Next level parts of speech—adjectives ! (See the “intro” to adjectives episode here!)
Today’s episode about adjectives covers the following:
- Adjectives are third out of ten on my list (following) because they often describe nouns
- Often confused with adverbs—use trick “adverb has the word verb in it”
- Tell
- 1. Which one (other)
- 2. How many (five, many)
- 3. What kind (happy, blue)
- 4. Whose (your, my)
- Adjectives can end in ly—
- 1. Adjective + ly= adverb
- 2. Noun + ly = adjective
- 3. Ly adjective examples/ brotherly, bubbly, daily, earthly, lovely, gentlemanly, timely, weekly, smelly, pearly, oily, mannerly
- Punctuating double and triple adjectives
- 1. Use commas (or the word and) if both or all three adjectives are descriptive (not clarifying)
- 2. Use “trade places trick” to see if commas are needed
- Yes—kind, wonderful person. -wonderful, kind person
- No—your lovely mom
- Can’t say lovely your mom
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