Adjectives & Adverbs

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• Leerjaar 4

Adjectives & Adverbs

Today

You'll learn...

- how to describe situations & people.

- how to add functions to a verb

- how to avoid common errors in adverbs & adjectives

- how to do Assignment 28

Can you think of all possible ways to describe this object...

Adverbs (bijwoorden)

Example: 

She rarely eats breakfast. 

 

Use: 

To answer: How….? 

To say something about a verb or adjective. 

Position in sentence:​ 

After to have – to be – to do​​    >  I have rarely eaten breakfast in my life.

Otherwise before the verb​ > She rarely eats breakfast

 

Adjectives(bijvoegelijke nmw)

Example: 

The tall building.  

 

Use: 

To say something about a noun (zelfstandig naamw). 

Position in sentence:​ 

Before a noun  > tall building

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

He is tall

He looks tall

 

Irregular issues 

30-minute --> not 30-minutes  e.g. a 30-minute presentation

good vs well. 

Barcelona is a good team and they play well

in a friendly way --> not friendily

He spoke to me in a friendly way - He spoke freindily

daily, early, strange and more don't change

hard vs hardly --> different meanings

sensory perception: taste, look, feel, smell, sound --> adjective

Try the handout

1. Please give me an … answer (eerlijk)

2. What you told me sounded … (interessant)

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

4. She speaks Italian very … (goed)

5. That man can be … impatient (vreselijk)

6. Ik ken hem nauwelijks.

7. Dit verhaal is waarschijnlijk waar.

8. Ze zingt erg mooi.

Remaining questions? Leave them here.

1/3: 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

2/3: 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

3/3: I'd like to have more practice material in my e-mail.

1. Yes
2. No