The boy was very tall with golden hair?

Question

Can you tell me which of these words are adjectives or adverbs and why?

Answer 1

An adjective describes a noun ie tells you something about what it looks like( green), size(big), how it feels to the touch(rough) and inside(happy).

So tall is an adjective which tells you something about the boy.
Golden is an adjective which tells you something about hair.

An adverb tells you how the action of a verb is being done and usually ends in -ly.

She ate hungrily. How did she eat - hungrily so it's an adverb.

There are none in your sentence. There are exceptions to the-ly rule eg fast.

Adverbs do NOT describe or modify anything other than a verb

Answer 2

Tall describes the boy. It's an adjective.

Golden describes hair. It's an adjective.

Very describes tall. It's an adverb (modifies verb, adjective, or another adverb)

The is considered an "article". Some teachers consider these to be adjectives, some do not. Use this at your discretion but the three above are the obvious.

Answer 3

Adjectives describe nouns. So the adjectives are tall (describing boy) and golden (describing hair). Adverbs modify verbs or adjectives. Very modifies tall (telling how tall) so it is an adverb.

Answer 4

Nouns - boy hair - because they are names
Adjectives - tall golden - because they describe something
Adverbs - none because an adverb tells you more about something you do but this does not say anything about doing something.

Answer 5

no adverbs. tall and golden are adjectives

Answer 6

Good catch on the very as adverb!!!
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adverb

Answer 7

tall and golden are adjectives-they describe him