Grips - adverbs, adjectives

• Engels
• Middelbare school
• vmbo
• Leerjaar 1

Adjectives & Adverbs

Demi Derks

Ian van de Laarschot

Adjectives

Adjectives would be *bijvoeglijk naamwoord* in Dutch

We use adjectives when:

• We use adjectives to describe a noun
• We use adjectives to give extra information about the object we are talking about

Categories

Adjectives 

Examples

• Jack wears a red bandana
• Jack has a golden tooth
• The beautiful ship is called the Black Pearl
• One of the crew members has got a glass eye
• Another one always carries a talking parrot
• The barking dog is being followed by the hungry cannibals

Adverbs

Adverbs would be *bijwoord* in Dutch.

We use adverbs to answer the following questions:

• When
  
• Where
  
• How
  
• To what extent

Where & When

Where?

• Jack went to Cannibal Island.
• The crew was onboard of the ship.

When?

• Jack went to Cannibal Island yesterday
• The rest of the crew arrived later.

How & to what extent

How?

• Jack behaved very stupidly.
• The crew carefully kept out of sight.

To what extent?

• Jack was almost killed.
• The crew was very worried.

What is long in the following sentence?

Jacks has long hair

1. Long is an adjective
2. Long is an adverb

What is very in the following sentence

The parrot is very smart.

1. Very is an adjective
2. Very is an adverb

Message in a bottle

You and your best friend, who lives on the Caribbean Islands, are sneding messages in a bottle back and forth and you are convincing her to watch the new Pirates movie.

• Describe one of the following characters to your friend using