Grammar in Use 100 - 101

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• Middelbare school
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• Leerjaar 3

Adjectives and Adverbs

We use an adjective for a noun: a careful driver, a wonderful meal

We use an adverb for a verb: he drives carefully, the food smelled wonderfully

Adjective or Adverb for: great?
This is a great way to find out what happened.

1. Adjective
2. Adverb

Adjective or Adverb for: wonderful.
This is a wonderful book.

1. Adjective
2. Adverb

Adjective or Adverb for: wonderful.
It smelled wonderful in the restaurant.

1. Adjective
2. Adverb

Adjective or Adverb for: madly.
He shouted madly.

1. Adjective
2. Adverb

Adjective or Adverb for: quietly.
He sat there quietly reading.

1. Adjective
2. Adverb

Making an adverb

As you can see you add -ly to create an adverb.

A silent boy can work silently.

Adjectives - Adverbs

We use adjectives after some verbs:

to be, to smell, to sound, to look, to feel

I am quiet (not: quietly). That sounds beautiful (not: beautifully). It smells delicious (not deliciously).

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Adverb

So an adverb says something about a verb:

He sang beautifully

But it can also say something about an adjective:

A really big car.

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Adverb

So, an adverb can tell us something about a verb or an adjective, but also about an adverb.

He plays well. (well tells us about the way he plays)

He plays extremely well. (extremely tells us something about well)

What is the adverb for: terrific?

What is the adverb for: fantastic?

What is the adverb for: horrible?

What is the adverb for: happy?

What is the adverb for: incredible?

Fast / fastly?
He took the ___ train.

Late / lately?
He was ___ for school.

Early/earlily?
He arrived ______.

There are five verbs that are connected to feeling / seeing, etc.
to feel, to sound, to look, to smell and .............

8 verbs where the adjectives do not change

seem, appear, be, look, feel, sound, taste, smell

It looks wonderful

It sounds terrible

It smells nice / horrible

Fill in the right form.
These flowers look ........ (beautiful)

Fill in the right form.
He was a very ..... player. (bad)

Last night he played ........ (bad)

He wrote it down ........ (careful)

He had a very .... car. (fast)

He drove much too ....... (fast)

He was ......... injured. (serious)

He was a very ..... person. (happy)

He danced ......... at the party. (happy)

This is a ..... exercise. (terrible)

He sang ....... well. (terrible)

He dresses ........ (good)

He is a ...... dresser. (good)

He worked very ...... (hard)

She sang ....... well. (terrible)

The End

Hope you enjoyed it. Your loving teacher.