A2 p1 grammar: adjectives & adverbs

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• Middelbare school
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• Leerjaar 1

Adjectives & Adverbs

Lesson aims

- You know what an adjective is and when to use it

- You know what an adverb is and when & how to use it

- You are aware of the exceptions 

We played bad OR We played badly 

It´s a bad test OR It´s a badly test

Adjectives

An adjective says something about a noun

(= Bijvoeglijk naamwoord)

This is a beautiful song.

He has a loud voice.

Adverbs

An adverb says something about a verb.

(= bijwoord)

The singer sang beautifully.

He is talking quite loudly.

+ LY

Adverb = adjective + ly

Adjective:

This is a beautiful song.

He has a loud voice.

Adverb:

The singer sang beautifully.

He slowly ate his sandwich.

Exceptions #1

Be careful: spelling

1. adjective -le = adverb -ly

    terrible ➔ terribly

2. adjective: consonant + y   

    = adverb: consonant + ily

    Easy ➔ easily

Exceptions #1

Be careful: spelling

3. adjective: ends with -ic

    = adverb: + ally

    Fantastic ➔ fantastically

Exceptions #2

Be careful: senses

With some verbs (senses) you don't use 

an adverb but an adjective. 

to be (zijn)   /   to seem   /   to feel   /   to smell 

to sound   /   to taste   /   to hear   /   to touch

It smells terrible. It feels wonderful. It sounds beautiful. 

Exceptions #3

Be careful: irregular

Some adjectives have a different adverb:

He is a good boy. ➔  He studies well.

Sometimes it stays the same:

fast   /   long   /   fair  /   low

That is a fast car.   ➔   It drives fast. 

In short

Let´s see if we can apply these rules

Write down the correct answer in your notebook

Which is the adjective?

1. Beautiful
2. Well
3. Normally
4. Wonderfully

Which is the adverb?

1. Quick
2. Magically
3. Happily
4. Bad

Max is a ...... singer.

1. good
2. well

Max sings .....

1. good
2. well

You can ..... open the box.

1. easy
2. easily
3. easyly

Jamie Oliver cooks .....

1. Fantastic
2. Fantasticly
3. Fantastically

The hamburger tastes .....

1. awful
2. awfully

Justin Bieber is a ...... singer.

1. terrible
2. terribly

That pizza smells .....

1. nicely
2. nice

I think a Frisian horse is .....

1. beautiful
2. beautifully