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1 A Review of Words and Phrases Cont
Adjectives and Adverbs

2 Identifiers Inflectional Endings Comparative Suffix (-er)
Superlative Suffix (-est) Adjective Adverb BigBigger, Biggest NearNearer, Nearest **If the word has two or more syllables, identifiers are more and most Beautifulmore beautiful Quicklymore quickly most beautiful most quickly

3 Identifiers Cont. Qualifier- a word like very can be used in front
**These identifiers do not help differentiate adjectives from adverbs Derivational suffix (-ly)- literally, adverbs can be derived from adjectives (quickly, pleasantly, happily) -ly means “like” (quick-like, pleasant-like, happy-like) Also note the kind of information it adds to the sentence: time, place, manner, frequency (this is adverb info) Adverbs are positioned in the predicate

4 Complete the Exercise in your notes


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