Adjectives & Adverbs

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Adjectives & Adverbs

Adjective (bijvoeglijk naamwoord)

The tall building.  

Tells us something about a person or thing (noun/zelfstandig naamw). 

Position in sentence:​ Before a noun  > tall building

big car, blue car, fast car, modern car, dangerous car, etc.

 

Adverbs (bijwoorden)

I rarely eat breakfast. He walked carefully.

 

Use: 

Tells us something about a verb or an adjective. 

Position in sentence:​ 

The adverb must be placed either before the verb or at the end of the clause.

An adverb of manner cannot be put between a verb and its direct object. 

 

Irregularities, onregelmatig 

• good vs well: Barcelona is a good team and they play well.
• daily, early, strange and more don't change
• watch out for: hard vs hardly --> different meanings
• bij zintuigen: taste, look, feel, smell, sound --> adjective in stead of adverb.
  (so not it sounds, looks, tastes nicely, greatly, well, etc.
  but: it looks nice, tastes good, smells great, sounds perfect.)

Adverbs (bijwoord) 

Adjectives (bvnw) 

Adverb or Adjective?
    

Tekst

magnificent

frequent

probably

well

sadly

bad

amazingly

horrible

terribly

healthily

happy

fast 

1. Please give me an … answer (eerlijk)

2. What you told me sounded … (interessant)

3. We received a … written letter. (mooi)

4. She speaks Italian very … (goed)

5. That man can be … impatient (vreselijk)

6. Ik ken hem nauwelijks.

7. Dit verhaal is waarschijnlijk waar.

8. Ze zingt erg mooi.

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Try exercises 1-5 in the grammar booklet, period 2

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I can use an adverb and an adjective in a sentence

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2. Yes, but I'll need to practise more
3. I'm not sure
4. I still can't. I need more help

The exercises helped me to understand this grammar topic

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2. Yes, but I'll need to practise more
3. I'm not sure
4. No, I need more help

I'd like to have more practice material.

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