\nWhen speaking, Adjectives and adverbs give colour to what we are saying. Adjectives describe nouns or pronouns and adverbs describe or modify the verb.<\/p>\n\n\n
For example if we look at this sentence- When we think of adjectives, we first have to look at two forms- adjectives ending in \u2013ed<\/strong> and adjectives ending in \u2013ing. <\/strong>Adjectives ending in \u2013ed <\/strong>describe how we feel about something- I am bored<\/strong>, whereas, adjectives ending in \u2013ing<\/strong> describe how something is- Football is very boring<\/strong>. Adjectives can also be divided into groups according to the type they are- colour, material etc.<\/p>\n\n\n Word order of adjectives is also very important. When we have a number of adjectives before a noun we must use a system to keep them in the right order. We can normally divide adjectives into the following groups- We also keep them in this order if we have adjectives belonging to more than one group in a sentence- I am wearing my new black<\/strong> dress tomorrow. (age, colour) The position of adverbs in sentences depends on the type of adverbs used. Adverbs of manner go after the verb (laughs loudly<\/strong>), adverbs of place go at the end of the sentence (she\u2019s over there<\/strong>), adverbs of time can go either at the start or end of a sentence (Next Monday<\/strong>…\/…at the moment<\/strong>.) and adverbs of frequency go between the pronoun and the verb (I always<\/strong> go).<\/p>\n\n\n There are other rules and exceptions to the rules apart from the ones mentioned above. What\u2019s important to remember is that we use these rules as a guideline for people to understand a more uniformed word order.\n<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
\u201cThe cat (noun)<\/strong> is on the table\u201d – and add an adjective to it, it will make it sound much better and also give the person listening more of a visual picture of what the book looks like- \u201cThe big grey<\/strong>(adjectives)<\/strong> cat is on the table.\u201d An example using an adverb could be \u201cJane walked up the street slowly<\/strong>.\u201dIn this sentence, \u201cslowly\u201d shows us the way Jane walked.<\/p>\n\n\n
Opinion She has a wonderful<\/strong> voice.
Size Alex drives a big<\/strong> car.
Age They have bought a new<\/strong> house.
Shape An oval<\/strong> table.
Colour A pair of black<\/strong> trousers.
origin It\u2019s an Italian<\/strong> car.
material or type I collect silk<\/strong> ties.<\/p>\n\n\n
Adverbs can be divided into 4 groups- Manner, Place, Time and Frequency. Adverbs of manner (end in \u2013ly<\/strong>) show how we do something- The boys were laughing loudly<\/strong>. Adverbs of place show where something is- The bank is over there<\/strong>. Adverbs of time tell us when something happened or is happening- She is going abroad tomorrow<\/strong>. Adverbs of frequency show how often we do something- Jane always<\/strong> goes abroad in the summer holidays.<\/p>\n\n\n