Adjectives and adverbs

• Engels
• MBO
• Studiejaar 1

My best friend Billy is funny. He has blond hair and brown eyes. He always has a big smile. He is very short and always wears blue jeans and a large sweater. Billy likes to play soccer with his little sister. 

My best friend Billy is funny. He has blond hair and brown eyes. He always has a big smile. He is very short and always wears blue jeans and a large sweater. Billy likes to play soccer with his little sister. 

Write the words down that say something about Billy's looks, clothes, or character.

The words you just wrote down, are called adjectives. They give an attribute to a noun (things, people, animals). 

• funny
• blond
• brown
• big
• short
• blue
• large
• little

De woorden die je zojuist hebt opgeschreven heten adjectives (bijvoeglijk naamwoorden). Ze geven een eigenschap aan nouns (zelfstandig naamwoorden) (dingen, mensen, en dieren)

Adjectives

Adjectives give an attribute to a noun (or pronoun).

Adjectives may come before the word they modify:

That is a cute puppy.

He has black hair.

But adjectives can also follow the word they modify:

That puppy is cute.

His hair is black.

What is the adjective in the following sentence: Mandy is a pretty girl.

1. Mandy
2. is
3. pretty
4. girl

What is the adjective in the following sentence: 2. Max is a good singer.

1. Max
2. is
3. good
4. singer

What is the adjective in the following sentence: He is a terrible driver.

1. He
2. is
3. terrible
4. driver

What is the adjective in the following sentence: 2. Kevin is clever.

1. Kevin
2. is
3. clever

Now that you know something about an adjective, take a look at the underlined words in the following sentences.

1. She sat down quietly.

2. He quickly reads a book.

3. The class is terribly loud today.

You know adjectives give an extra attribute to a noun. But how about the underlined words in the sentences? What words do they give an attribute to?

What words do they give an attribute to?
Aan welke woordsoort geven deze woorden een extra eigenschap?

1. She sat down quietly.

2. He quickly reads a book.

3. The class is terribly loud today.

1. Noun (zelfstandig naamwoord)
2. Verb (werkwoord)
3. Adjective (bijvoeglijk naamwoord)

Adverbs - adjectives

Look at the differences between adverbs and adjectives.

• She sits down quietly           She is quiet
  
• Davy talks loudly                     Davy is loud
  
• He runs quickly                        He is quick
  

Adverbs - adjectives

Look at the differences between adverbs and adjectives.

• She sits down quietly           She is quiet
  
• Davy talks loudly                     Davy is loud
  
• He runs quickly                        He is quick
  

The words giving an attribute to the verb get ‘ly’ at the end, while the adjectives don’t.

Adverbs - adjectives

These words are called adverbs. They modify a verb, adjective or even an other adverb!

• She sat down quietly.
• She was afraid whey would stop talking as suddenly as they’d started.
• Eleanor had stupidly told her mother about it.

Adverbs - adjectives

Je zet achter het bijvoeglijk naamwoord ly.

• wonderful -- wonderfully
  

Eindigt het bijvoeglijk naamwoord op y dan wordt dit ily.

• easy -- easily
  

Eindigt het bijvoeglijk naamwoord op le dan wordt dit ly.

• terrible -- terribly
  

Eindigt het bijvoeglijk naamwoord op ic dan wordt dit ically.

• Tipical – tipically
  

The . . . . . old . . . . . . . man sat down in his . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  leather chair. He . . . . . . . . . . . . . . took his . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . grandchild on his lap and spoke . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  ‘Once upon a time in a . . . . . . . . . . . . .  land far, far away...’ he started. As he spoke, the . . . . . . . . . . . . . . boy listened . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . He had always liked his grandfather’s fairytales. By the time his grandfather finished the story about a . . . . . . . . . . . . . . knight who saved the . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . princess after . . . . . . . . . . . . . fighting the . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  dragon, the boy had fallen asleep in his arms.   

brown

heroically

youngest

beautiful

softly

dangerous

carefully

brave

young

lovely

carefully

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