Adjectives & Adverbs

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Adjectives & Adverbs

Adjectives

-  Bijvoegelijke naamwoorden: zeggen iets over een zelfstandig naamwoord: 

the careful driver

the angry teacher

a beautiful dress

Adverbs

- Bijwoorden : Zeggen iets over werkwoorden, bijvoegelijke naamwoorden, en andere  bijwoorden 

• she drove carefully
• it rained heavily,
• incredibly quickly
• surprisingly easy

Adverbs 

Adverbs maak je MEESTAL door -ly achter het bijvoeglijk naamwoord te zetten (quick --> quickly; careful-- > carefully)

Terrific --> ically --> The report has been terrifically written.

horrible--> bly --> The report has been horribly written.

easy --> ily --> He has easily won.

Uitzonderingen

- Een aantal adverbs maak je niet met -ly: 
   good > well          the good dog, you did well
   fast > fast             the fast car, he ran fast                 ('hardly' =
   hard > hard          the hard test, he tried hard          nauwelijks)

Altijd adjective (=bijv. nw)

Je gebruikt ook adjectives bij werkwoorden zoals:

   be / feel / look / taste / sound / smell / seem (zintuigen)

she is hungry, -- she is extremely hungry

you look tired -- you look terribly tired

the food smells nice-- the food smells awfully nice

2. You shouldn't go up that ladder. It doesn't seem ...

1. safe
2. safely

3. Everything was really quiet. There was ... silence.

1. complete
2. completely

4. Jason speaks English very ...

1. good
2. well

5. I tried on the shoes and they fit me ...

1. perfect
2. perfectly

6. I tried really ... to remember his name, but I couldn't.

1. hard
2. hardly

Adjectives & Adverbs:
I can run ... fast (incredible)

Adjectives & Adverbs:
This question was ... selected (random)

Adjectives & Adverbs
That cake smells ... (delicious).

Adjectives & Adverbs
She sings .... (fantastic)