HV2 Adjectives/Adverbs

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• Middelbare school
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• Leerjaar 3

adverb en adjectives

In this lesson we're going to deal with adverbs and adjectives.

Which is correct?

1. I am good at playing Fortnite
2. I am well at playing Fortnite

Which is correct?

1. I play Fortnite good
2. I play Fortnite well

Which is correct?

1. He is terrible man
2. He is a terribly man

Which is correct?

1. He works terrible
2. He works terribly
3. He works terribley

Adjectives & Adverbs

Bijvoeglijke naamwoorden & Bijwoorden

Wat zijn adjectives?

Adjectives zijn woorden die informatie geven over een noun (zelfstandig naamwoord = persoon of ding)

• The weather is cold
• We bought a red scooter
• The teacher was angry
• He has a big car

Which is the adjective?
The blue car drove really well.

1. blue
2. car
3. really
4. well

Which is the adjective?
I own a very brightly coloured wall.

1. very
2. brightly
3. coloured
4. wall

Which is the adjective?
The teacher shouted angrily at the annoying pupil.

1. shouted
2. angrily
3. annoying
4. pupil

Which is the adjective?
The very good gamer won every match.

1. very
2. good
3. gamer
4. won

Wat zijn adverbs?

Adverbs zijn woorden die iets zeggen over een verb (werkwoord), adjective (bijvoeglijk naamwoord) of adverb (bijwoord)

• He works slowly.
• My computer is extremely slow.
• This old computer works extremely slowly.
  

Which is the adverb?
The big man shouted angrily at the dog.

1. big
2. man
3. angrily
4. dog

Which is the adverb?
My friend is extremely irritating.

1. friend
2. extremely
3. irritating

Which is the adverb?
My mother types incredibly slowly.

1. mother
2. types
3. incredibly
4. slowly

Which is the adverb?
I work fantastically well.

1. work
2. fantastically
3. well

Hoe verander je een adjective naar een adverb?

1. Meestal komt -ly achter de adjective:

careful - carefully, Quick - quickly

2. adjectives die eindigen op -ic krijgen -ally:

economic - economically

3. na consonant + y verandert de spelling:

happy - happily, angry - angrily

4. -ble verandert in -bly:

terrible - terribly, considerable - considerably

5. Sommige adverbs veranderen van vorm. Deze moet je leren:

good - well, true - truly

Uitzonderingen

1. De volgende adjectives veranderen niet van vorm wanneer ze een adverb worden:

hard, fast, early, late, long, high, low

2. Na de volgende werkwoorden krijg je geen adverb:

to feel, to look, to taste, to smell, to sound

Choose the correct adverb of

SWEET

1. sweet
2. sweetly
3. sweetilly

Choose the correct adverb of

BAD

1. bad
2. worse
3. badly

Choose the correct adverb of

CAREFUL

1. careful
2. carefully
3. carefuly
4. carefulily

Choose the correct adverb of

FAST

1. fast
2. fastly
3. fastilly
4. fastically

Choose the correct adverb of

ECONOMIC

1. economic
2. economicly
3. economically
4. economicilly

Choose the correct adverb of

HAPPY

1. happy
2. happyly
3. happelly
4. happily

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Extra practise

Put the adjective or adverb in the correct form.

Only type the adjective/adverb, NOT the whole sentence.

This idea sounds (good).

He speaks English (perfect).

He worked very (good) today.

The fair is held (annual).

It was a (reasonable) price.

Extra challenge

Translate the sentences to English.

Het ziet er niet goed uit.

(no contractions)

Hij was erg ziek.

Wij speelden snel gisteren.

De schade was aanzienlijk.

De computer werkte erg langzaam.