V2-en-2324 - Adjectives and adverbs

• Engels
• Middelbare school
• havo
• Leerjaar 5

Learning objectives

- I can use adjectives to give more information about a person, animal or thing.

- I can use adverbs to give more information about actions. 

Adjectives

Adverbs

Beautiful

Beautifully

Crisp

Adorable

Well

Good

Happy

Happily

Adorably

Automatic

Automatically

Very

Adjectives and adverbs

This is a quick runner. 

He runs very quickly. 

What is interesting about the words in bold? What do they refer to? 

Adjective

Tells you something about a noun.

Adverb

Tells you something about a/an

• verb
• adjective
• another adverb
• a (sub)clause or an entire sentence

adverb

nervous	nervous ly (+ly)
eas y	eas i ly (-y, +ily)
scientif ic	scientific ally (+ally)
terrib le	terribl y (e > y)
good, long, fast, low	well, long, fast, low

            adjective                           adverb

Adverbs of frequency

Adverbs of frequency

Adverbs of frequency

If the verb in the sentence is "to be",  put the adverb after the verb:

They are always late.

If the verb in the sentence is not "to be", put the adverb before the verb:

She usually arrives on time.

Soft serve ice cream is the best ice cream in the _________________ (entire) world!

The _________________ (fantastic) taste of soft serve
_________________ (definite) makes this ice cream stand out from all other kinds of ice cream.

Up to now, you needed to go to some _________________ (local) ice cream shop for a soft serve ice cream.

But now, with our machine, you can _________________ (easy) make the ice cream yourself!

The Soft Serve Ice Cream Maker is _________________ (national) available, _________________ (favourable) priced and _________________ (full) automatic: _________________ (simple) pour in the ingredients and turn the dial!

Don’t forget to read the instruction manual _________________(careful) before use!