This document provides information about adjectives and adverbs. It defines adjectives as words that modify nouns and pronouns, and gives examples. Adverbs are defined as modifying verbs, adjectives, and other adverbs. Many adverbs end in "ly". The document discusses recognizing adjectives and adverbs, comparative and superlative forms, avoiding double comparatives, and using adjectives and adverbs correctly. It concludes by thanking the audience and providing details about the presenter.

1. Grammar
But before lets
play a little

9. Bikafi playing yala ya shatrat
get ready

10. Using adjectives and adverbs
correctly

11. What are adjectives?
• Adjectives modify nouns or pronouns
• These words are all adjectives
 A hot day
 A happy camper
 A silly twit
 A big, bloody mess (both “big” and “bloody”
modify “mess”)
 She is creative (“creative” is a subject
complement that follows the linking verb “is”)
 A boring course (present participle used as an
adjective

12. So what are adverbs?
• Adverbs modify verbs, adjectives and other
adverbs
• Many adverbs end with lee
• Many adverbs answer the question “How?”
• These are adverbs
Eating quickly (modifying a verb)
Trying very hard (modifying an adverb)
A really big show (modifying an adjective)

13. Recognizing Adjectives &
Adverbs
• Many words have both an adjective and adverb form
Adjective Adverb
Happy kids Playing happily
Smooth rock Running smoothly
Good night Eating Well
Efficient workers Working efficiently
Casual dress Dressing casually
Quick meeting Talking quickly
hopeful children Waiting hopefully
Real butter Really hot

14. Comparatives and Superlatives
• Most adverbs and adjectives also have a
comparative and superlative form
Simple Comparative Superlative
Hot Hotter Hottest
Good Better Best
Exciting More exciting Most exciting
Careful Less careful Least careful
• Use the comparative form to compare two things
Sally is the larger of the twins (not largest)
• Use the superlative form to compare three or more
August was the hottest month of the year

15. Double Comparatives
• Don’t use “more” or “most” with –er or –est
X Yesterday was more hotter than today
X That was the most dirtiest story I ever heard
X You are the bestest teacher

16. Don’t use adjectives when
adverbs are needed
XYou did a real nice job
– (an adjective can’t modify another adjective)
You did a really nice job
– (the adverb “really” modifies “nice”)
XHe did good
He did well or
He did a good job
XFuel injection helps the car run efficient
Fuel injection helps the car run efficiently
XCome quick!
Come quickly!
XHopefully, it won’t rain
– (an adverb explains how something will happen
I hope that it won’t rain

17. The end
Thank you for listening!!!!
I hope that you understood every
thing
This presentation was done by
Maya Osama
Grade : 8c

18. Thank you miss lina