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Class 2 · English Medium · Pearson Edexcel · English

Adjectives and adverbs

Tell a word describing a noun from a word describing an action.

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An adjective tells us about a noun. An adverb can tell us how an action happens. Many adverbs end in -ly, but some do not.

Worked example

The quiet child reads slowly.

  1. Quiet describes the child: it is an adjective.
  2. Slowly tells how the child reads: it is an adverb.

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red

Red describes the kite.

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carefully

Carefully tells how he walks.

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quietly

Quietly describes the action speak.

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