Found inside – Page 12Interrogative adverbs Exercises which MmodifyM A R CHAPTER 25. ... Predicate formation used modify in comparisons adjectives verbs of comparative which and ... Found inside – Page 130With Exercises Constituting a Method and Reader, with a Synopsis of Prepositional Idioms, and Full Directions for the ... The remaining monosyllables do not modify the vowel ; partly because they had originally no comparison e.g. , wahr true ... Found inside – Page 359Sentence Correction: Commonly Tested Grammar ... you will learn how to: • Identify faulty comparisons involving comparison words, modifying phrases, ... Found inside – Page 84Adverbs have modifications of comparison . They are ... EXERCISES . Write on your slate five adverbs of ach class . Compare soon , often ; badly or ill ; far , little , much , well ; nobly , freely , wisely , fiercely , cheerfully , gracefully , discreetiy . Found inside – Page 250169 Lessons, Exercises, and Tests Genevieve Walberg Schaefer. USING ADJECTIVES TO COMPARE NOUNS CORRECT USAGE — ADJECTIVES Using Adjectives to Compare Nouns ... Found inside – Page 234A Semantic Approach to English Grammar Howard Jackson ... separating the post—modifying comparative phrase introduced by than from its noun number. Found inside – Page 712Comparing Woods's (1970) ATNgrammar to Pereira and Warren's (1980) ... 20.9 Exercises Exercise 20.2 [m] Modify the grammar (from section 20.4, 20.5, ... Found inside – Page 70... sun (does) [Adverb Clause of comparison, modifying 'bright' in (c)] She lived ... ExErcisE. 1. (a) (b) (c) (a) (b) (c) (d) (a) (b) he espied an old man ... Found inside – Page 104The news seems too good to be true . These modifying words are adverbs . Exercise 70. — Compare the following adjectives , and give the rule in each case . If two forms of comparison are allowable in any case , so state , and write sentences ... Found inside – Page 35The Comparative and Superlative are regularly formed by adding - ( e ) r and - ( e ) st to the positive . E.g. positive reich , comparative reich - er , superlative reich- ( e ) st . But , besides , most monosyllabic adjectives modify the root - vowel ( 17 ) ... Found inside – Page 359Sentence Correction: Commonly Tested Grammar ... you will learn how to: • Identify faulty comparisons involving comparison words, modifying phrases, ... Found inside – Page 67With Exercises in Compositions Edward Archibald Allen, William John Hawkins. adjective at all . It is an old case of the demonstrative pronoun that , modifying the comparative to which it is prefixed , and means by that : By that the day is longer ... Found inside – Page 84Adverbs have modifications of comparison . They are ... EXERCISES . Write on your slate five adverbs of ach class . Compare soon , often ; badly or ill ; far , little , much , well ; nobly , freely , wisely , fiercely , cheerfully , gracefully , discreetly . Found inside – Page 19Exercise 45 . Make ten sentences containing adverbs in the comparative degree , and ten containing adverbs in the ... is ( if it admits of comparison ) , giving the three degrees , and what verb , adjective , or adverb it modifies . Exercise 46 . By combining theory and practice, this book provides a comprehensive overview of the whole process of English grammar teaching. Found inside – Page 84A Digest of English Grammar, Synthetical and Analytical, Classified and Methodically Arranged. ... MODIFICATIONS . 127. ... EXERCISES . Write on your slate five adverbs of ach class . Compare soon , often ; badly or ill ; far , little , much , well ... Found inside – Page 11Explain, with examples, the use of the following terms in grammar: limitation, modify, attributive, comparison, complement, relative, distributive, ... Found inside – Page 43Many adverbs do not admit of comparison . Ex . alone there fully justly directly MODAL ADVERBS . - Some adverbs do not modify a single word , but a whole statement . They are called modal adverbs . Ex . Yes , I believe you . Certainly , that is ... Found inside – Page 59that comparison we must employ another class of adverbs , and say it is more lofty , or less lofty , or equally lofty , or as lofty , or the most lofty , or the least lofty ; we exercise the mental operation employed in the comparison of adjectives - only the degrees of comparison are expressed by adverbs , instead of ... In all cases of comparative modification , the adverb cannot be employed simply or singly . Found inside – Page 23Comparative and Superlative Adjectives LITERATURE WRITERS ' ORAL ORAL 26 Pol ... which modify nouns without comparison ; and comparative and superlative ... Found inside – Page 26EXERCISE FOR CORRECTION . ... The comparative degree is used when two persons or things are spoken of , and the superlative when more than two objects are ... If they are of different rank place nearest the noun the one more closely modifying it . ... In prose , adjectives should never be 26 GRAMMAR EXERCISES . Found inside – Page 88Modifications . a . Comparison . 3. Uses . a . Adverbs are modifiers of any part of the sentence except the noun and pronoun . They usually modify a verb , adjective , or an adverb but below are given some unusual constructions . ( 1 ) They had ... Found inside – Page 345Adjective modifying Noun or The Indicative Mood of a Adjective .. Verb .... French Compounds . ... Declension of Gayly .. Transposition and Omission .. IRREGULAR COMPARISON . A Participial Noun . EXERCISES . Contraction ... GENERAL ... Found inside – Page 62Those which modify adjectives and sometimes adverbs . 2. Those which modify verbs . § 117. ADVERBIAL MODIFICATIONS OF ADJECTIVES AND ADVERBS . — These usually express degrees of intensity by the introduction of a comparison ... Found inside – Page 177Comparison of Adjectives . Adjectives add er in the comparative and it in the superlative , and modify the radical vowels a , o , u in these two degrees ; e . 9. , Positive . Comparative . Superlative . jung , young jünger jüngst , der jüngste , or am ... Found inside – Page 142A Practical Grammar of the English Language : with Analysis of Sentences Peter Bullions. worst . Comparison of Adverbs . 536. Adverbs of quality , derived from adjec tives , and a few others , admit of comparison like adjectives ; as , nobly ... The Blue Book of Grammar and Punctuation is filled with easy-to-understand rules,real-world examples, dozens of reproducible exercises, and pre- and post-tests. Found inside – Page 250($on belt limstanbämörterm.) Adverbs are words destined to modify verbs, adjectives or other adverbs. They therefore denote manner, place, time, order, motion, relation, comparison, number, quantity, quality, affirmation, doubt, negation, ... Found inside – Page 74The adverbs shortly and much may be considered as modifying respectively the adverbial phrases “ before the time ” and ... Some adverbs have inflexions to express degrees of comparison , like adjectives ; as , fast , faster , fastest ; soon ... Found inside – Page 174The sentences may be corrected by substituting the comparative in the room ... even by words which modify their meaning , and make but one sense with them ... Found inside – Page 96Now whether we consider the modification of the vowel owing to the preceding consonant , or the softening of the ... and especially the consonants we have mentioned above , exercise a modifying influence on the succeeding vowel . Found inside – Page 195Exercise 44. State the Degree of Comparison of each of the adverbs in italics in the following sentences , and point out what verb , adjective , or adverb it modifies ( $ 274-276 ) . John reads well , but Thomas reads better . lle is most careful in ... Found inside – Page 163In the first example, the adverb clause modifies the comparative predicate ... After you complete the exercise (and review your errors), go to the next ... Found inside – Page 139to meaning ; ( 2 ) Comparison ; ( 3 ) Construction : what verb , adverb , or adjective the adverb modifies . EXAMPLE 1 : —Heart of my heart , have I done well ? Well is a simple adverb of manner , irregularly compared : well , better , best . Found inside – Page 359Sentence Correction: Commonly Tested Grammar ... you will learn how to: • Identify faulty comparisons involving comparison words, modifying phrases, ... Found inside – Page 155... modifying new ) 9 . heavily ( adverb modifying built ; past participle ) 10 . external ( adjective modifying use ) Exercise 2 , p ... + comparative adjective ) 3 . b ( adverb + adjective ) 4 . b ( adverb ; modifies speaking ) 5 . d ( adverb + comparative ... Found inside – Page 99GRAMMAR LESSON XXV . 63 , THE COMPARATIVE OF AN ADJECTIVE is formed by adding ( e ) r to the stem . SUPERLATIVE ( e ) st Positive . ... The most important of the same adjectives which do not modify in comparison are : bunt , falsch , froh ... Exercise : -Read in German , then write or speak in English :Paula ist größer als Karl , aber Paul ist der größte von allen , obgleich er jünger ist ... Step-by-step grammar explanations with clear examples A wealth of varied practice exercises with write-in space on the page Tests to monitor students' progress Illustrated with lively cartoons to increase students' understanding An index ... Found inside – Page 139Exercise 44. State the Degree of Comparison of each of the adverbs in italics in the following sentences , and point out what verb , adjective , or adverb modifies . John reads well , but Thomas reads better . He is most careful in his conduct . Found inside – Page 43The intermediate degrees , determined by a general comparison , are expressed by various modifying words and phrases ; as , rather , very , quite , extremely , so , too , slightly , exceedingly , in a low degree , in a high degree . NOTE 9. Found inside – Page 184That is a demonstrative adjective modifying the noun boy . Taller is a descriptive adjective of the comparative degree ( com . pare it ) . It completes the meaning of the verb is and modifies the poun boy . EXERCISE 168 Parse the adjectives in ... Found inside – Page 123Together with Appropriate Questions and Exercises Progressively Arranged ... Explain the Positive State — the Comparative Degree — the Superlative . Found inside – Page 140Founded on Comparative Grammar Joseph Henry Allen, James Bradstreet Greenough. PARTICLES . . 1 . ... They also modify Adjectives , as showing the manner or degree of the exercise or manifestation of the quality described . More rarely ... Found inside – Page 260C. etymology of , 165 . comparison of , 168 , 169 . Cædmon , p . 15 . identical in form with adjec can , inflexion of , 150 , tives , 167 , Obs . 2 . Cases or Case - relations , 42 , 43 . position of , 277 . catalectic verse , 328 Note . modifying noun or ... Found inside – Page 84Adverbs have modifications of comparison . They are ... EXERCISES . Write on your slate five adverbs of ach class . Compare soon , often ; badly or ill ; far , little , much , well ; nobly , freely , wisely , fiercely , cheerfully , gracefully , discreetly . Found inside – Page 93Compare those that admit of comparison . Point out conjunctive adverbs . Write sentences containing adverbs that modify verbs , adjectives and other adverbs . Write sentences containing conjunctive adverbs . COMPOSITION EXERCISE XV . Found inside – Page 142Adverbs of quality , derived from adjec tives , and a few others , admit of comparison like adjectives ; as , nobly , more nobly , most nobly ; soon , sooner , soonest . ... the class to which it belongs — the word which it modifies — its derivation and comparison , if derived and compared . ... PRELIMINARY ORAL EXERCISE .