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Adjectives & Adverbs<\/h1>\n

Adjectives<\/strong><\/abbr> modify nouns and pronouns. Note that adjectives can be possessive, indefinite, numerical, or compound, among other things. Articles also act as adjectives.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
<\/td>\n<\/td>\n serious<\/strong> student<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\n<\/td>\n brilliant<\/strong> rainbow<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\n<\/td>\n enchanted<\/strong> smile<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\npossessive:<\/td>\n her<\/strong> time, their<\/strong> book deal<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nindefinite:<\/td>\n any <\/strong> day<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\nnumerical:<\/td>\n thirteenth<\/strong> floor, one<\/strong> doughnut<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\ncompound:<\/td>\n marinated duck<\/strong> quesadilla<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\narticles:<\/td>\n a<\/strong> book, an<\/strong> egg, the<\/strong> clock<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

Coordinate adjective<\/strong><\/abbr> work together to modify a noun. Coordinate adjectives do not modify each other and are placed before the noun they modify. Use a comma to separate coordinate adjectives.<\/p>\n

The juicy, sweet<\/strong> watermelon cooled everyone off.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Adverbs<\/strong><\/abbr> modify verbs, adjectives, or other adverbs, and they often end with \u2013ly.<\/p>\n

modifying a verb : She walked quickly<\/strong> to school.<\/p>\n

modifying an adjective : He became an exceptionally<\/strong> quick learner.<\/p>\n

modifying another adverb : She ran unbelievably<\/strong> fast.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Place adverbs such as almost, even, and only with care to avoid confusion.<\/p>\n

Instead of : The movie almost<\/strong> ended before the stroke of midnight.<\/p>\n

Use : The move ended almost<\/strong> before the stroke of midnight.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Most adjectives and some adverbs can take several forms: the positive<\/strong><\/abbr>, comparative<\/strong><\/abbr>, and superlative forms.<\/strong><\/abbr><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Positive <\/strong><\/td>\nComparative<\/strong><\/td>\nSuperlative<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
calm<\/td>\ncalmer<\/td>\ncalmest<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
quiet<\/td>\nquieter<\/td>\nquietest<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
good<\/td>\nbetter<\/td>\nbest<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
obvious<\/td>\nmore obvious<\/td>\nmost obvious<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

Use the comparative form to compare two things. Use the superlative form to compare three or more things.<\/p>\n

Comparative: The mockingbird sang louder than the sparrow.<\/p>\n

Superlative: Of all the birds in her yard, the mockingbird sang loudest.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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Question<\/h4>\n

Choose the sentence with an adjective or adverb error.<\/p>\n

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  1. Of all the dogs at the park, Spot had the shiniest coat.<\/li>\n
  2. Between Kyle and his brother, Kyle played guitar best.<\/li>\n
  3. Gertrude meticulously paged through the dozens of documents and scrutinized the one with the most coffee stains on it.<\/li>\n
  4. When his choices were pay a fine or go to court for the traffic ticket, Michael felt like he was choosing between the lesser of two evils.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    Reveal Answer <\/a><\/p>\n

    Choice B is correct because when comparing two things (Kyle and his brother), use the comparative form of the adverb (better, not best). Choice A correctly employs the superlative adjective shiniest in a comparison of many things (all the dogs in the park). Choice C similarly uses most in a comparison of many things (dozens of documents). D correctly uses the comparative adjective lesser to compare two things (pay a fine or go to court).<\/p>\n<\/section>\n

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    \u2b05 Previous Lesson\u00a0Workshop Index\u00a0Next Lesson \u27a1 Adjectives & Adverbs Adjectives modify nouns and pronouns. Note that adjectives can be possessive, indefinite, numerical, or compound, among other things. Articles also act as adjectives. serious student brilliant rainbow enchanted smile possessive: her time, their book deal indefinite: any day numerical: thirteenth floor, one doughnut compound: marinated duck […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-96","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/americanboard.org\/Subjects\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/96","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/americanboard.org\/Subjects\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/americanboard.org\/Subjects\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/americanboard.org\/Subjects\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/americanboard.org\/Subjects\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=96"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/americanboard.org\/Subjects\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/96\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":311,"href":"https:\/\/americanboard.org\/Subjects\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/96\/revisions\/311"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/americanboard.org\/Subjects\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=96"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}