8 December 2022

• Engels
• MBO
• Studiejaar 1

Adjectives and adverbs

Planning

Lesson goals

1. Students will know what an adjective and an adverb are.

2. Students will be able to make sentences with adjectives and adverbs.

What will you be needing?

A laptop.

The worksheet send to you by mail.

 Adjectives (Bijvoeglijke naamwoorden)

What are adjectives?

  Adjectives (Bijvoeglijke naamwoorden)

An adjective is a word that says something about a noun/person.

They live in a beautiful house.

This soup is not edible.

There are so many dogs.

My new books.

  Adjectives (Bijvoeglijke naamwoorden)

Pay attention: after to taste (proeven), to smell (ruiken), to look (eruitzien), to sound (klinken), to feel (voelen) follows an adjective.

This wine tastes good.

The food smells nice.

The sale figures are looking good.

He sounded strange.

I feel wonderful.

Adverbs (Bijwoorden)

What are adverbs?

Adverbs (Bijwoorden)

What are adverbs? 

An adverb describes a verb. They often end in -ly

An adverb describes how something happens: in what way, how often, how well, how bad, how beautiful, etc.

Examples

An adverb describes a verb.

He was walking slowly.

He swims well.

He stopped the car abruptly.

My grandfather smiled cheerfully.

Spelling

-e becomes -y:

-y becomes -ily:

-ic gets -ally:

Spelling

   terrible   -terribly

easy  -easily   

 happy   -happily

 energetic -energetically    fantastic -fantastically

Irregular adverbs

Some adverbs don't end in -ly.

Memorise these adverbs.

Examples:

always - altijd

fast - snel

ever - ooit

Page 240

Does the following sentence include an adjective or an adverb?

James coughed loudly to attract her attention.

1. Adjective
2. Adverb

Does the following sentence include an adjective or an adverb?

Susan is really clever.

1. Adjective
2. Adverb

Does the following sentence include an adjective or an adverb?

I married an American woman.

1. Adjective
2. Adverb

Does the following sentence include an adjective or an adverb?

He plays the flute beautifully.

1. Adjective
2. Adverb

The Saxophone Disaster

Read the text on your laptop. 

Circle all the adjectives and underline all the adverbs.

Adjectives and adverbs

Adjectives: little, big, whole, last, dear, cozy, messy, right, crazy, pepperoni, little, green, front, serious, next, American, sorry.

Adverbs: suddenly, thoroughly, repeatedly, ridiculously, never, happily, eventually, again, suddenly, loudly, quickly, angrily.

Does the sentence need an adjective or an adverb?

Make exercise 2 on your worksheet.

Answers exercise 2

1. Carefully                             8. Happy                                      15. Clever

2. Careful                                9. Well                                          16. Cleverly

3. Quickly                               10. Good                                       17. Tidy

4. Quick                                   11. Terribly                                   18. Tidily

5. Tired                                    12. Terrible                                  19. Warmly

6. Tiredly                                 13. Beautiful                              20. Warm

7. Happily                                14. Beautifully

Adjectives and adverbs

Write down five sentences with an adjective (bijvoeglijk naamwoord).

An adjective says something about a noun/person.

Example: Lisa is wearing a sleeveless shirt today. 

Write down five sentences with an adverb (bijwoord).

An adverb describes a verb, it often ends in -ly.

Example: My cat waits impatiently for his food.

What was your best sentence with an adjective?

What was your best sentence with an adverb?

Adjectives and adverbs

Engels Verkort Online -> A2–> Bijvoeglijke naamwoorden en bijwoorden

Engels Verkort Online -> B1 -> Woorden oefenen -> Reeks 3

Done? 

Use the links on the third page of your worksheet to practise.

Closing

• What did you learn today?
• What is an adjective?
• What is an adverb?