adverbs and adjective as head

1. 
to know the structures of
modification(adverbs and adjectives) ;
 to distinguish each part of speech in
the given activity;
 to use the structures of modification in
a dialogue.
Objectives:

2. (Adjectives and Adverbs)

3. 
Adjective as Head

4. 
The word that is mostly used as modifier of adjective is
a qualifier such as very, rather, prettys,etc.
Example:
 The sound was loud enough
 She is very pretty.
Qualifier as Adjective
Modifier

5. 
Examples:
very, quite, rather, somewhat, more,
most, less, least, too, so, just, enough,
indeed, still, almost, fairly, really, pretty,
even, a bit, a little, a (whole) lot, a good
deal, a great deal, kind of, sort of.
Qualifiers

6. 
Very + Bright = Very bright. The sun was shining very
bright.
Pretty + Cool = Pretty cool. His idea to hitch a bus is
pretty cool.
Quite + Delicious = Quite delicious. The bread that was
baked by mom is quite delicious.
Qualifiers + Adjectives

7. 
An adverb that can modify the adjective is adverb that
is ended by {-ly}
Example:
 The widely famous (singer)
 Accidentally wrong
 Crazily in love
Adverb as Adjective
Modifier

8. 
If the adjective comes after the linking verb, the adverb
does not modify the adjective anymore. The function is
as the modifier of the structure of complementation
Example:
The house seems clean everywhere.

9. 
Extremely + Strange = Extremely strange. I feel
extremely strange on that house.
Mysteriously + romantic = Mysteriously romantic. I
received love letters from a mysteriously romantic guy.
Lightly + damaged = Lightly damaged. The lightly
damaged car was held in the Police station.
Adverb + Adjective

10. 
In some special expression, noun can modify the
adjective.
Example:
 stone cold (coffee)
 sea green (cloth)
Noun as Adjective
Modifier

11. 
Pool + indoor = The pool was indoor
Baby + asleep = The baby’s asleep.
Daughter + upset = My daughter is upset.
Noun + Adjective

12. 
Adjective can be modified by the verb in present
participle form (-ing) that usually precedes the
adjective, or by to-infinitive that follows adjective
Example:
 freezing cold
 Hard to say
 Boiling hot
 Good to see
Verb as Adjective
Modifier

13. 
Blinking + gold = blinking gold. The thief was
captivated to the woman’s blinking gold bracelet.
Spinning + loud = Spinning loud = I am destruct by the
spinning loud engine.
Hard + believe
= Her story was hard to believe, and it finally was pro
ven to be a lie.
Verb + Adjective

14. 
For special expression, adjective can modify the other
adjective
Example:
 icy cold
 Dark blue
 deathly pale
Adjective as Adjective
Modifier

15. 
Abundant + generous = Abundant generous. The
abundant generous man gives charity to the needy.
Courageous + old = Courageous old. I was amazed
about the story of a courageous old man in New York.
Hopeless + romantic = Hopeless romantic. That girl is
hopeless romantic, she never ha a boyfriend since
birth.
Adjective + Adjective

16. 
The position of the prepositional phrases as adjective
modifier is after the adjective.
example:
 easy on the eyes
 good for nothing
 stronger than ever
Prepositional Phrases
as Adjective Modifier

17. 
Down the tree
Up the hill
Around the mulberry bush
Into the woods
With chopped nuts
Near a fast-flowing river
Within the book’s pages
Through the tunnel
Examples of
Prepositional Phrases
In spite of
Instead of
Any more
On account of
To the fact that
Because of

18. 
Hungry + because of = I am hungry because of this
diet.
Quickly + in those high heels . You can run pretty
quickly in those high heels.
Prepositional Phrases
+Adjective

19. 
There are four class words that can modify the adverb.
 Qualifiers as Adverb Modifier
 Adverbs as adverb Modifier
 Noun as adverb modifier
 Prepositional Phrases as Adverb Modifier
Adverb as Head

20. Example:
 very easily
 rather slowly
 happily enough
Qualifiers as Adverb
Modifier

21. 
Examples:
very, quite, rather, somewhat, more,
most, less, least, too, so, just, enough,
indeed, still, almost, fairly, really, pretty,
even, a bit, a little, a (whole) lot, a good
deal, a great deal, kind of, sort of.
Qualifiers

22. 
More + truthfully = He tell me more truthfully than his
brother Elsa.
Almost + Beautifully = The painting was done almost
beautifully than I am expecting.
Indeed + sorrowfully = Ben’s story was indeed
sorrowfully.
Qualifiers + Adverb

23. 
Example: far away, sometimes below
Adverbs as adverb
Modifier

24. 
Later + today = Later today, I was in a deep thinking.
Often + Inside = Steph saw me often inside the office.
Adverbs + adverb

25. 
Example:
 a meter away
 some way up
Noun as adverb
modifier

26. 
Example:
 away for a week
 behind in his work
 outside in the cold
Prepositional Phrases
as Adverb Modifier

27. 
Words/phrases Head Function explanation
Large as a
thousand
churches
Adjective Adjective
modifier
A thousand
churches are
described by the
word large
which is also an
adjective
Empty as a
broken jar
1)
Longingly 2)
Storm-clouds 3)
Within reach 4)
Requires
something like
a dozen stars
5)
Manfully 6)

28. 
Ever kindly 8)
Delightedly 9)
Very simple 10)
Stretches
from the sea
to the sea
11)
Soar on his
wings from
star to star
12)
Old peak 13)

29. 
Choose a partner and then create a
dialogue using the words/phrases found
on the table. Just a brief dialogue and
then you will present that to the class
tomorrow.
Assignment

30. 
Large as a thousand churches
Empty as a broken jar
Longingly
Storm-clouds
Within reach
Requires something like a dozen stars
Manfully
Rightly
Ever kindly
Delightedly
Very simple
Stretches from the sea to the sea
Soar on his wings from star to star
Old peak