Adjectives & Adverbs: Formation, Use & Exceptions
Adjectives & Adverbs: Formation, Use & Exceptions
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Adjectives & Adverbs: Formation, Use & Exceptions
What is the difference between these 2 sentences?
Sentence 2
The pupils were quiet when they were studying for their exam on Monday.
Sentence 1
The pupils were quietly studying for their exam on Monday.
What is the difference between these 2 sentences?
Sentence 2
The pupils were quiet when they were studying for their exam on Monday.
Sentence 1
The pupils were quietly studying for their exam on Monday.
What is the difference between these 2 sentences?
Sentence 2
The pupils were quiet when they were studying for their exam on Monday.
Sentence 1
The pupils were quietly studying for their exam on Monday.
What is an adjective?
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What is an adjective?
An adjective is a word that gives more information about a noun or pronoun. Examples:
The cute penguin
The red apple
He is tall
My mom is mad.
Revision nouns & pronouns
A noun (zelfstandig naamwoord) is a naming word.
What? -> a person, an animal, a place or a thing.
Can I put an article (lidwoord) in front of it?
Yes -> noun
No -> Is it a name? -> Yes -> noun
Examples: dog, school, apple, chair
Watch out for !!!
If you see the following verbs you ALWAYS need to use an adjective.
feel, look, smell, sound & taste.
What is an adverb?
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What is an adverb?
An adverb gives more information about a verb, an adjective, or another adverb, often describing how, when, or where something happens.
You can recognise them by looking at the end (-ly)
Examples:
She ran surprisingly quickly.
I stopped immediately.
The dog was extremely scared of the fireworks.
Forming regular adverbs
Most adverbs are formed by adding -ly to adjectives.
Example: wonderful → wonderfully, impatient → impatiently.
Special endings for adverbs
-le changes to -ly: terrible → terribly, comfortable → comfortably.
-ue changes to → uly : true → truly
-ll changes to → lly: full → fully
-y (after consonant) changes to -ily: happy → happily, easy → easily.
-ic changes to -ically: enthusiastic → enthusiastically.
Adjectives ending in -y or -ic
Adjectives ending in -le or - ue or -ll
Irregular adverbs
Some adverbs are irregular or do not follow the standard -ly rules.
Examples:
good → well
fast → fast
hard → hard
late → late
Be aware of exceptions!
Late vs. Lately
Hard vs. Hardly
She arrived late. (= after expected time) I haven’t seen her lately. (= recently)
He worked hard. (= a lot) He hardly worked. (= almost not at all)
Word order of adverbs
Een adverb geeft aan hoe iets gebeurt (hoe snel, hoe vaak, hoe mooi, enzovoort). Een adverb staat meestal vóór het woord waar het iets over zegt.
vóór een bijvoeglijk naamwoord of een ander bijwoord. → You are going to become extremely popular.
Vóór het hoofdwerkwoord. → I can hardly believe my eys.
maar NA een vorm van to be → I am trully sorry.
