Adjectives & Adverbs

Question 1

What is an Adjective?
/adʒɪktɪv/

Answer 1

A word that describes or modifies a noun or a pronoun

Students struggle with: placing adjectives in a sentence, ordering multiple adjectives.

Question 2

What is the Adjective order?

Answer 2

OPINION - SIZE – AGE – SHAPE – COLOUR – ORIGIN – MATERIAL – USE

O.S.A.S C.O.M.O

Question 3

Comparative Adjectives

Answer 3

A type of adjective used to compare two or more things.

Noun (subject) + verb + comparative adjective + “than” + noun (object).

Question 4

Superlative Adjectives

Answer 4

An adjective representing the highest quality or degree of a noun.

Question 5

What is an Adverb?
/ˈadvəːb/

Answer 5

A word that describes or modifies a verb an adjective or another adverb.

Students struggle with: placing adverbs in a sentence, irregular adverbs

Question 6

Adverbs of Frequency -

Answer 6

Adverbs of frequency tell us how often something happens. These adverbs can describe definite frequency – things that happen at regular intervals – like daily, yearly and monthly.

There are also adverbs that describe indefinite frequency – those that don’t specify an exact time frame – like rarely, usually or always.

Question 7

What is an Adverbial Phrase?

Answer 7

a group of words that functions as an adverb. Used for Time, Place, Manner & Reason.

“He left at noon,” - noon (time)
She sat in the corner. - corner (place)
He laughed with a smile. - smile (manner)