Adjectives and Adverbs

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• Leerjaar 2

Adjectives and Adverbs

Which one is the adjective?

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

Which one is the adverb?

1. Extreme
2. Well
3. Concrete
4. Fancy

Aim of this lesson

You know:

• the difference between adjectives and adverbs
  
• how to form them
  
• when to use which
  

Adjectives and Adverbs

(bijvoeglijke naamwoorden en bijwoorden)

1. Frank is a good singer 

2. My brother is a careful driver.

An adjective describes something or someone -> 

it says something about a noun. 

Adjectives and Adverbs

1. Frank sings well. 

2. My brother drives carefully.

Adverbs (Bijwoorden) can describe other words. An adverb says, for example, how something has happened or how something is done. It tells you something about a verb.

An adverb can also describe an adjective.

1. Frank is an extremely good singer.

2. My brother is an awfully careful driver.

3. It's an absolutely perfect video clip.

An adverb can also describe another adverb in the sentence.

1. Frank sings absolutely beautifully.

2. My brother drives really well.

3. That crocodile was handled extremely carefully. 

How to form an adverb

Most adverbs are formed by adding -ly after the adjective.

Beautiful - beautifully

Remember! Sometimes the spelling of the adverb changes. 

terrible - terribly     realistic - realistically     easy - easily

Irregular  adverbs

There are also irregular adverbs. The adverb for good is well - She's a good performer. She performs well. 

A few adverbs have the same form as the adjective.

Fast (snel), fair (sportief/eerlijk), low, high, hard, long, late, loud  and straight (onmiddelijk) 

He's a fast driver, He drives fast. 

Adjectives for the senses

When you describe how something smells, looks, tastes etc., you use an adjective instead of an adverb

The coffee smells nice!

The pie tastes delicious!

Max is a ... singer.

1. real good
2. really well
3. really good
4. real well

This hamburger tastes ...

1. Awful
2. Awfully

You can ... open the box.

1. Easy
2. Easily
3. Easyly

He drives the car ...

1. Carefully
2. Careful

Jamie Oliver cooks ...

1. Fantastic
2. Fantasticly
3. Fantastically

Madonna is a ... singer.

1. Terribly
2. Terrible

That pizza smells ...

1. Nicely
2. Nice

I think a Friesian horse is ...

1. Beautiful
2. Beautifully

Adverbs / adjectives

Now practise! Work on §5.5 exs 4-7

Adjectives and Adverbs