4v Mission 9 adjectives and adverbs

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4v Mission 9 :

adjectives and adverbs

What are the bold words called?

The apple is red.

They drive a big car.

My father is a tall man.

The film we watched was really boring.

The loud noise has stopped.

What are the bold words called?

1. Adjectives (bijvoeglijk naamwoorden)
2. Adverbs (bijwoorden)

Adjectives are always written in the same way.

1. true
2. false

Adjectives

An adjective (bijvoeglijk naamwoord) says something about a noun (zelfstandig naamwoord).

Examples:

an interesting documentary

an old car

a world-famous actor

 

Adjectives

Adjectives are often used after linking verbs such as be/seem/become/get/feel/sound/etc.

  

Examples:

We are lucky.

It gets difficult.

That sounds good.

What is wrong about the following sentence:
An Italian beautiful brown bag.

Rewrite the following sentence to make it correct:
A silk new lovely skirt.

Adjectives

When you use two or more adjectives, they adhere to the following order:

1. Opinion (beautiful/boring/irritating...)

2. Size (small/big/tall/tiny...)

3. Time (fast/old...)

4. Shape (round/square...)

5. Colour (yellow/green/purple...)

6. source/origin (Dutch/home made...)

7. material (wooden/plastic...)

Put the words in the right order to make a correct sentence:
jacket - was- ugly - she - wearing - big - old - an - orange - jacket - suede- .

Adverbs

adverbs

An adverb (bijwoord) provides information on how, when, where, whereto and how often something is happening.

  

An adverbs says something about:

1. A verb: She sings beautifully.

2. An adjective: The castle is incredibly loud.

3. Another adverb: The car drove extremely slowly.

What do these adverbs have in common when you look at spelling?

Adverbs

You make regular adverbs by putting –ly at the end of the adjective

Examples:

Bad - Badly / Slow - slowly / Usual - usually

For irregular adverbs and adverbs with a different spelling, take a look at      p. 288 of your book

Examples:

Good - well / Funny - funnily / High - high