Adjectives and adverbs

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• Leerjaar 5

Adjectives and adverbs

This is a quick runner. 

He runs very quickly. 

What is interesting about the words in bold? What do they refer to? Waar verwijzen ze naar? 

Adjectives and adverbs

This is a quick runner. 

quick verwijst naar runner (een zelfstandig naamwoord)

He runs very quickly. 

quickly verwijst naar runs (een werkwoord) 

Adjectives and adverbs

Adjectives

• refer to nouns 
• before or after a noun 

Adverbs

• refer to verbs or adjectives 

Adjectives and adverbs
She dances ......

1. wonderful
2. wonderfully

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The garden is .....

1. beautiful
2. beautifully

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The concert is .....

1. terribly
2. terrible

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She is a ...... teacher.

1. wonderful
2. wonderfully

Adjectives and adverbs
She sings.....

1. beautiful
2. beautifully

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She skates ....

1. fastly
2. fast

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It rains ...

1. Terrible
2. Terribly

Adjectives/adverbs:
We phoned the police.

1. immediately
2. immediate

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They make ......... bread.

1. delicious
2. deliciously

Adjectives

Adverbs

Beautiful

Beautifully

Crisp

Adorable

Well

Good

Happy

Happily

Adorably

Automatic

Automatically

Very

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