ADVERB

DEFINITION

Adverbs are words that modify everything but nouns and pronouns. They modify adjectives, verbs, and other adverbs. A word is an adverb if it answers how, when, or where.

Adverb indicates:
Types:...........ly(slowly,quickly)
Where(place):here,anywhere,everywhere
When(time):last night,now,soon
How Often(frequency):always,usually,never
Adverb describe adjectives:i felt completely exhausted
Adverb describes another adverb:i slept here last night
very to intensify adverb:he worked very hard yesterday

Condition:
i)Adj-N + Adv- Verb
The young lady danced gracefully
young=adjectives
lady=noun
danced=verb
gracefully=adverb

ii)Adv - Adj
She is very beautiful
very=adverb
beautiful=adjectives

iii)Adj -N + Adv -Adv
The house is haunted,so the couple left the house very quickly.
house=noun
haunted=adjectives
very=adverb
quickly=adverb

iv)Adv - (Adv) - Adj - N
Quickly, the old lady jumped over the window
quickly=adverb
old=adjectives
lady=noun

POSITION OF ADJECTIVES

In order adjectives to look good in sentences,they must follow the position of adjectives:

Quality/  - Size  - Age  - Shape  - Colour  - Nationality  - Material  - Purpose/
opinion                                                                                                    Noun

Example:

a beautiful young lady

beautiful=quality

young=age

lady=noun

a huge japanese sumo wrestler

huge=size

japanese=nationality

sumo=purpose

wrestler=noun

a large old rectangular brown italy wooden clock

large=size

old=age

rectangular=shape

brown=colour

italy=nationality

wooden=material

clock=noun

ADJECTIVES

DEFINITION
Adjectives are words that describe nouns or pronouns. They may come before the word they describe (That is a cute puppy.) or they may follow the word they describe (That puppy is cute.).

TYPES OF ADJECTIVES

a blue car

Attributive adjectives(come before noun)

he is honest

Predicative adjectives(after noun and linking verb)

princess royal

Postpositive adjectives(come immediately after modified noun)

tall,taller,tallest

Qualitative adjectives(in terms of qualities,comparative and superlative)

she is wearing a blue long dress for her wedding

Colour adjectives(specifies colour of things)

i think that dress is beautiful on you

Compound qualitative adjectives(express speaker opinion)

what book are you reading

Interrogative adjectives(wh question,modifies noun or pronoun rather than stand on its own)

those years were fun when i was a kid

Demonstrative adjectives(this,these that, those and what)