Unit 7

• Engels
• Middelbare school
• vwo
• Leerjaar 4

Unit 7

Adverbs & Adjectives

Which countries
do you think
you see in
the pictures?

Exercise 1.2 (page 54)

Listen to the fragment and check your answers.

Answers

• Sweden
• Scotland
• Norway

Exercise 1.3 (page 54)

Read the eight extracts. 

Decide where the owrds in the brackets appeared.

Exercise 1.3 (page 54)

Listen again and check your answers.

Adjectives and adverbs

Words to give extra information.

They are similar, but then again different.

Adjectives

Adjectives are used to add information to nouns (people / things).

For example:

• the old man / The man is old.
• the young girl / The girl was young.
• the stupid dog / The dog has always been stupid.

• Often used before the noun, or in a sentence with a form of the verb to be.

Adjectives

Adjectives are used to add information to verbs of sense 

For example:

• This dish smells great.
• This fabric feels fantastic.
• That man looks weird.

• Be careful, we do this when we talk about how something smells, feels, looks, sound, etc.
  If someone does something actively, we use an adverb.
  He looked at the painting carefully. (It's not about how it looks, but the manner the person is doing it)
  
  

Adverbs

Adverbs are used to add information to verbs, adjectives, other adverbs or clauses.

For example:

• He drove carefully.
• Even more, he drove extremely carefully.
• So, he was an extremely careful driver.
• Unfortunately, he still died in a horrible accident.

Adverbs

Adverbs are usually formed by adding -ly to the adjective-form.

• careful > carefully
• annoying > annoyingly
• brilliant > brilliantly 

Adverbs

However, there are some exemptions:

• Adele is a good singer. > Adele sings well.
  
  
• The test was hard. > He worked hard.
• It was a high jump. > He had to jump high.
• He has a fast car. > The car goes fast.
  
• He gave a wrong answer. > He answered wrong.
• He went to a far land. > He can jump far.

Adverbs

Adverbs can often be put in three different positions:

• Front position: Normally, I go to school by bike.
  
  
• Mid position: I normally go to school by bike. (before the main verb)
  I am normally never late. (after the verb be)
  I have always been a fan of this band. (after the first auxiliary verb).
  I would have happily stayed up until late (after the second auxiliary verb)
  
  
• End position: He writes simply.
  
  

Usually put in mid position

• always
• never
• adverbs of indefinite frequency (hardly ever, often, rarely, regularly, seldom)
• degree adverbs (almost, hardly, nearly, quite, rather and scarcely)

Usually put in mid or end position

• constantly
• continually
• regularly
• absolutely
• completely
• entirely
• greatly
• perfectly

Usually put in front or end position

• adverbs of time or frequency consisting of one or more word (as a rule, from time to time, every so often, etc.)

Usually put in end position

• adverbs of place (upstairs, next door, etc.)
• adverbs of definite time and frequency (this month, last January, etc.)

I think I understand the adjectives and adverbs.

Yes

Mostly. but I don't need any help.

Mostly, but I still would like some help.

Not at all and need some help.

Continue

In pairs / groups of three:
Continue working on exercises 3.1 - 3.3 on pages 57 & 58.

Check the answers with the key in the back of your book.

Want to practice more with Reading and Use of English part 3?
Do the exercise on page 59 as well.