adjectives en adverbs

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• Studiejaar 1

What's an adjective?

Bijvoeglijk naamwoord

het zegt iets over een zelfstandig naamwoord (NOUN)

Wat is het verschil tussen een bijvoeglijk naamwoord en een bijwoord? (adverb)

een bijvoeglijk naamwoord zegt iets over een zelfstandig naamwoord.

Een bijwoord (adverb) zegt iets over andere woorden.

She is wearing beautiful clothes.
Wat is hier het adjective?

She is a very beautiful lady.
En hier?

Vul het juiste woord in.
Her ......(dure) bag was stolen at a bar.

Kies bij de volgende zinnen uit de volgende bijvoeglijke naamwoorden:

private

exact

robust

terrible

steep

decent

vicious

several

superb

She is a _______________ golfer; I'm sure she'll win the tournament.

The dog is quite small, but can be very _______________ when frightened, so be careful.

I'd rather not talk about it; it's a _______________ matter between my wife and I.

Masa is a really _______________ guy who would never lie to his girlfriend.

An adverb is a word that modifies (describes) a verb (he sings loudly), an adjective (very tall), another adverb (ended too quickly), or even a whole sentence (Fortunately, I had brought an umbrella). 

Adverbs often end in –ly, but some (such as fast) look exactly the same as their adjective counterparts.

examples

Tom Longboat did not run badly.

Tom is very tall.

The race finished too quickly.

Fortunately, Lucy recorded Tom’s win.

Adverbs and verbs

Adverbs often modify verbs. This means that they describe the way an action is happening.

examples

Phillip sings loudly in the shower.

My cat waits impatiently for his food.

I will seriously consider your suggestion.

The adverbs in each of the sentences above answer the question in what manner? How does Phillip sing? Loudly. How does my cat wait? Impatiently. How will I consider your suggestion? Seriously. Adverbs can answer other types of questions about how an action was performed. They can also tell you when (We arrived early) and where (Turn here).

However, there is one type of verb that doesn’t mix well with adverbs.

 Linking verbs, such as feel, smell, sound, seem, and appear, typically need adjectives, not adverbs. A very common example of this type of mixup is

fout: 

I feel badly about what happened.

moet zijn: 

I feel bad about what happened.

You can use an adverb to describe another adverb. In fact, if you wanted to, you could use several.

Phillip sings rather enormously too loudly.

oefenen

John held the plate ..........................

. (careful / carefully)

Julia is a
person. (careful / carefully)

I ran
to the station. (quick / quickly)

You sound .........................
. (happy / happily)

I speak English ..................
. (well / good)

fill out using these adjectives:

exciting/excited terrifying/terrified astonishing/astonished tiring/tired fascinating/fascinated disappointing/disappointed disgusting/disgusted frustrating/frustrated depressing/depressed interesting/interested

you want to know more about it and you give it your attention: I was ....................in what he had to say. 

2 being happy, interested and hopeful because something good has happened, or is going to happen: The kids are getting really............... about the trip.

 3 very surprising: It’s ................that you didn’t know about this! 

4 making you feel that you want to sleep or rest: It was a long, ...................journey. 

5 extremely interesting: Istanbul is a .........................city. 

6 unhappy because something you hoped for did not happen: I was .............................that I hadn’t won. 

7 making you feel sad: It’s a very .........................book. I didn’t like it at all.

fill out using these adjectives:

exciting/excited terrifying/terrified astonishing/astonished tiring/tired fascinating/fascinated disappointing/disappointed disgusting/disgusted frustrating/frustrated depressing/depressed interesting/interested

8 extremely unpleasant and making you feel sick: What’s that smell? It’s ...............! 

9 feeling annoyed, upset or impatient because you cannot control/change a situation: He gets....................... when people don’t understand what he’s saying. 

10 very frightened: I’m absolutely ...................................of spiders! ...............