Adjectives & Adverbs

• Engels
• MBO
• Studiejaar 2

Adjectives

-  Adjectives

- Say something about the noun: 
   the careful driver, the angry teacher, a beautiful dress

- Sometimes in two forms: 
   This job is boring / interesting / tiring / annoying (= about a thing)
   I am bored / interested / tired / annoyed (= about a person)

Adverbs

- Adverbs

- Say something about verb, adjectives and other words (except nouns)

    she drove carefully, it rained heavily,
    incredibly quickly, surprisingly easy

- Adverbs usually end with -ly (quick > quickly, careful > carefully)

Irregularities

- You could also use adjectives instead of adverbs with verbs:
   be / feel / look / taste / sound / smell / seem
   I am tired, she is hungry, you look tired, you smell nice

- Some adverbs aren't made with -ly: 
   good > well          the good dog, you did well
   fast > fast             the fast car, he ran fast
   hard > hard          the hard test, he tried hard    

1. Mike stays in shape by playing tennis ...

1. regular
2. regularly

2. You shouldn't go up that ladder. It doesn't seem ...

1. safe
2. safely

3. Everything was really quiet. There was ... silence.

1. complete
2. completely

-able/-ible understandable, capable, readable, incredible

-al mathematical, functional, influential, chemical

-ful beautiful, bashful, helpful, harmful

-ic artistic, manic, rustic, terrific

-ive submissive, intuitive, inventive, attractive

-less sleeveless, hopeless, groundless, restless

-ous gorgeous, dangerous, adventurous, fabulous

The driver stopped the bus _______________.

1. Financially
2. Exactly
3. Abruptly
4. Now

During autumn, colorful leaves can be seen falling ______________ from trees.

1. Everywhere
2. Very
3. Gently
4. Loudly

My grandmother always smiled _______________.

1. Cheerfully
2. Sadly
3. Never
4. Yesterday

TekstDrag the adverb to the right place: nearly

She 

had

lost

her notebook

nearly

Drag the adverb to the right place:  (slowly) 

Mother

closed

the door

slowly