Adjectives & Adverbs 2

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Adjectives & Adverbs

Today

You'll learn...

- how to describe situations, people & actions

- how to express your (dis)agreement

Which words can you think of to describe this object?

Which words can you think of to describe this person?

Which words can you use to describe the verb 'sing'? In other words, which words describe HOW someone sings?

Which words can you use to describe the verb 'drive'? Which words describe HOW someone drives?

Adverbs (bijwoorden)

Examples: 

She rarely eats breakfast. 

He's usually home by this time.

Use: 

To answer: How….? 

To say something about a verb or adjective. 

Position in sentence:​ 

Most before the verb, but after to be, to do, to have

At the beginning, followed by a comma: Finally, we...

Other positions: early, soon, still, yet, quite, completely, etc.​ 

 

Adjectives(bijvoegelijke nmw)

Example: 

The tall professor

The music sounds beautiful.

 

Use: To answer: What sort of….? (it’s rather a description) 

To say something about a noun (zelfstandig naamw). 

Position in sentence:​ 

Before a noun 

Used after these verbs: to be – sound – taste – smell – look – feel 

35-year-old man / 90-minute walk 

 

Irregular issues 

1. good vs well
2. No change: fast, hard, high, late, low, daily, early, strange
3. hard vs hardly --> different meanings
4. sensory perception: taste, look, feel, smell, sound --> adjective

Adverb spelling

+ ly

Same spelling: fast, hard, late, low, high

- e > -y (terrible > terribly) -ic > - ically (fantastic > fantastically)

Try to explain

Discuss with the person sitting closest to you:

• When do you use an adverb?
• When do you use an adjective?
• How to find out which to use?
• How about irregular words?

1. Please give me an … answer (eerlijk)

2. What you told me sounded … (interessant)

3. We received a … written letter. (vriendelijk)

4. She speaks Italian very … (goed)

5. That man can be … impatient (vreselijk)

6. Ik ken hem nauwelijks. (hard)

7. Dit verhaal is waarschijnlijk waar. (probable)

8. Ze zingt erg mooi. (real - beautiful)

Remaining questions? Leave them here.

1/2: I can choose between an adverb and an adjective in a sentence

1. Yes completely
2. Yes, but I'll need to practice more
3. I'm not sure
4. I don't, this didn't help

2/2: the practice tasks we did today has helped me to understand this grammar topic

1. Yes completely
2. Yes, but I'll need to practice more
3. I'm not sure
4. I don't, this didn't help

Make exercises 43 and 44 to practise

That's it!

In the next 10 minutes, work individually:

Option 1: Extra practice: make exercises 43 and 44

Option 2: No extra practice: Make exercise 45