Adverbs and Adjectives

Adverbs and Adjectives
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Adverbs and Adjectives

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Agenda
New grammar: Adverbs and Adjectives
Practice
The goal: at the end of the lesson you will know the difference between an adverb and an adjective.

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Warm up
Look at the words in red. What are they doing in the sentence?

I watched a great movie.
They are petting a brown dog.
That cake was delicious!

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Answer:
Adjectives (bijvoeglijk naamwoorden) give information about nouns (zelfstandig naamwoorden)

I watched a great movie.
They are petting a brown dog.
That cake was delicious!

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Adverbs
What are the words in red doing in the following sentences?

She writes beautifully.
We are walking quickly.

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Answer
Adverbs (bijwoorden) give information about verbs, (werkwoorden) and how the action in a sentence happens.
(These usually end with -ly)

I greatly appreciate your help.
Why are you walking so slowly?

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Adverbs +
Adverbs can also give more information about adjectives.

The incredibly small mouse.
The very ugly armchair.

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Adverb spelling
Adverbs usually end in -ly. 
When a word ends in -y -> -ily easy -> easily
When a word ends in -le -> -ly terrible -> terribly
When a word ends in -c -> -ally basic -> basically

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Irregular adverbs
Some adverbs do not follow the general spelling rules and do not get a new ending:
hard, fast, high, near, short, late, long, low


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good vs well
good is an adjective -> a good book
well is an adverb -> You did well on the test

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Exceptions
Na zintuigelijke werkwoorden komt een adjective, niet een adverb
Zintuigelijke werkwoorden: to be, to become, to feel, to look, to seem, to smell, to stay, to sound, to taste

That sounds great! 
She is cool.

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Practice 

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Adjectives and adverbs
She skates ....
A
fastly
B
fast

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Adjectives and adverbs
It tastes ....
A
good
B
well

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Adjectives and adverbs
It tastes ....
A
good
B
well

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Adjectives and Adverbs
It rains ...
A
Terrible
B
Terribly

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Adjectives and adverbs
She sings.....
A
beautiful
B
beautifully

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Adjectives and adverbs
The garden is .....
A
astonishingly beautiful
B
astonishingly beautifully
C
astonishing beautiful
D
astonishing beautifully

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Adjectives and adverbs
The game looks ...
A
cool
B
coolly

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Adjectives and adverbs
The garden is .....
A
beautifully
B
beautiful

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Adjectives and adverbs
The garden is .....
A
beautiful
B
beautifully

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Adjectives and adverbs
They make ......... bread.
A
deliciously
B
delicious

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Adjectives and adverbs
She is a ...... teacher.
A
wonderful
B
wonderfully

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