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Contributor: Jennifer Blanchard. Lesson ID: 13785
Adjectives and adverbs start with the same two letters, but what else do they have in common? How are they different? One thing is for sure — they better our writing! Check out this lesson for more!
It's Trivia Time!
The adjective good and the adverb not are used more than the others.
We need adjectives and adverbs to provide more details when we talk and write. Let's get started!
An adjective is a word that describes a person, place, or thing.
To get more of the basics, watch the video below.
An adverb is a word that describes a verb, an adjective, or even another adverb.
For more of what you need to know, watch this next video.
The biggest difference is they are used to describe different types of words!
Complete the Adjective and Adverb Venn Diagram found under the Downloadable Resources in the right-hand sidebar. Then, check your ideas against the Answer Key.
You heard some in the video, but here are more!
| Adjectives | Adverbs | ||
| beautiful | easily | ||
| blue | slowly | ||
| this | never | ||
| polite | happily | ||
| responsible | soon | ||
| huge | there | ||
| lonely | always | ||
| wild | quietly | ||
| five | gently |
It's true! You don't always have to pick one or the other. Sometimes, you can use both!
Here are some examples of sentences that use both an adjective and an adverb in the same sentence. Notice how they both follow the rules for the words they describe.
The happy cousins were playing the games loudly.
Happy is an adjective describing cousins, and loudly is an adverb describing their playing.
The active dog goes on his walks quickly.
Active is an adjective describing the dog, and quickly is an adverb describing his walking.
When deciding between using an adjective or an adverb for certain parts of your sentence, think about what part of speech the word is that you are trying to describe.
If you describe a house as a noun, you would use an adjective. If you describe singing as a verb, you would use an adverb.
Remember that you can sometimes turn adjectives into adverbs by adding -ly. Not ALL adverbs end in -ly, but many do!
Example: The teacher was honest. (adjective)
Example: The teacher worked honestly. (adverb)
Take as long as you want to learn this material. Once you're ready, move on to the Got It? section for practice!
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