Adjectives and adverbs

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Adjectives and adverbs

Mysterious Mary 

Finding adjectives...

... starting with the same letter of your name.

Example was: Mysterious Mary

More examples: Amazing Anne, Gorgeous George,... 

What would your name be?

Adjectives are used to give us information about...

Adverbs give us information about...

She tasted the soup _________.
(careful)

Adverbs 

She tasted the soup carefully. (=says something about the verb)

--> tasted = verb 

Which one is correct?

1. He speaks English terribely
2. He speaks English terribly
3. He speaks English terrible
4. He speaks English terribily

Which one is correct?

1. He speaks English good
2. He speaks English well

Adjective or adverb? 

He speaks English well. 

Well --> adverb, tells us something about the way he speaks English. 

He is good at English. 

Good --> adjective, tells us something about him (pronoun: he). He is good at... 

"I met a homeless person."
Homeless says something about...

1. I
2. met
3. person

"What a delicious taste of this apple."
Delicious says something about...

1. Taste
2. this
3. apple
4. what

"She read the letter carefully."
Carefully says something about...

1. She
2. read
3. letter

"We have to leave now."
Now says something about...

1. We
2. have
3. leave

"You have precious coins in your house!"
Precious says something about...

1. You
2. coins
3. have
4. house

Melanie quick / quickly ate her lunch

1. Quick
2. Quickly

She sings beautiful / beautifully

1. Beautiful
2. Beautifully

Write a sentence with an adjective

Write a sentence with an adverb