Adjective Clauses Essay

UNIT 40 Adjectives and Adverbs
1. Use adjectives to describe nouns or pronouns (for people, places, and things). Adjective usually come immediately before the noun they describe. Adjectives can also come after non-action verbs such as be, look, or seem.
The houses are beautiful. They are new.
This is a small apartment.
This apartment seems small.
2. Use adverbs to describe verbs, adjectives, and other adverbs. Adverbs that describe adjectives and other adverbs usually come immediately before the word they describe.
They furnished it nicely.
It’s an extremely nice house.
They found it very quickly.
3. Use adverbs of manner to describe action verbs. These adverbs often answer How? Questions. They come after the verb they describe.
Be careful! Do not put an adverb of manner between the verb and its direct object.
It’ll rent quickly. (Quickly describes how fast it will rent.)
She’ll rent this apartment quickly. Not She’ll rent quickly this apartment.
4. Adverbs of manner are often formed by adding –ly to adjectives.
Be careful! Some adjectives also end in –ly- for example, silly, friendly, lovely, and lonely.
We need a quick decision.
You should decide quickly.
It’s a lovely apartment.
4. Some common adverbs of manner do not end in –ly to adjectives.
Be careful! Some adjectives also end in –ly—for example, silly, friendly, lovely, and lonely.
We need a quick(adjective) decision.
You should decide quickly(adverb).
It’s a lovely(adjective) apartment.
5. Some common adverbs of manner do not end in –ly. a. The adverb form of good is well. b. Some adverbs have the same form as their related adjectives, for example, early, fast, wrong, late, and hard.
Be careful! Lately is not the adverb form of late. Lately means “recently.” Hardly is not the adverb form of hard. Hardly means “almost not.”
She’s a good(adjective) writer. She