Grammar: adjectives-adverbs

• Engels
• Middelbare school
• vmbo
• Leerjaar 2

Welcome to English class!

Adjectives & Adverbs

Learn new grammar:       Adjectives and adverbs

Goal:

• After this lesson you will know how to use adverbs and adjectives
  
• You will know what the difference is
  
• You can use both forms in a sentence
  

Adjective

Bijvoeglijk naamwoord

Zegt iets over:

wat voor iets/iemand is het?

my dad is a calm man

the car is slow 

Adverb

Bijwoord

Zegt iets over:

Hoe iets gebeurt 

my dad works calmly

the car drives slowly

Adjective

Bijvoeglijk naamwoord

Zegt iets over:

Zelfstandig naamwoord

my dad is a calm man

the car is slow

Adverb

Bijwoord

Zegt iets over:

• Werkwoord
• Bijvoeglijk naamwoord
• Bijwoord

Adjective

England is beautiful.

Sjoerd is very nice.

Mary is a slow driver.

Adverb

You speak English beautifully.

Indy asked nicely. 

Sara drives really slowly.

Adverbs

Adverbs maak je dus door "ly" achter een adjective te plakken.

Maar, let op! Er zijn spellingsuitzonderingen.

slow > slowly

beautiful > beautifully

funny > funnily

happy > happily

enthusiastic > enthusiastically

Adverbs

Er zijn ook een paar onregelmatige adverbs die je moet kennen.

good > well

hard > hard

fast > fast

adjective or adverb

Tijdens dit onderdeel ga jij kijken of je het juiste bijwoord of bijvoeglijk naamwoord weet te vinden.

Nigel drives a _____ car.

1. beautiful
2. beautifully

Demi leaves the room _____.

1. quick
2. quickly

Dominique is a very _____ boy.

1. smartly
2. smart

Ruben opens his books _____.

1. fast
2. fastly

Olaf always wears _____ clothes.

1. nicely
2. nice

Rachel lives in a _____ house.

1. big
2. bigly

Jelle eats his sandwich _____.

1. fast
2. fastly

Alyssa has _____ eyes.

1. goodly
2. good

Faye speaks English very _____.

1. good
2. well

Jacco has a _____ bag.

1. pretty
2. prettily

Dave works very _____.

1. quick
2. quickly

Vincent is a very _____ boy.

1. smart
2. smartly

Now:

Do the exercises from the links in Magister.

Done ? Start doing your homework:

Unit 5.4: exercises 5 - 7

Finished? start with a woordtrainer / versterk jezelf

Reflection

Today you:

• have learned about adjectives and adverbs
  
• know the difference between adjectives and adverbs
• You are able to use adjectives and adverbs yourself