Adjectives and Adverbs Flashcards

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Base adjective or adverb

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Basic form of modifying another word

Big, carefully, interesting

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Comparative adjectives and adverbs

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Comparing 2 instances adding -er or -ly on the end

Bigger, carefully

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Superlative

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The best example

Biggest, most interesting

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Adverbs of manner

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Provides information on how someone does something

Jack drives carefully

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Adverbs of time

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Provided information on when something is going to happen

We will make a decision next week

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Adverbs of frequency

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Provides information on how often something happens

They usually get to work at eight

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Adverbs of degree

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Provide information concerning how much if something is done

I like playing golf a lot

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Adverbs of comment

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Provide a comment or opinion about a situation

Fortunately, there were enough seats left

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Adverbs of place

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Provides information about where an activity is going on

The kids are playing upstairs

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Attributive/ predicative adjective

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Comes in front of a noun

Big, small, loud

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Evaluative adjective

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Implies a judgement about the noun

“The ugly jumper”

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Pre-modification (predicative) adjective

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Adjective before the noun/ pronoun

“The tiny cat”

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Post-modification (predicative) adjective

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Adjective after the noun

“The cat was tiny”

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