Adjectives and adverbs

• English
• Middelbare school
• vwo
• Leerjaar 2

What are we going to learn today?

- What are adjectives and adverbs?

- When and how do you use them?

Adjectives

- Says something about a thing / person / object (noun)

The orange car

Adjectives

That is a wonderful movie 

Thomas is an excellent student

What is the adjective?
They live in a beautiful house.

1. beautiful
2. live
3. They
4. house

What is the adjective?
Ben is an adorable baby.

1. baby
2. Ben
3. is
4. adorable

What is the adjective?
He writes meaningless letters.

1. writes
2. meaningless
3. he
4. letters

What is the adjective?
Simon is a good friend.

What is the adjective?
The dog found a large stick.

Adverbs

- You can make  adverb to add -ly

                             beautiful - beautifully

- It describes

             1. a verb

             2. an adjective -  amazingly beautiful

             3. another adverb 

             4. a whole sentence

Adverbs with verbs

My sister walked in proudly.

My mother sings beautifully. 

Sometimes you can think: how? 

Adverbs telling something about a verb is most common.

Adverbs in combination with

adjective      This is a terribly dark room

adverb            They reacted very angrily.

Whole sentence    Luckily, the bus was on time

What is the adverb?
My granny drives carefully.

1. carefully
2. drives
3. granny
4. my

What is the adverb?
That is a very beautiful story

1. story
2. beautiful
3. very
4. that

What is the adverb?
Unfortunately, I lost my keys.

1. lost
2. keys
3. I
4. unfortunately

What is the adjective and what is the adverb?
write: Adjective - adverb

I am extremely happy.

What is the adjective and what is the adverb?
write: Adjective - adverb

He has a remarkably loud voice.

irregular adverbs

You have to remember them

Adjective  -  adverb

good               well

He speaks English goodly. 

He speaks English well. 

Write a description of your favorite song/painting/book/movie etc. using at least 1 adjective and 1 adverb.

Let's practice

using a the present continuous miming game

and now...

...do you know what adjectives & adverbs are?