Adjectives vs adverbs

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• Middelbare school
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• Leerjaar 3

Adjectives vs adverbs

Bijvoeglijk naamwoorden vs bijwoorden

Adjectives

Say something about a noun.

Beautiful house

fast car

sweet boy

Adverbs

Say something about:

1. a verb

2. an adjective

3. an adverb

4. the whole sentence

1. a verb

They sang wonderfully. 

wonderfully says something about sang. 

Sang is a verb. 

My sister worked consistently.

consistently says something about worked.

worked is a verb.

2. an adjective

This is a very hard exercise.

Very says something about hard.

hard is an adjective

This is an incredibly beautiful painting.

incredibly says something about beautiful.

beautiful is an adjective.

3. an adverb

They read incredibly fast. 

incredibly says something about fast.

fast is an adverb (because it says something about read)

4. whole sentence

Luckily, we got the tickets.

Always at the beginning of the sentence.

Important to think of

Waar zegt het woord wat je moet invullen iets over?

Spelling rules for adverbs

Incredible -- incredibly

basic -- basically

easy -- easily

Exercise

1. That is a ________ car you are driving. (beautiful)

2. She sings _______ (beautiful)

3. That is an ________ phone.  (incredible)

4. This car is _________ fast. (extreme)

5. This question is ________ hard. (unbelievable) 

6. She can draw extremely ______. (good)

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He is _____ at playing basketball. (good, well)

The _____ view was amazing. (breathtaking, breathtakingly)

She is _____ at cooking. (excellent, excellently)

She is _____ at public speaking. (confident, confidently)

He is _____ at playing piano. (skilled, skillfully)

The _____ food was delicious. (spicy, spicy)

She is _____ at speaking French. (fluent, fluently)

He is _____ in his movements. (graceful, gracefully)

The _____ performance was breathtaking. (stunning, stunningly)

She is _____ at playing the violin. (virtuosic, virtuosically)

The _____ animal was majestic. (noble, nobly)

He is _____ in his work. (diligent, diligently)

The _____ painting was a masterpiece. (magnificent, magnificently)

She is _____ in her studies. (diligent, diligently)

The _____ athlete was impressive. (formidable, formidably)

He is _____ in his decision making. (prudent, prudently)

End of the lesson: What can you tell me about adjectives and adverbs?