _______ proud of the fact that she had lived in Tucson all her life. • • A. exceeding • B. exceeds • C. exceedest • D.exceedingly

Choose the adverb that best fills in the blank in the sentence below.

Christina was _______ proud of the fact that she had lived in Tucson all her life. • • A. exceeding • B. exceeds • C. exceedest • D.exceedingly

Which word from the sentence below is an adverb?

Bruce felt that he and Laura could speak openly since they were meeting behind closed doors and away from their colleagues.

• A.meeting • B.colleagues • C.closed • D. openly

Bonus on the quiz!

• The bonus question will ask you to define the adjective jubilant!