Mastering English Adjectives and Adverbs: Usage and Types
1. What is an adjective?
Adjectives tell us something about a person or thing.
2. Where do you put the adjective?
They are typically placed after the subject or at the end of a sentence.
3. What is an adverb?
Adverbs tell us the way in which someone does something.
4. Where do you put the adverb?
They are typically placed after the subject or at the end of a sentence.
5. Types of adjectives
- Quality:
- The racing car runs over the calm surface.
- Cracked heels are very painful.
- Rotten vegetables smell bad.
- Quantity:
- He has many.
- She is very poor.
- He has enough money to start a business.
- Number:
- Two children make a family perfect.
- I have learnt three languages.
- One hour has sixty minutes.
- Distributive:
- Each of the participants received compensation.
- Every participant was asked to complete a survey.
- Either of these movies would be interesting to me.
- Demonstrative:
- These shoes fit me very well.
- Those shoes are too expensive.
- That dog is so adorable.
- Interrogative:
- Whose pen will they give us?
- What pen will they give us?
- Which pen will they give us?
- Possessive:
- That is his baseball cap.
- My mother is here.
- Our cat is always licking its paws.
6. Types of adverbs
- Of manner:
- The rain fell heavily.
- Make sure you write neatly.
- She easily passed the test.
- Of degree:
- She swims fairly slowly.
- He hardly sleeps on the weekend.
- She plays the piano very well.
- Of frequency:
- I always update the calendar at the beginning of the month.
- Poetria often takes notes during the Skype sessions.
- I am never late.
- Of time:
- I'm going to tidy my room tomorrow.
- I saw Sally today.
- I will call you later.
- Of place:
- I'm going back to school.
- They built a house nearby.
- She took the child outside.