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Prepared by Professors Rita Perkins and Prepared by Professors Rita Perkins and Paul HarrisPaul Harris
Camden County CollegeCamden County College
Chapter Thirty-One
AdjectivesAdjectives and Adverbs and Adverbs
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Adjectives• Adjectives describe nouns or
pronouns.– My neighbor is a successful private
investigator. ( The adjective successful describes the noun unit private investigator.)
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• Adjectives are used to compare..– For most short adjectives, we add For most short adjectives, we add --ERER
when comparing when comparing 2 2 things, things, -EST-EST when when comparing comparing 33 or more things. or more things.• His company is bigger than the firm in
Haddon Hills. The one in New York City is the biggest.
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• For adjectives of two or more For adjectives of two or more syllables), we add syllables), we add moremore when when comparing 2 things and comparing 2 things and mostmost when when comparing 3 or more things.comparing 3 or more things.Mr Murphy is more educated than his
accountant, but his wife is the most educated person in the group.
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Two Mistakes to Avoid
• INCORRECT:INCORRECT:The detective is the
most smartest person who works with the agency.
• CORRECT:CORRECT:The detective is the
smartest person who works with the agency.
1. Be careful that you do not use both -er ending AND more or both -est ending AND most.
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2. Do not make mistakes with irregulars.
Comparative (two) Superlative(three or more)
Bad Worse Worst
Good, well Better Best
Little Less Least
Much More most
Two Mistakes to Avoid
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ADVERBS• Adverbs Adverbs describe verbs, other describe verbs, other
adjectives, or other adverbs. Adverbs adjectives, or other adverbs. Adverbs usually end in usually end in -ly.-ly.
The private investigator acts quickly when he is hired.
The absolutely priceless statue has disappeared. (The adverb describes the adjective priceless.)
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• INCORRECT:INCORRECT:The behavior of the
wrongfully accused boy changed real sudden when the boy found a private investigator….
• CORRECT:CORRECT:The behavior of the
wrongfully accused boy changed suddenly...
Three mistakes to avoid withadjectives and adverbs.
1. A common mistake is to use an adjective instead of an adverb with a verb.
ADVERBS
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Detective Price did a good job on the reports. ( Good describes the noun job.)
She phrased the questions well. (Well is an adverb describing the verb phrased.)
2. Do not confuse good and well. The word good is an adjective; it describes nouns. The word well is an adverb.
ADVERBS
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• NOT:NOT:TechnologyTechnology
advancements advancements make it easier to make it easier to investigate fraud.investigate fraud.
3. Do not use a noun as an adjective.
• CORRECT:CORRECT:Technological Technological
advancements advancements make it easier to make it easier to investigate fraud.investigate fraud.
ADVERBS
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Practice Exercises
• Although Sean does not speak Spanish too good, he went to visit Costa Rica with his high school classmates.
Correct each of the following sentences..
I speak Spanishwell!
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• He was surprised to see how quick his Spanish improved while he was visiting Central America.
Correct each of the following sentences.. ...how quickly my
Spanish...
Practice Exercises
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• One day Sean and his classmates rode horses to a breathtaking beautiful waterfall.
Correct each of the following sentences.
breathtakingly
Practice Exercises
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• Since Sean was the taller of the 6 boys on the trip, he often attracted attention.
Correct each of the following sentences.
tallest
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• The students were good hikers, so they walked to view an active volcano.
Correct each of the following sentences.
correct
Practice Exercises
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• The people they The people they met on the met on the Pacific coast Pacific coast swam swam wellwell in the in the ocean.ocean.
Correct each of the following sentences.correct
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• There are over 400 There are over 400 species of birds to see in species of birds to see in Costa Rica, and the Costa Rica, and the more more interesting ones to interesting ones to photograph are the photograph are the toucans.toucans.
Correct each of the following sentences.most
interesting
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• The most biggest spiders Sean has ever seen were in Costa Rica.
Correct each of the following sentences.delete
“most”
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• One One biology biology phenomenonphenomenon was the was the walking tree which walking tree which moves five to eight moves five to eight inches per year.inches per year.
Correct each of the following sentences.biological
phenomenon
Practice Exercises
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• The students rode on an aerial tram which moved slow over the canopy of the rain forest.
Correct each of the following sentences.moved slowly
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