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Gowher Ahmad Naik, Lovely Professional University Unit 20: Vocabulary and Usage – Adjective and Adverbs

Unit 20: Vocabulary and Usage— Notes

Adjective and Adverbs

CONTENTS
Objectives
Introduction
20.1 Words used both as Adjectives and Adverbs
20.2 Adjective Ending In-ly
20.3 Summary
20.4 Keywords

20.5 Review Questions
20.6 Further Readings

Objectives

After studying this unit, you will be able to:

• Know the difference between adjectives and adverbs
• Use the adjective and adverbs in the sentences
• Build adjective and adverbs by adding ‘ly’ at the end of the word.

Introduction

There are several words which are used both as adjectives and as adverbs.
• Examples are: early, daily, weekly, yearly, hourly, quarterly, half-yearly, fast

These words look like only adverbs, but they are also adjectives, as exemptions to the rule that
most adverbs end with ‘ly’.

Early success; daily prayer; weekly magazine; yearly salary; hourly rate; quarterly test. In all
these examples, the words early, daily, weekly, yearly, hourly and quarterly are adjectives.

Notes How do I know if the word is an adjective or adverb? The test is if the word
modifies a noun, then it is an adjective.

In the examples above, the adverb-look-alike words modify the nouns: ‘success’, ‘prayer’,’
magazine’, ‘salary’, ‘rate’ and ‘test’; and therefore they are also adjectives.

These words also modify verbs.
She came home early. In this sentence, “early” is an adverb as it modifies the verb “came”.
She made an early call to the doctor. “early” is an adjective because it modifies the noun
“call”.

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