Adjectives and adverbs 2023

• English
• Middelbare school
• vwo
• Leerjaar 2

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adjective

adjective

adverb

adverb

Adjectives and adverbs

- We use adjectives to say something about a noun (zelfstandig naamwoord)

- We use adverbs to say something about a verb (werkwoord)

What else can we describe with adverbs? 

1....

2...

Adjectives and adverbs

1. an adverb can describe an adjective

This is a very long stick.

2. an adverb can describe another adverb

Please work very carefully.

What is the adjective?
They live in a beautiful house.

1. beautiful
2. live
3. They
4. house

What is the adverb?
My granny drives carefully.

1. granny
2. drives
3. carefully
4. my

That is a ________ car

1. beautiful
2. beautifully

They reacted ______.

1. angry
2. angrily

She spoke ______

1. soft
2. softly

James coughed _____ to attract her attention.

1. loud
2. loudly

I did ______ on the test.

1. good
2. well

She is a very .............person. She acts .......... ........... when she tells a joke.

1. funnily, really funnily
2. funny, real, funnily
3. funny, really, funny
4. funny, really, funnily

Irregular adverbs

                                                                                    Study them by heart!

Adjective  -  adverb

good               well

fast                  fast

long                 long

hard                hard

                                        He plays the piano good.                                           That's a good boy! 

                                       He plays the piano well.                                            That's a well boy!

Write your own sentence using one of the irregular words just mentioned as both an adverb and an adjectve!