Visual Punctuation Adj and Adv

Adjectives
Adjectives tell us what people, animals, and things are like.

They describe nouns and tell you more about them. They
might tell you what things look, sound, or feel like.
fierce mysterious
magical
haunted
strong
stripy
obedient comfortable
fast
noisy expensive
friendly
colorful
m ber !
Re m e
beautiful o n s s t rong,
v e s m ake li ivers long.
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Adject ts fast and r
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And ro
delicate
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Some adjectives describe the color of something:
a blue and a green and

yellow hat with yellow parrot
red pom-poms
Some adjectives describe size or shape:
a small beetle with a triangular piece of pizza

big jaws on a round plate
Some adjectives describe feelings:
She’s content He’s happy and excited.

and relaxed.
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Where to put adjectives
We often put an adjective before the noun that
it is describing.
a colorful a huge
ball spider
You can also put adjectives after the noun, such as after verbs
like be, look, or feel.
The sun is hot. Our cat is lovely.

The water looks inviting. His fur feels soft.
It’s up to you to choose where you put the adjectives in your sentence.
This is a delicious salad. We saw some

This salad is delicious. amazing fireworks.
The fireworks
were amazing.
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You can use more than one adjective to describe something. When you
put two adjectives before a noun, you usually need to use a comma.
some a large, ferocious

beautiful, crocodile
delicate
flowers
When you use two adjectives after a noun, you join them with and.
A rabbit’s ears The roller coaster

are long and was fast and scary.
pointed.
If you’re using more than one adjective, think about the best order
for them. Sometimes they don’t sound quite right if you put them
in the wrong order.
It’s got small She’s wearing a

black spots. cute woolly sweater.
It’s got black She’s wearing a
small spots. woolly cute sweater.
Here, the sentence sounds Here, it sounds better if your

better if the size comes first, opinion comes first (in this case
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Adverbs
Verbs tell you what things do. For example, tigers roar
and birds sing. Adverbs tell you how they do it. Most
adverbs end in -ly, and they usually come after verbs.
Adverbs that tell you how someone does something are
called adverbs of manner.
The lion Some birds

roared can sing
fiercely. beautifully.
She tiptoed The sun

quietly down was shining
the stairs. brightly.
I won You have

easily. to balance
them carefully.
Top
tip Using adverbs to describe how people do things
can make your writing more lively and interesting.
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Some adverbs don’t end in -ly, but they are still adverbs if they tell
you how something is done.
We played well today.
I can run fast.

I always work hard. You need to hold on tight.
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Re m e s m ile,
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Adjectives into adverbs
We can change most adjectives into adverbs by
adding -ly to the end of the adjective.
Snails are slow movers. Anika is an

They move slowly. elegant dancer.
She dances
elegantly.
If an adjective already ends in -l, we still add another one, so the

adverb has a double l.
Sam gave me a The puppy gave

cheerful smile. a playful bark.
He smiled He barked
cheerfully. playfully.
If an adjective ends in -y, we change the ending to -ily.
The crocodile looked We had a happy day

hungry. on the beach.
He looked at me hungrily. We played happily all day.
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Adverbs of place
Some adverbs tell us where something happens. These are
called adverbs of place, and they don’t usually end in -ly.
Pickles, We can sit there.

come here!
I’ve looked
everywhere, It’s raining.
but I can’t find Let’s go
my gloves. indoors.
The dog ran Can you

upstairs. skateboard
backward?
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Adverbs of time
Some adverbs tell us when something happens.
These are called adverbs of time.
I got some new

roller skates
yesterday.
It’s my
birthday
today.
We’re going on I don’t want

vacation tomorrow. to do my
homework
now. I’ll do
it later!
Badgers usually sleep She’s always trying to

during the day. catch the fish, but she
never manages to!
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Adverbs before adjectives
We can use some adverbs before adjectives, to change
the meaning of the adjective slightly. See how these
adverbs change the meaning of the adjective strong.
Dogs are Grizzly bears Gorillas are Elephants are

fairly are very extremely amazingly
strong. strong. strong. strong.
We often use these kinds of adverbs to emphasize or exaggerate something.
This book is The apple was

unbelievably deliciously
exciting! sweet.
Sometimes, adverbs make a comment on the sentence. You can use adverbs
to give your opinion. We often use them at the beginning of a sentence.
Luckily, I found my mobile DO Unfortunately,

phone under my bed. NOT we couldn’t
FEED THE
MONKEYS! feed the
Thank monkeys.
you
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Comparatives and superlatives
Sometimes we might want to compare people or things
to say how they are different. We use comparatives and
superlatives to do this.
expensive
more expensive
most expensive
heavy heavier heaviest
We use comparatives to compare two people or things.
A train is faster A lion is more

than a bike. dangerous
than a mouse.
We use superlatives to compare three or more people or things.
A tiger is the most

dangerous.
A plane is
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With short adjectives, we add -er to make comparatives
and -est to make superlatives.
A camel is A tortoise
slower than is the
a gazelle. slowest.
With longer adjectives, we use more to make comparatives

and most to make superlatives.
Ice-skating is Walking on
more difficult a tightrope
than riding a is the most
scooter. difficult.
The adjectives good and bad have irregular comparatives

and superlatives. This means they take different forms.
a good grade My sister’s socks

smell really bad.
a better grade
My dad’s socks smell
the best grade even worse.
you can get My brother’s socks
smell the worst of all!
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Adjectives

Adjectives tell us what people, animals, and things are like.

a blue and a green and

Some adjectives describe size or shape:

a small beetle with a triangular piece of pizza

Some adjectives describe feelings:

She’s content He’s happy and excited.

The sun is hot. Our cat is lovely.

This is a delicious salad. We saw some

some a large, ferocious

A rabbit’s ears The roller coaster

It’s got small She’s wearing a

Here, the sentence sounds Here, it sounds better if your

The lion Some birds

She tiptoed The sun

I won You have

We played well today.

I can run fast.

Snails are slow movers. Anika is an

If an adjective already ends in -l, we still add another one, so the

Sam gave me a The puppy gave

If an adjective ends in -y, we change the ending to -ily.

The crocodile looked We had a happy day

Pickles, We can sit there.

The dog ran Can you

I got some new

We’re going on I don’t want

Badgers usually sleep She’s always trying to

Dogs are Grizzly bears Gorillas are Elephants are

This book is The apple was

Luckily, I found my mobile DO Unfortunately,

A train is faster A lion is more

We use superlatives to compare three or more people or things.

A tiger is the most

With longer adjectives, we use more to make comparatives

The adjectives good and bad have irregular comparatives

a good grade My sister’s socks

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