Adjectives & Adverbs

• Engels
• Middelbare school
• havo
• Leerjaar 2

Welcome

20-3-2025

What can we say about Valkyrie?

What can we say about 

Thor?

What are we doing today?

• Grammar:
  Adjectives & Adverbs (Pg. 173)
  
  
• Writing exercise
  
  
• Goal: understanding adjectives and adverbs, practising writing

Adjectives

• An adjective (bijvoeglijk naamwoord) gives information about a person, animal or thing.

• Rule: The adjective comes before the word it gives information about.
• Exception: with the verbs "am, is, are, look, seem" the adjective comes after the verb

Example

They bought a lovely dress

We had a good time

I am curious to see that new film

They seem focussed on their careers

What is an example of an adjective?

1. Funny
2. Table
3. Time
4. Amazing

Adverbs

There are 3 types of Adverbs (bijwoorden):

• To say something about an action
• To say how often something happens
• To say how something happens
  

• You can change an adjective to an adverb:

beautiful -> beautifully

Irregular Adverbs

Irregular Adverbs (onregelmatige bijwoorden) are Adjectives that don't change when turned into Adverbs

Example:
Hard -> Hard                                  Low -> Low
Long -> Long                                 Late -> Late
Fast -> Fast                                    Straight -> Straight

Drag the right answers to the right type of Adverb

To say how often something happens.

To say how something happens.

To say something about an action.

I speak quietly in the library.

She is always too late for school.

He sings beautifully.

Writing a 'short' story

Step 1: Choose a super-hero or a celebrity

Step 2: Describe the person using

at least 2 adjectives and 2 adverbs.

On paper

You have 5 minutes

Example

Spider-Man is a strong super-hero.
He wears a red and blue suit.

He fights quickly and carefully
to save people.

Writing a 'short' story

Step 3: Write a short story about your Super-Hero or Celebrity.

• Use as many adjectives & adverbs as you can think of that make sense in your story.
• 150 - 200 words.
• On paper

Done? Switch stories with a classmate and make a list of all the adjectives & adverbs you can find in their story. Also write down the translations.