2MH - Adverbs vs. adjectives

• Engels
• Middelbare school
• havo
• Leerjaar 2,3

Adverbs vs. Adjectives

Learning Objective:

At the end of this lesson you will know what an adverb and what an adjective is. You will know the difference between the two and know how to form them.

Adjective

= bijvoegelijk naamwoord

- Says something about a noun (zelfstandig naamwoord)

example: the red car, a big house, a fast runner

Adverb

= bijwoord

- Says something about a verb, an adverb or an adjective 

- example: the really red  car, the extremely sour lemon

How do you make an adverb?

You add -ly to the end of a word:
- extreme  + -ly > extremely

exceptions:

- words ending with -le get -ly instead  adorable > adorably

- words ending with -ic get - ally  automatic > automatically

- words ending with -ue get - uly true > truly

- words ending with -ll get - lly full > fully

Adjective

- says something about a noun (zelfstandig naamwoord)

the BIG house, the RED car

Adverb

- says something about a verb, adjective or another adverb

- form: adjective + ly

to speak QUIETLY, 

EXTREMELY loud

irregular adverbs

good - well

fast - fast

hard - hard (=hard)

hard - hardly (=nauwelijks)

daily - daily

adverbs that never end in -ly

always

still

never

often

Always an adjective when you are dealing with these verbs:

Open your coursebook on page 120, please.

John held the plate
...

1. careful
2. carefully

Julia is a ...
person.

1. careful
2. carefully

I ran ...
to the station.

1. quick
2. quickly

You look ...
. Didn't you sleep well?

1. tired
2. tiredly

She sang
. ...

1. happy
2. happily

I speak English
...

1. good
2. well

She cooks
. (terrible / terribly)

He is a
cook. (terrible / terribly)

She plays the piano
. (beautiful / beautifully)

She answered
. (clever / cleverly)

The adjective is TIDY
He put the dishes away
....

The adjective is WARM:
He spoke
...

The adjective is EXPENSIVE:
He bought an ... car last week.

The adjective is NERVOUS:
He talked ...

Adverbs & Adjectives game

Read the sentence and think of a fun and fitting adverb or adjective to put into the sentence.

I am a/an ... dancer

Philip sings ... in the shower.

The woman is ... pretty.

He smiled ...

She seems very ... today.

An adjective says something about ...

An adverb says something about ...

Any questions about Adverbs and Adjectives?

I understand Adverbs and Adjectives now.

1. Yes
2. No

Need to read everything in Dutch?

https://engelslerenonline.com/grammatica/adjectives/

https://engelslerenonline.com/grammatica/adverbs/

Extra online pratice:

https://engelsklaslokaal.nl/oefenen-met-grammatica/overig/bijwoord-bijvoeglijk-naamwoord/