Adjectives & Adverbs

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• Middelbare school
• havo
• Leerjaar 4

Adjectives & Adverbs

Today

You'll learn...

- how to describe situations & people.

- how to add functions to a verb

- how to avoid common errors in adverbs & adjectives

Can you think of possible ways to describe this person...

Can you think of all possible ways to describe this object...

Adverbs (bijwoorden)

Example: 

She rarely eats breakfast. 

Tom is an extremely good singer.

My sister sings extremely beautifully.

 

Use: 

To answer: How….? 

To describe a verb, adjective, or other adverb.

 

Adjectives(bijvoegelijke nmw)

Example: 

The tall professor.  

 

Use: To answer: What sort of….? (it’s rather a description) 

To say something about a noun (zelfstandig naamw), person.

Exception!!! 

After sound – taste – smell – look – feel no adverb but adjective!

The music sounds good?

The food tastes fantastic.

 

Irregular issues 

30-minute --> not 30-minutes

good vs well

in a friendly way --> not friendily

daily, early, strange and more don't change (tip, check pages 65-67)

hard vs hardly --> different meanings

sensory perception: taste, look, feel, smell, sound --> adjective

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.

1/3: I can choose between an adverb and an adjective in a sentence

1. Yes completely
2. Yes, but I'll need to practice more
3. I'm not sure
4. I don't, this didn't help