Adverbs-adjectives

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Adjectives & Adverbs

Describe one scene in one sentence

Describe your thoughts on this scene.

Adjectives and adverbs

Adjectives	Adverbs
1 . To say something about a noun	1. To say something about a verb
	2. To say something about an adjective
	3. To say something about another adverb
	4. To say something about a sentence

Grammar: Adjectives & Adverbs

Adjectives

Adjectives would be *bijvoeglijk naamwoord* in Dutch

We use adjectives to:

• describe a noun (mensen, dieren, dingen) 
• give extra information about the object we are talking about
• pimp a story ;-)

                there are all kind of adjectives: 

Adjectives 

• Jack wears a red bandana
• Jack has a golden tooth
• The beautiful ship is called the Black Pearl
• One of the crew members has got a glass eye
• Another one always carries a talking parrot
• The barking dog is being followed by the hungry cannibals

Adverbs

Adverbs would be *bijwoord* in Dutch.

We use adverbs to:

• describe a verb 
• describe an adjective / another adverb

                          Adverbs usually end with -ly

(tells us in what way someone does something)

(professionally made = really professionally made)

Adverbs

Examples

• The cannibals breath heavily when they think about food.
• The ship looked beautifully on the sandy beach.
• Jack behaved very awkwardly when being chased.
• Jack's crew witnessed completely crazy situations.

Adverbs

Adverbs -LY

Adverbs are normally formed by adding -LY to the end of an adjective.

E.g. Quick - Quickly 

For adjectives that end in -l or -e, we simply add -ly:

special + ly = specially 

terminal + ly = terminally

literal + ly = literally

nice + ly = nicely

polite + ly = politely

Jacks has long hair.

What is long in the following sentence?

1. Long is an adjective
2. Long is an adverb

The parrot is very smart.

What is very in the following sentence?

1. Very is an adjective
2. Very is an adverb

Adjectives and adverbs
She sings.....

1. beautiful
2. beautifully

Adjectives and adverbs
The garden is .....

1. beautiful
2. beautifully

Adjectives and adverbs
He dances ......

1. wonderful
2. wonderfully

Adjectives and adverbs
The concert is .....

1. terribly
2. terrible

Adjectives and adverbs
She skates ....

1. fastly
2. fast
3. fastily
4. fasty

Adjectives and adverbs
The ... movie

1. interesting
2. interestingly

Adjective or adverb?

He is an ...... person

1. awful
2. awfully

what is the adverb in the sentence
"the blue jacket fits perfectly"

1. jacket
2. fits
3. perfectly
4. the

Adverb of adjective?
We .......... went home after school.

1. quick
2. quickly

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3.4 reading (p. 115)

Ex. 7, 8, 9