1. ADJECTIVES
&
ADVERBS

2. WHAT IS AN ADJECTIVE? A big, red ball The cute, huggable puppy
An adjective is a word that describes/modifies a noun or pronoun
EXAMPLES:
A big, red ball
The cute, huggable puppy
The tall, green tree
His huge, sharp teeth

3. WHAT IS AN ADVERB? Adverbs describe/modify verbs.
EXAMPLES:
Jose was quietly going out the door.
Glendale was torn down slowly.
Tony spoke slowly.
Katie jumped high.

4. JUST EXACTLY WHAT DOES AN ADJECTIVE AND ADVERB DO?
An adverb tells us when,where,and how about verbs, adjectives and even other adverbs
An adjective describes a noun or pronoun by telling which one, what kind or how many

5. Examples of adjectives and the nouns/pronouns they modify.
Yellow describes
the sweater.
She wore a yellow sweater to the picnic.
adjective noun
Messy describes
the bedroom.
My bedroom was messy.
noun adjective
Blue and white describe
the color of the parka
She lost her blue and white parka.
adjective adjective noun

6. Examples of adverbs and what they do:
Extremely describes
how grumpy David was.
David was extremely grumpy.
Easily describes how
the runner finished
the race.
The runner easily finished first.
Jose, my oldest brother, drove slowly by his girlfriend’s house.
Slowly describes
how the brother
drove the car.