WHAT IS AN ADJECTIVE? An adjective is a word that describes/modifies a noun or pronoun EXAMPLES: A big, red ball The cute, huggable puppy The tall, green tree His huge, sharp teeth WHAT IS AN ADVERB? Adverbs describe/modify verbs EXAMPLES: Jose was quietly going out the door Glendale was torn down slowly Tony spoke slowly Katie jumped high JUST EXACTLY WHAT DOES AN ADJECTIVE AND ADVERB DO? • An adverb tells us when,where,an d how about verbs, adjectives and even other adverbs • An adjective describes a noun or pronoun by telling which one, what kind or how many Examples of adjectives and the nouns/pronouns they modify She wore a yellow sweater to the picnic adjective noun My bedroom was noun Yellow describes the sweater Messy describes messy.the bedroom adjective She lost her blue and white adjective adjective noun Blue and white describe parka the color of the parka Examples of adverbs and what they do: Extremely describes David was extremely grumpy how grumpy David wa Easily describes how The runner easily finished first the runner finished the race Jose, my oldest brother, drove slowly by his girlfriend’s house Slowly describes how the brother drove the car