Adjective

An adjective is a word that describes a noun. It tells you

something about the noun.
Examples: big, yellow, thin, amazing, beautiful, quick, important
Adverb
An adverb is a word which usually describes a verb. It tells you
how something is done. It may also tell you when or where
something happened.
Examples: slowly, intelligently, well, yesterday, tomorrow, here,
everywhere
Examples of Adjectives

Proper Adjectives
These are formed from proper nouns.
They always begin with a capital letter.
Proper Noun Proper Adjective
America American
Britain British
Canada Canadian
China Chinese
Christianity Christian
France French

Articles
There are only three of these special types of adjectives: a, an , and the.



Regular Comparatives and Superlatives
Most adjectives can be described in degrees. This means that something can have
more or less of the adjective's quality.
Regular comparatives end in -er or start with more.
Regular superlatives end in -est or start with most.
Positive Comparative Superlative
ambitious more ambitious most ambitious
cold colder coldest
comfortable more comfortable most comfortable
dry drier driest
enchanting more enchanting most enchanting
funny funnier funniest
hot hotter hottest
organized more organized most organized
pretty prettier prettiest
radiant more radiant most radiant
sharp sharper sharpest
wavy wavier waviest

Irregular Comparatives and Superlatives
These can still be given in degrees, but they don't follow the patterns listed above.
Positive Comparative Superlative
bad worse worst
good better Best
little less Least
many more Most

Adjectives That Cannot Be Comparative or Superlative
Some adjectives don't have degrees. There is only one level of these adjectives.
(For example, something cannot be more half than something else. It either is
half, or it isn't.)
entire fatal Final
half main Pregnant


List of Adverbs
This list of adverbs should help you to understand adverbs a little better. For a
more in-depth look at adverbs
They tell us how, when, where, to what extent, and why.
Adverbs that tell us How?
A: absentmindedly, adoringly, awkwardly
B: beautifully, briskly, brutally
C: carefully, cheerfully, competitively
E: eagerly, effortlessly, extravagantly
G: girlishly, gracefully, grimly
L: lazily, lifelessly, loyally
Q: quietly, quickly, quizzically
R: really, recklessly, remorsefully, ruthlessly
S: savagely, sloppily, so, stylishly
U: unabashedly, unevenly, urgently
W: well, wishfully, worriedly

Adverbs that tell us When?
A: after, afterwards, annually
B: before
D: daily
N: never, now
S: soon, still
T: then, today, tomorrow
W: weekly, when
Y: yesterday

Adverbs that tell us Where?
A: abroad, anywhere, away
E: everywhere
H: here, home
I: in, inside
O: out, outside
S: somewhere
T: there
U: underground, upstairs

Adverbs that tell us To what extent?
E: extremely
N: not (this includes n't)
Q: quite
R: rather, really
T: terribly, too
V: very

Comparative and Superlative Adverbs
Don't know what this means? See the adverbs page to learn more about this.
Positive Comparative Superlative
badly worse Worst
carefully more carefully most carefully
little less Least
much more Most
soon sooner soonest
well better
Best

Here is a sentence that contains every part of speech:
interjection pron. conj. adj. noun verb prep. noun adverb
Well, she and young John walk To school slowly.