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4. Adjectives
IMPORTANT POINTS a. May come in series
1. Subject – Verb Agreement
a. Verb must agree with its subject Limiting adjective – age – size –
in number (singular/plural) and in description – opinion – shape –
person (first, second, third) color – origin – material or kind –
b. Number of the subject does not common or proper noun
change in the presence of
phrases like in addition to, b. Never use double comparison
including, as well as, together c. Use little/much for mass
with nouns; use few/many for count
c. The verb must agree to the nouns
subject closer to it
d. Indefinite pronouns everyone, 5. Adverbs
someone, anybody, a. Adverbs modify a verb to show
everybody, etc are always how, when, why, how often the
singular action is done
e. “a number” requires plural verb; b. Most adverbs are formed by
“the number” requires singular adding -ly to an adjective; but
verb not all
f. Know mass nouns (is) and c. An adverbial is a group of
count nouns (are) words, maybe a phrase or a
g. Amount of money is singular clause that is used as an adverb