Adverbs vs. adjectives

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Adverbs vs. adjectives

What is an adjective?

What is an adverb?

Adjective (bijvoeglijk namwoord)

An adjective adds something to a noun (zelfstandig naamwoord) or in other words:

An adjectve says something about noun (de, het, een woorden)

Examples

Peter has a fast car.

Sanne has an old phone

Adverbs (bijwoorden)

Bijwoorden geven eigenlijk meer informatie over een ander woord. Soms geven ze aan hoe vaak iets gebeurt (bv. never), waar iemand is (bv. outside), op welke manier iets gebeurt (bv. quickly)

SPELLING: heel vaak met -ly erachter 

Adverbs (bijwoorden)

Adverbs can say something about:

Verbs. For example:

He bravely entered the burning house.

She greeted us politely.

Adverbs also say something about

- An adjective (bijvoeglijk naamwoord)

It is extremely warm today.

His car is very fast.

Adverbs also say something about other ADVERBS

He played surprisingly well.

 ‘well’ is an adverb and so is ‘surprisingly’

 surprisingly says something about well

 ‘surprisingly well’ combined say something about the verb played

Full sentence

Adverbs tell us something about

An entire sentence, for example:

Fortunately, he could sell the printers

To sum up

Adjectives say something about the nouns (znw)

Adverbs say something about

- verbs

- adjectives

- adverbs

- whole sentences

The athlete ran _____ to cross the finish line first.

1. fast
2. fastly

She is very _____.

1. nicely
2. nice

The children played _____ in the park.

1. happy
2. happily

She wore a _____ sweater on the chilly winter day.

1. comfortable
2. comfortably

The music sounds _____ and _____.

1. cheerful, happily
2. cheerfully, happily
3. cheerfully, happy
4. cheerful, happy

He drove the car _____ down the highway

1. fastly
2. fast

The puppy feels _____ in my hands.

1. soft
2. softly

The airplane flew _____ above the clouds

1. highly
2. high

The ice cream tastes _____.

1. delicious
2. deliciously

The room looks _____ with sunlight.

1. bright
2. brightly

Ajax isn't playing very _____ lately.

1. good
2. well

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