Adjectives, adverbs & adverbials

​Adjectives and adverbs are word classes, and they have very different uses in sentences. The adverbial (A) is a clausal element

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Adjectives have only one job: they describe nouns or pronouns

Adjectives may come before the word they modify.

• That is a sweet puppy.
• She is dating a high school senior.

Adjectives may also follow the word they modify:

• That puppy looks wonderful
• The computer system is state-of-the-art.

​Adverbs have three different uses. They can describe verbs, adjectives, or other adverbs.

Adverbs answer how, when, where, why, or to what extent—how often or how much (e.g., daily, completely).

• He speaks slowly (tells how)
• He speaks very slowly (the adverb very tells how slowly)
• She arrived today (tells when)
• She will arrive in an hour (this adverb phrase tells when)
• Let's go outside (tells where)
• We looked in the basement (this adverb phrase tells where)