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Using Adjectives and Adverbs Correctly

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What are adjectives?<br />

• <strong>Adjectives</strong> modify nouns or pronouns<br />

• These words are all adjectives<br />

A hot day<br />

A happy camper<br />

A silly twit<br />

A big, bloody mess (both “big” <strong>and</strong> “bloody”<br />

modify “mess”)<br />

She is creative (“creative” is a subject<br />

complement that follows the linking verb “is”)<br />

A boring course (present participle used as an<br />

adjective

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