Improve_Your_Punctuation.PDF

lovely lovelier (more lovely) loveliest (most lovely) clever cleverer (more clever) cleverest (most clever) This rule hasnoexcep ...

Her hair looks pretty. Its fur was wet This isour house. Their daughters are visiting today. Personal Pronoun Possessive Pronoun ...

I hope you don’t mindme mentioning it. His parents disapproved ofhim smoking. ‘Me’ and ‘him’ are objects and cannot serve as adj ...

When are you going away? Why have you told me? Deciding on the quantity Some adjectives can indicate the number or quantity. The ...

This indicates the particular days that are left and uses the definite article ‘the’. Using a noun as an adjective Sometimes a n ...

They woresummer dresses for the outing. ‘Summer’ is an adjective modifying ‘dresses’. She bought new dresses for thesummer. ‘Sum ...

Proper Noun Adjective Belgium Belgian England English France French Spain Spanish All adjectives relating to countries begin wit ...

cold coldly comfortable comfortably immediate immediately pretty prettily quick quickly slow slowly stealthy stealthily He walke ...

Positive Comparative Superlative beautifully more beautifully most beautifully brightly more brightly most brightly carefully mo ...

This should be: I hope I shall pass my exams. or It is hoped I shall pass my exams. ‘Hopefully’ is an adverb which should be use ...

Noting the exceptions The following words end in ‘ly’ but they are adjectives: friendly kindly leisurely lonely lovely To make t ...

Dealing with other adverbs Adverbs can have several other functions. Looking at the time Adverbs of timesaywhensomething takes p ...

We wentabroad this year. The golf player searchedeverywhere for his ball. Asking a question Interrogative adverbsask a question ...

The area had beencompletely devastated by the bomb. You have hadenough. Modifying adjectives Adverbs of degree can also modify a ...

The winner ranexceedingly fast. The adverb ‘exceedingly’ modifies the adverb ‘fast’. The ambulance camevery quickly. The adverb ...

‘Maybe’ and ‘perhaps’ have similar meanings. ‘Perhaps’ is the more formal word. ‘Maybe’ can be used when writing in a more collo ...

She’sawfully happy. He’sterribly kind. Using ‘only’ The word ‘only’ should be placed immediately beforethe word or phrase it is ...

◆ Don’t confuse possessive pronouns and possessive adjectives. ◆ Adverbs qualify or modify verbs, adjectives and other adverbs. ...

Making Sense of Punctuation Punctuation, as we have already seen, is vitally important. Words must be broken up into sentences s ...

He looked up at the sky. Dark clouds indicated a storm. You could also link the two clauses by a conjunction. He looked up at th ...