Adjectives and adverbs

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• Middelbare school
• havo, vwo
• Leerjaar 3-5

Adjectives and Adverbs

adjective - bijvoeglijk naamwoord

Een bijvoeglijk naamwoord zegt iets over een zelfstandig naamwoord:

That beautiful house is for sale.

This stunning piece of art is painted by my sister.

adjectives met getallen

That 7-year-old girl over there is my niece.

It's only a 30-minute walk to the montains.

In the summer we have a six-week holiday.

adverbs - bijwoorden

Bijwoorden zeggen iets over:

een werkwoord: She sings beautifully.

een bijvoeglijk naamwoord: That indredibly beautiful painting.

een ander bijwoord: She drives extremely carefully.

een zin: Unfortunately, he was already gone.

adverbs - bijwoorden

Je vormt een bijwoord door -ly achter het bijvoeglijk naamwoord te zetten:

beautiful - beautifully

careful - carefully

extreme - extremely

let op:

easy - easily

crazy - crazily

ordinary - ordinarily

en:

probable - probably

amiable - amiably

Confusing adjectives:

woorden zoals: friendly, lovely, unlikely, silly zijn bijvoeglijk naamwoorden ondanks hun vorm. Als ze als bijwoord gebruikt worden is er een formulering met 'way of manner' nodig.

That's a silly hat.

She behaved in a silly manner.

She is a friendly person.

She spoke in a friendly way.

difficult & impossible

Voor difficult en impossible bestaan geen bijwoorden. Dat moet op een andere manier geformuleerd worden.

Bijvoorbeeld:

She wrote her essay with great difficulty.

He can't possibly be gone.

bijwoord

He calls her daily.

She always gets up early.

I can jump really high.

The plane flew low.

She can run far.

He can run fast.

You spelled that word wrong.

She behaves strange.

bijv naamwoord

This is a daily newspaper.

Let's take the early train.

That ceiling is high.

This is a low ceiling.

The far end of the hallway.

This is a fast car.

That's the wrong word.

That's a strange girl.

verschillen in betekenis

I like short stories. (ik hou van korte verhalen.)

I will see you there shortly. (Ik zie je daar binnenkort.)

That book was hard to read. (Dat boek was moeilijk te lezen).

I could hardly read that book. (Ik kon dat boek nauwelijks lezen).

See: RB p 67 no 16

John held the plate _________________.

1. careful
2. carefully

Julia is a _________________ person.

1. careful
2. carefully

I ran _________________ to the station.

1. quick
2. quickly

The journey was _________________.

1. quick
2. quickly

You look _________________. Didn’t you sleep well?

1. tired
2. tiredly

The baby rubbed her eyes _________________.

1. tired
2. tiredly

She sang _________________.

1. happy
2. happily

You sound _________________.

1. happy
2. happily

I speak English _________________.

1. good
2. well

Her English is _________________.

1. good
2. well

She cooks _________________.

1. terrible
2. terribly

He is a _________________ cook.

1. terrible
2. terribly

The music was _________________.

1. beautiful
2. beautifully

She plays the piano _________________.

1. beautiful
2. beautifully

_________, I have never been to a music festival before. (unfortunate)

So I felt _______ _________ when I finally went to one. (extreme/ nervous)

I had already started to pack my belongings a few days before, but I soon realised that I would have to leave a lot of things behind that I had ____________ planned to take with me. (original)

When my boyfriend came to pick me up , I had an _______ huge rucksack and I was _______ ______when he laughed at me _______. (impressive/ real/angry/loud)

When we finally arrived at the festival I was _______ surprised by the masses of people there. (total)

I saw hundreds of tents ______ packed together on _______ grass. I was shocked. (close/ mud)

I knew at once that I would never be able to spend a few days at that muddy place. I shouted at my boyfriend ________ , but, once more, he ______ laughed. (hysterical/ simple)

He showed me two tickets which he slowly took out of his pocket : "These are VIP tickets ! We are not going to spend our nights here!" he said ____________. (triumphant)