Question

Power Charge Your Professionalism: Use Adjectives and Adverbs Correctly
Remember that adjectives modify nouns and pronouns—that is, adjectives say which one, what kind, and how many. Adverbs modify verbs, adjectives, and other adverbs—that is, they say how, when, where, to what extent, and why.
Find the sentences below that use adjectives or adverbs incorrectly and correct them. Use Reference Chapter A to explain your decisions.
1.Using well-designed slides will help your audience get your point quicker.
2.If you do poorly on a talk, just learn from your mistakes and do good on the next one.
3.When you’re well prepared, you’ll feel good about giving your presentation.
4.Projecting the right ethos will help your audience take your presentation seriously.
5.If your listeners look confused, you might want to go more slow.
6.She felt well about promoting her favorite nonprofit organization in her speech.
7.All the presenters delivered their parts perfect.
8.Getting in an argument with an audience member made Janice look badly.
Using adjectives and adverbs correctly is important because …
•Adjective and adverb errors will distract your readers/listeners.
•This type of error makes you sound uneducated. It can be a credibility killer in a written message or presentation.

Answer 1

(A) Corrections in Bold:

1. Using well-designed slides will help your audience get your point quickly.

5. If your listeners look confused, you might want to go more slowly.

7. All the presenters delivered their parts perfectly.

8. Getting in an argument with an audience member made Janice look bad.

(B) Using adjectives and adverbs correctly is important because Adjective and adverb errors will distract your readers/listeners.

Adverbs and adjectives help make writing more interesting and help our readers connect with our piece. They help us to add detail to your sentence. Adverbs help explain what the verb is doing, this helps the audience picture how something was done.