Adjectives and Adverbs

• Engels
• Middelbare school
• havo
• Leerjaar 4

Adjectives and Adverbs

Aim of this lesson

You know:

• the difference between adjectives and adverbs
  
• how to form them
  
• how to use them
  

Adjectives (bijvoeglijk naamwoorden)

- Zeggen iets over een zelfstandig naamwoord (noun)

1. Frank is a good singer 

2. My brother is a careful driver.

- Je gebruikt ze ook na vormen van de werkwoorden: be / seem /  taste / sound / smell / look / feel 

 

3. This pizza smells good, but it tastes awful.

4. He is charming.

Adverbs (ad=hoort bij verb=ww)

1. Frank sings well. 

2. My brother drives carefully.

Adverbs (Bijwoorden)  zeggen iets over het werkwoord.

An adverb can also describe an adjective.

1. Frank is an extremely good singer.

2. My brother is an awfully careful driver.

3. It's an absolutely perfect video clip.

An adverb can also describe another adverb in the sentence.

1. Frank sings absolutely beautifully.

2. My brother drives really well.

3. That clip was filmed extremely perfectly. 

ADVERBS = Adjective + -ly

Most adverbs are formed by adding -ly after the adjective.

Beautiful - beautifully

PAY ATTENTION: 

terrible - terribly       easy - easily          epic - epically       

Irregular  adverbs

There are also irregular adverbs. The adverb for good is  well - She's a good performer. She performs well. 

A few adverbs have the same form as the adjective.

Fast (snel), fair (sportief/eerlijk), low, high, hard, long, late, loud  and straight (onmiddelijk) - He's a fast driver, He drives fast. 

Let op:

fair (sportief/eerlijk)  - fairly = tamelijk

hard (hard / moeilijk) - hardly = nauwelijks

late (te laat) - lately = de laatste tijd 

a friendly  person -  He spoke to me in a friendly manner.

Which one is the adjective?

1. Beautiful
2. Well
3. Normally
4. Wonderfully

Max is a ... singer.

1. Good
2. Well

This hamburger tastes ...

1. Awful
2. Awfully

You can ... open the box.

1. Easy
2. Easily
3. Easyly

He drives the car ...

1. Carefully
2. Careful

Jamie Oliver cooks ...

1. Fantastic
2. Fantasticly
3. Fantastically

Madonna is a ... singer.

1. Terribly
2. Terrible

That pizza smells ...

1. Nicely
2. Nice

I think a Friesian horse is ...

1. Beautiful
2. Beautifully

Wat vind je nog moeilijk over adjectives en adverbs?