Adjectives and adverbs

• Engels
• Middelbare school
• vwo
• Leerjaar 2

Today's Goals 

• To know the difference between adjectives and adverbs 
• To be able to form adverbs from adjectives
• To be able to use them both correctly in sentences

What is an adjective? What does it do?

Adjective - bijvoeglijk naamwoorden

• Before a noun 

He is a fussy eater = fussy tells us what kind of eater he is

• Or after a linking verb (to be, to feel, to look, to seem) 

That film is fantastic.

Your pizza looks delicious

The soup tastes amazing

What are adverbs? What do they do?
(A clue is in the name)

Adverb - bijwoord

Modify: verbs, adjectives, other adverbs or the whole sentence. 

(They can go in multiple places in a sentence)

 

The children walked quickly along the corridor.

The party was very loud.

I often go to the gym.

Stupidly, I forgot my keys.

Adverbs - spelling rules

Most adverbs are made by adding -ly to an adjective. 

Adjectives ending in '-ic' add '-ally' Fantastic = fantastically

Adjectives ending in '-y', remove '-y' and add '-ily' Easy = Easily

and enidng in '-le' remove the '-e' add '-y'  Simple = Simply 

However many do not end in -ly: fast, late, hard, always, often 

Spelling: Turn the adjective 'comic' into an adverb

Spelling: Turn the adjective 'soft' into an adverb

Spelling: Turn the adjective 'happy' into an adverb

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, and straight (onmiddelijk) - He's a fast driver, He drives fast. 

Which one is the adjective?

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

Adjective or adverb, which one?
The garden is .....

1. beautiful
2. beautifully

Adjective or adverb, which one?
She put her reading glasses down ...

1. careful
2. carefully

Adjective or adverb, which one?
They make ......... bread.

1. deliciously
2. delicious

Adjective or adverb, which one?
She plays the piano ......

1. well
2. good

Put the word in brackets in the correct form.
It was a ______(real) close match.

Put the word in brackets as an adjective or an adverb.
Sharon is a ________(graceful) dancer.

Put the word on brackets in the correct form.
__________(unfortunate), they missed their connecting flight.

Put the word in brackets in the correct form.
The flowers looked ______(wonderful)

She ....................(patient) waited for him to finish talking.

The crowd gave the band a ...........(warm) welcome.

Adjectives give us information about ....

1. nouns
2. verbs and nouns
3. verbs, nouns and adverbs

Adverbs modify..........

1. nouns
2. verbs, adjectives, adverbs,
3. only verbs
4. verbs and nouns

Continue with...

Malmberg - Unit 5, lesson 5

Ex. 4, 5

Then this Online exercise 

If you got more than 7 answers wrong, let me know.

Then do Ex. 1, 2, 3 (U5:L5)

I feel confident in using adjectives and adverbs

1. Totally
2. Not yet
3. I understand adjectives but not adverbs
4. I understand adverbs but not adjectives