Unit 3 Adjectives and adverbs

• Engels
• Middelbare school
• havo
• Leerjaar 3

Adjectives and Adverbs

adjective

adverb

often ends with -ly

describes adjectives/adverbs/verbs

describes nouns

bijvoeglijk naamwoord

bijwoord

Adverbs

Zegt 'hoe' iets gebeurt

• She walked into the room slowly . (verb)
• This is an extremely difficult exercise.(adjective)
• The girl walked into the room extremely fast. (adverb)
• Unfortunately, we have another lockdown. (sentence)

Check page 136 (havo) or page 138 (VWO) for the irregular adverbs

But...

There is one type of verb that doesn’t mix well with adverbs. Linking verbs, such as feel, smell, taste, sound, seem, and appear, typically need adjectives, not adverbs.

This soup tastes delicious.

I feel awkward.

This smells horrible.

This question was ... selected (random)

She is an ... woman (amazing)

I can run ... fast (incredible)

This bread tastes .....(delicious)

She always performs ___ (beautiful)

Shane ___ (slow) walked to the door and shut it with a ___ (loud) bang.

it's not only a ...(wonderful) song, she sings it ....(wonderful) too.

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