Adjectives/Adverbs

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• Middelbare school
• havo
• Leerjaar 4

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Adjectives & Adverbs

Wat je moet kunnen

• You can recognise adjectives and adverbs.
• You can explain the difference between adjectives and adverbs.
• You can choose adjectives or adverbs to help voice your opinion.

Adjectives

We use Adjectives to say something about a Noun.  Examples:

• This is an awesome product!
• What I like best about my bike, is that it is green.
• I wouldn't go see it, it was a terrible film.

Na de volgende werkwoorden: (be, look, seem, feel, smell, taste, sound)

If you can answer the question: What kind of ....? You are dealing with an Adjective

Adverbs

We use Adverbs to say something about Verbs, Adjectives and sometimes other Adverbs or even a whole sentence.

Examples:

• We calmly waited for 10 minutes, but still they didn't help us.
• He was terribly disappointed.
• The car doesn't drive very quickly.
• Surely, that was a mistake!

Is you can answer the question: How does it ...? You are dealing with an Adverb.

Which one is the adjective?

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

Max is a ___ singer, although he doesn't think he is.

1. Good
2. Well

He performed ___ at the concert; the audience gave him a standing ovation.

1. amazing
2. amazingly

The cake tasted ___, and everyone asked for the recipe.

1. delicious
2. deliciously

She walked into the room ___, capturing everyone's attention.

1. graceful
2. gracefully

The weather was ___, so we decided to stay indoors.

1. horrible
2. horribly

Sarah ___ checked her answers before submitting the test.

1. careful
2. carefully

The next exercise: past tenses and adjectives & adverbs

Fill in the correct word in the gaps. Verbs need to be changed to a past tense, and adjectives may need to be turned into an adverb. (9 points)

careful – study – quick – loud – happy – prepare – kind – paint – slow
Lucy was very _______ and double-checked her homework before submitting it.

careful – study – quick – loud – happy – prepare – kind – paint – slow
He _______ grabbed his keys and ran out of the house.

careful – study – quick – loud – happy – prepare – kind – paint – slow
We _____ the walls bright yellow yesterday; the room looks so cheerful now!

careful – study – quick – loud – happy – prepare – kind – paint – slow
Maxwell is a really _____ person, you should ask him out.

careful – study – quick – loud – happy – prepare – kind – paint – slow
They _______ all week for the final exam, hoping to get a good grade.