Adjectives and Adverbs

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

Adjectives & Adverbs

bijvoeglijk naamwoord & bijwoord

Almost the same, but not exactly...

1) We listened to the horrible song.

2) Something went horribly wrong...

3) I have a fantastic taste in music.

4) My favourite artists sing fantastically.

5) I think Drake is a good rapper.

6) He performs his songs well.

We listened to the horrible song.

Waar zegt horrible iets over?

Sleep de pijl naar het juiste woord.

We listened to the horrible song.

Something went horribly wrong.

Waar zegt horribly iets over?

Sleep de pijl naar het juiste woord.

Something went horribly wrong

Adjectives (bijvoeglijk naamwoorden)

Zeggen iets over:

een persoon / dier / ding

(een zelfstandig naamwoord)

                                             The terrible onesie...

Adverbs (bijwoorden)

Zeggen iets over:

de manier waarop iets gebeurt

- werkwoord

- bijvoeglijk naamwoord

- ander bijwoord

- de hele zin

                                                   

wat kun je allemaal over de lege school zeggen?

- the teacher works silently

- the classroom is extremely silent

- the students work actively

- the students work very actively

Exception: good -> well

And some stay the same:

early	left	right
fast	late	hard
fine

Something to remember:

Er kan GEEN bijwoord na 

- werkwoorden die te maken hebben met de zintuigen

(hear - feel - look - smell - taste - seem)

- het werkwoord 'be'

They reacted very ......... (angry).

It was a ............ (difficult) question.

It's an ................. (extreme) clever boy.

You look .................. (awful) white. Are you OK?

I'm feeling ........... (awful) today, I think I'm going home.

Think _________ (calm) about whether you want to quit this job.

I'm _________ (sure) he didn't mean to frighten you. It was an accident.

Jane felt rather _________ (nervous) about the play she was in, but she performed ___________ (wonderful).

Look in the fridge - something smells very _________ (bad).

The grass grew ________ (slow) because of the dry weather.

The company performed _________ (strong) for a few years, then got into difficulty.

The end!

Do you have any questions?