28-02-2024 (adjectives vs adverbs placement)

• Engels
• Middelbare school
• vwo
• Leerjaar 2

Welcome

Planning  I Thursday the 29th of February 

-  adjectives and adverbs (placement) 

Goal: after today you will be able to corretly place adjectives and adverbs in sentences.

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Adjectives

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Adverbs

Adjectives and / or adverbs?

He quickly ran away into the crowd. 

 

His baggy jeans had gone missing. 

He quickly ran away into the crowd

His baggy jeans had gone missing. 

Adjectives

1. voor het zelfstandignaamwoord  

2. na een vorm van "to be" (am / are / is) 

Examples

• This plan is never going to work!                                  idiotic 
• This idiotic plan is never going to work! 
• .
• Your video game doesn't interest me.                       new
• Your new video game doesn't interest me. 
• .
• She isn't but she's very funny!                                     smart
• She isn't smart but she's very funny!

Adverbs

1. vóór een werkwoord

2. vóór een bijvoegelijknaamwoord 

3. aan het einde van een zin. 

Examples

• He walked over to the other side.                                               carefully 
• He carefully walked over to the other side. 
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• They're well-known in Asia, but not in America.                              very 
• They're very well-known in Asia, but not in America.     
• . 
• She danced.                                                                                                elgegantly 

Placement

1. She carried her bag to school every day.                                            heavy
2. She lifted her dress as she walked down the stairs.                        silk
3. He visits the gym after school.                                                             frequently 
4. Raina knew the guy next door.                                                              barely
5. She offered him a rose.                                                                           kindly
6. They decided that they no longer wanted to go.                             hastily

exeptions

1. I take the metro.                                                                                          daily  

2. Mom arrived home, she was tired.                                                          extremely 

3. He stopped the car.                                                                                     abruptly

4. My grandfather smiled.                                                                              cheerfully.

5. His shirt isn't, it's Maroon!                                                                        red

6 She was the girl I had ever seen.                                                              sweetest

Homework 

Exercises 7, 8, 12, 13 and 14