Adjectives are modifiers and their function is to either limit or describe a noun or pronoun. They can sometimes be tricky to pick out especially when formed from other parts of speech, such as nouns. When trying to identify any adjective it is helpful to ask the following questions: What kind? Which one? How many? Once they are identified, students should begin labeling them like JAD's (the adjective icon's) petals: This will prepare students for the order of operations performed on sentences before diagramming (which will be addressed in GrammarActive™ Sentence Structure series).

Sample Pages:
Table of Contents
Teacher's Guide pg 2
Students' Guide pg 3
Find the Adjectives pg 7
Jadantics Activity pgs 28-30
Comparison Activity pg 64
Comparative Adjectives and A Tale of Two Cities pg 75
GrammarActive Golf pg 104

Adverbs are another of the eight parts of speech. They are multi-functional and can modify verbs, adjectives, or other adverbs (they can also modify participles, gerunds, and infinitives, but that will be covered more completely in the GrammarActive™ Sentence Structure series). Often the endings of adverbs give them away: adverbs are usually formed from adjectives by simply adding -ly.The questions they answer, however (where, when, how, how often, and to what extent) provide the greatest clue to their identity. As with other parts of speech in the Parts of Speech series, the adverb is identified with shape, a triangle which is similar to the shape of our adverb icon, JAD.This adverb unit will cover classification, placement, comparison, and troublesome adverb uses.

Sample Pages:
Table of Contents
Teacher Guide pgs 2-3
Student Guide pg 4
Shaping the Parts of Speech pg 19
Maze Activity pg 44
Proofing for Adverbs with George Orwell pg 62
Troublesome Adverbs pg 69
Who's Modifying Whom pg 75

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