Grips - adverbs, adjectives

• Engels
• Middelbare school
• vmbo
• Leerjaar 1

Adjectives & Adverbs

Adjectives

Adjectives would be *bijvoeglijk naamwoord* in Dutch

We use adjectives when:

• We use adjectives to describe a noun
• We use adjectives to give extra information about the object we are talking about

Categories

Adjectives 

Examples

• Jack wears a red bandana
• Jack has a golden tooth
• The beautiful ship is called the Black Pearl
• One of the crew members has got a glass eye
• Another one always carries a talking parrot
• The barking dog is being followed by the hungry cannibals

Adverbs

Adverbs would be *bijwoord* in Dutch.

Adverbs:

• Tells us in what way someone does something
• Usually end with -LY
• Jack walked carefulLY

Adverbs

Examples

• The cannibals breath heavily when they think about food.
• The ship looked beautifully on the sandy beach.
• Jack behaved very awkwardly when being chased.
• Jack's crew often witnessed situations such as these

Adverbs & Adjectives

Both adjectives and adverbs can be placed after look, smell and taste but be careful because there is a difference!

• The parrot has good taste (good is an adjective)
  
• The parrot tastes good (good is an adverb)
  

What is long in the following sentence?

Jacks has long hair

1. Long is an adjective
2. Long is an adverb

What is very in the following sentence

The parrot is very smart.

1. Very is an adjective
2. Very is an adverb

Message in a bottle

You and your best friend, who lives on the Caribbean Islands, are sending messages in a bottle back and forth. You are trying to convince her to watch the new Pirates movie.

• Describe one of the characters on the following slides to your friend using adjectives and adverbs while writing a short message. (150 words minimum)

Captain Jack Sparrow

Captain Davy Jones

Elizabeth Swann 

Will Turner 

Example letter

Dear Demi,

I hope this message reaches you in good condition. I wrote it quickly in the afteroon and my handwriting might be sloppy. I was watching the new Pirates of the Caribbean movie last night and I wanted to discuss how The Black Pearl was impressively portrait.

With mighty regards,

Captain Ian