Adjectives and Adverbs

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Adjectives and Adverbs

What are adjectives?

They are connected to ......

nouns

Nouns can be identified with .....

a, an the

An adjective says something about a noun.

Beyoncé is a                sexy                lady.

                                     adjective            noun

Rule and exceptions

• The rule is: adjective then noun
• The big Ben.
• Exceptions:
• The 5 senses and to be, appear and seem
• This burger tastes amazing.
• Here the noun and adjective are split by the word tastes.

Adverbs

• an adverb says something about a verbs
• You AD it to a VERB
• The loud man.
• The man talks loudly.

He         talked         nervously.

            verb              adverb

The rule

adverb = adjective + ly

adjective:    the beautiful girl

adverb:         she sings beautifully

Spelling 1

Be careful!!

                      adjective -le             =             adverb -ly

                        terrible                                       terribly

Spelling 2

Be careful!!

    adjective:  medeklinker +y (easy)

    adverb:       ily (easily)

Spelling 3

Be careful!!

    adjective:  ends with -ic (fantastic)

    adverb:       +ally (fantastically)

The same exceptions as before

Be careful!!

With some verbs  you don't use an adverb but an adjective. 

to be (zijn), to seem , to feel , to smell , 

to sound , to taste, to look

Het ruikt vreselijk. - It smells terrible.

Exceptions for adverbs

Be careful!!

Some adjectives have a different adverb:

He is a good boy. - He studies well.

Sometimes it stays the same:

Bij fast, long, fair, low, high

That is a fast car. - It drives fast. 

SUMMARISE 

Spelling: 

• beautiful - beatifully
• terrible - terribly 
• easy - easily
• fantastic - fantastically
• senses get adjectives
• some adverbs stay the same

Which one is the adjective?

1. beautiful
2. well
3. normally
4. wonderfully

Max is a ... dancer.

1. good
2. well

Max dances .... .

1. good
2. well

This hamburger tastes ...

1. awful
2. awfully

You can ... open the box.

1. easy
2. easily
3. easyly

He drives the car ...

1. carefully
2. careful

Jamie Oliver cooks ...

1. fantastic
2. fantasticly
3. fantastically

Hamilton is a ... driver.

1. terribly
2. terrible

That pizza smells ...

1. nicely
2. nice

I think a Friesian horse is ...

1. beautiful
2. beautifully

This game is (incredible) hard.

You cycle (astonishing) slow.

The chef (skillful) garnished the dish with flowers.

The waiter (clumsy) carried the tray.

Max Verstappen drives very (fast)

adjective

adverb

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