Adjectives and adverbs - Part one

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• Middelbare school
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• Leerjaar 2

Today's Goals 

• To know the difference between adjectives and adverbs 
• To be able to form adverbs from adjectives
• To be able to use them both correctly

Adjectives - bijvoeglijk naamwoorden

She is wearing a colourful dress

Sam cooks amazing cakes

I live in a big apartment

What type of words are in green?

What do the adjective do in a sentence? 

Other adjectives: beautiful, simple, large, awful, good, happy

 

Adjectives in a sentence

Most of the time before a noun 

He writes terrible emails. 

After linking verbs: 'to be' is the most common

That film is fantastic.

Fantastic tells us more about the film.

Adverbs - bijwoorden

Max Verstappen drives quickly in the F1 races.

They ran slowly in the hallway

Adverbs - the clue to what they do is in the English word. What do you think they do? 

However adverbs can also .....

...add extra information to adjectives, other adverbs and the whole sentence.

James is wearing a really bright jumper.

Max Verstappen drives very fast.

John and James will arrive shortly. 

Unfortunately, I can't make it to the concert tonight.

Wat val je op met de "adverbs"?

How is an adverb made? 

Adjective + ly  

Beautiful  ---> Beautifully or Short ---> Shortly

Spelling rules: 

Ends in '-ic' + '-ally'  ----> Fantastic = Fantastically

 Ends in '-y', remove the '-y' and add '-ily' ---> Easy = Easily

Ends in '-le' remove the '-e' + '-y' ---> Simple = Simply 

Spelling: Turn the adjective 'comic' into an adverb

Spelling: Turn the adjective 'soft' into an adverb

Spelling: Turn the adjective 'happy' into an adverb

Irregular  adverbs

There are also irregular adverbs. The adverb for good is  well - She's a good performer. She performs well. 

A few adverbs have the same form as the adjective.

Fast (snel), fair (sportief/eerlijk), low, high, hard, long, late, and straight (onmiddelijk) - He's a fast driver, He drives fast. 

Which one is the adjective?

1. Beautiful
2. Well
3. Normally
4. Wonderfully

Moet hier een bijvoeglijk naamwoord of een bijwoord:
It is _____ hot today!

1. Real
2. Really

Adjective or adverb, which one?
The garden is .....

1. beautiful
2. beautifully

Adjective or adverb, which one?
She puts her glasses down ...

1. careful
2. carefully

Adjective or adverb, which one?
They make ......... bread.

1. deliciously
2. delicious

Adjective or adverb, which one?
She plays the piano ......

1. well
2. good

Put the word in brackets as an adjective or an adverb.
Sharon is a ________(good) dancer.

Put the word on brackets in the correct form.
They have an _______(expensive) car.

Put the word in brackets in the correct form.
It was a ______(real) close match.

Put the word in brackets in the correct form.
The flowers looked ______(beautiful)

Adjectives give us information about ....

1. nouns
2. verbs and nouns
3. verbs, nouns and adverbs

Adverbs gives us more information about....

1. nouns
2. verbs, adjectives, adverbs,
3. only verbs
4. verbs and nouns

I feel confident in using adjectives and adverbs

1. Totally
2. Not yet
3. I understand adjectives but not adverbs
4. I understand adverbs but not adjectives

Continue with

U5: L5 Ex. 4, 5 & 6 

Use this link to test your knowledge

Then make U5:L5 Ex. 1, 2, 3

I get the difference between adjectives and adverbs

1. No, not totally at the moment
2. I understand where I need to use an adjective but not an adverb
3. I understand where I need to use an adverb but not an adjective
4. Yes, I totally get them both