Adjectives&Adverbs

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ADJECTIVES & ADVERBS :ADJECTIVES & ADVERBS


ADJECTIVES :An adjective describes a noun. Adjectives go before nouns. e.g. This is a big house. It is a small stone. adj + noun adj + noun Adjectives can be used alone after the verb to be.e.g. He is poor. She is cute. ADJECTIVES


ADVERBS :ADVERBS An adverb describes a verb. It shows how, where, when or how often someone does something. Adverbs usually go after verbs.


Slide 4:He walks slowly. verb adverb How does he walk? Slowly


Slide 5:People study quietly in a verb adverb library. How do people study in a library? Quietly


Formation of adverbs :We usually form an adverb by adding –ly to the adjective. e.g. slow- slowly Adjectives ending in y drop y and take –ily e.g. angry-angrily Adjectives ending in –l take –ly e.g. careful-carefully Formation of adverbs


Slide 7:She shouts angrily.


Slide 8:Archeologists excavate carefully.


Formation of adverbs :Some adverbs are not formed according to the rules as on the previous slide. They have either a different form or the same as the adjective: Formation of adverbs


Slide 10:Fazil Say is a good piano player. He plays the piano well. adjective adverb


Slide 11: Michael Schumacher is a fast driver. He drives fast. adjective adverb


Slide 12:He is a hard worker. He works hard. adjective adverb


Exercises :Write the adverbs for the following adjectives: Exercises


look, smell, sound, feel, taste + adjective :The verbs look, smell, sound, feel, taste take an adjective not an adverb. e.g. They look happy. examples: This cake tastes delicious. verb 2. She feels ill. verb look, smell, sound, feel, taste + adjective


look, smell, sound, feel, taste + adjective :3. The woman looks happy. verb 4. These flowers smell nice. verb look, smell, sound, feel, taste + adjective


Exercises :Exercises Underline the correct item. Adverb or adjective? My bedroom is tidy/tidily. It is snowing heavy/heavily. Cross the road careful/carefully. My teacher was very angry/angrily. Get ready for school quick/quickly. The test was very easy/easily.