Sunday, 17 March 2013

Adjective vs Adverbs

30/01/2013

Hello, so today we continued with grammar"s presentatiuons. people that presented that day were Fatini, Iffah, Erna and Azira. The first group pof the day which was Fatini's group presented about adjectives.


Adjectives are the words that describe or modify another person or thing in a sentence.



  • To describe the quality of peoples, things, places and so on. (poor, rich, full, empty, injured)
  • To describe or gives more information about noun/ pronoun. (fresh fruit, stale fish,green vegetable)
  • To point our things or people. (Those groundnut are crunchy.) (This cake is scrumptious.)
Nouns can be used as adjectives. These nouns are in singular form.
  An orange cake.
A duck egg.
A garden party.
An adjectives can be formed using '-ing' from of a word (present participal)
Appetising meal.
Cooking demonstration.
An adjective can be formed using the '-ed' from of the word (past participle).
Fried fish.
Preserve fruit.
Nationalities can be used as nouns.
English pancake.
French toast.

An adjective can be used to compare two people or things. Such comparative adjectives are usually formed by adding '-er' to the adjective.
The knife is sharper than that one.


Superlative adjectives are used to compare three or more people or things. These adjective are usually formed by adding '-est' to an adjective and using the article 'the' in front of it.
- Buy food from the cleanest stall. 
- Choose the biggest phone. 
 
The comparative or superlatives adjective end in '-y' ,change to '-i' before adding '-er' or '-est'.
  - Adnan is hungriest than Ali. 
- This is the dirtiest food stall I've ever seen.
 


Some comparative and superlative adjective are formed by using the base form of the adjective with the expressions ‘more...than’ or ‘the most ...’.

For Example:
1) .....more nutritious than .....
2) .....more nourishing than ....
3) .....more intoxicating ....

The position of adjectives-- before noun.
  A delicious meal.
A cold drink.
A tiring day.
Strenuous exercise.


After the verb to be.
  - He is thirsty.
-I am ravenous.
- The mangoes are ripe.



After in transitive verb (feel , taste, smell , appear, look , sound ,seem).
  - The cheese are smell awful
- The fish looks fresh
- The jogger appears exhausted
The next group, which was Siti's group presented about Adverbs. Let me tell you more about it :DDD


Adverbs are words that modify:
  • a verb (He drove slowly. — How did he drive?)
  • an adjective (He drove a very fast car. — How fast was his car?)
  • another adverb (She moved quite slowly down the aisle. — How slowly did she move?)

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Kinds of Adverbs

Adverbs of Manner
   She moved slowly and spoke quietly.
Adverbs of Place
   She has lived on the island all her life.
   She still lives there now.
Adverbs of Frequency
   She takes the boat to the mainland every day.
   She often goes by herself.
Adverbs of Time
   She tries to get back before dark.
   It's starting to get dark now.
   She finished her tea first.
   She left early.
Adverbs of Purpose
   She drives her boat slowly to avoid hitting the rocks.
   She shops in several stores to get the best buys.
  That was all for that day. Thanks !

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