Adverbs-adjectives

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Adjectives & Adverbs

Describe one scene in one sentence

Describe your thoughts on this scene.

Adjectives and adverbs

Grammar: Adjectives & Adverbs

Adjectives

Adjectives would be *bijvoeglijk naamwoord* in Dutch

We use adjectives to:

• omschrijving van mensen, dieren, dingen 

• Geeft extra informaite over het object waar we het over hebben

                there are all kind of adjectives: 

Adjectives 

• Jack wears a red bandana

• Jack has a golden tooth

• The beautiful ship is called the Black Pearl

• One of the crew members has got a glass eye

• Another one always carries a talking parrot

• The barking dog is being followed by the hungry cannibals

Adverbs

Adverbs would be *bijwoord* in Dutch.

We use adverbs to:

• omschrijving van een werkwoord 

• omschrijving van een bijv.naamwoord of een andere bijwoord

                          Adverbs usually end with -ly

(tells us in what way someone does something)

(professionally made = really professionally made)

Adverbs

Examples

• The cannibals breath heavily when they think about food.

• The ship looked beautifully on the sandy beach.

• Jack behaved very awkwardly when being chased.

• Jack's crew witnessed completely crazy situations.

Adverbs

Adverbs -LY
Adverbs are normally formed by adding -LY to the end of an adjective.

E.g. Quick - Quickly 

For adjectives that end in -l or -e, we simply add -ly:

special + ly = specially 

terminal + ly = terminally

literal + ly = literally

nice + ly = nicely

polite + ly = politely

Jacks has long hair.

What is long in the following sentence?

A

Long is an adjective

B

Long is an adverb

C

D

The parrot is very smart.

What is very in the following sentence?

A

Very is an adjective

B

Very is an adverb

C

D

Adjectives and adverbs She sings.....

A

beautiful

B

beautifully

C

D

Adjectives and adverbs The garden is .....

A

beautiful

B

beautifully

C

D

Adjectives and adverbs He dances ......

A

wonderful

B

wonderfully

C

D

Adjectives and adverbs The concert is .....

A

terribly

B

terrible

C

D

Adjectives and adverbs She skates ....

A

fastly

B

fast

C

fastily

D

fasty

Adjectives and adverbs The ... movie

A

interesting

B

interestingly

C

D

Adjective or adverb? He is an ...... person

A

awful

B

awfully

C

D

what is the adverb in the sentence "the blue jacket fits perfectly"

A

jacket

B

fits

C

perfectly

D

the

Adverb of adjective? We .......... went home after school.

A

quick

B

quickly

C

D

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