Adjectives and Adverbs

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Adjectives and Adverbs

Adjectives and Adverbs

An adjective says something about a noun.

Beyoncé is a                sexy                lady.

                                     adjective            noun

An adverb says something about a verb.

He         talked         nervously.

            verb              adverb

adverb = adjective + ly

adjective:    the beautiful girl

adverb:         she sings beautifully

Be careful!!

                      adjective -le             =             adverb -ly

                        terrible                                       terribly

Be careful!!

    adjective:  consonant +y (easy)

    adverb:       ily (easily)

Be careful!!

    adjective:  ends with -ic (fantastic)

    adverb:       +ally (fantastically)

Be careful!!

With some verbs (senses) you don't use an adverb but an adjective. 

to be (zijn), to seem , to feel , to smell , 

to sound , to taste

It smells terrible.

Be careful!!

Some adjectives have a different adverb:

He is a good boy. - He studies well.

Sometimes it stays the same:

fast, long, fair, low

That is a fast car. - It drives fast. 

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

What have you learned today?

What did you find difficult?

'Find someone who'

We're going to play a game to round off the lesson.

I only want to hear English!

Find someone different for every item. The one with the most boxes filled in is the winner!

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