Adjectives and Adverbs

Adjectives

Adjectives always describe nouns (beings and objects).

See examples in the next slide.

If you noticed, all sentences have the verb "to be", in these sentences adjectives are at the end of the sentence. BUT

In case we use different verbs, like buy, have etc.

Adjectives do not change the form

• I have a brown dog.

• I have three brown cats.

The focus here is on "sense" verbs. Look at examples.

Adjectives can be words with -ING, -ED, 3rd form (Past Participle)

My life is boring.

My sister was bored to death during the film.

She is gone.

My dog is obsessed with his new toy.

Multiple Choice

What is the adjective in this sentence?....
The blue birds sing in the trees.

• blue
• birds
• trees
• sing

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I had a silly dream last night.

• had
• dream
• last
• silly

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My annoying sister steals my shoes.

• annoying
• sister
• steals
• shoes

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I did very well on the difficult test.

• very
• difficult
• test
• very

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My mother is a great cook.

• mother
• is
• cook
• great

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We go to a good school.

• go
• school
• good
• a

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My little brother doesn't know math.

• my
• little
• brother
• math

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I enjoy eating cold ice cream.

• eating
• enjoy
• cold
• ice cream

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My father is a funny man.

• funny
• father
• my
• is

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I love to sleep on my soft pillow.

• I
• love
• pillow
• soft

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The dirty dishes sat in the sink.

• dirty
• dishes
• they
• sat

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The girl cleaned her messy room.

• girl
• room
• cleaned
• messy

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The sleepy boy fell asleep

• sleepy
• boy
• fell
• asleep

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What is the adjective in this sentence?.... The old dog ran slowly to catch the ball

• dog

• old

• slowly

• ran

Adverbs

Adverbs are used to describe adjectives and actions. How can we recognize them? They have a typical ending: -LY.

Adverbs may provide answers to these questions.

We create adverbs from adjectives by adding - LY

• sad - sadly

• wonderful - wonderfully

• happy - happily

• dreadful - dreadfully

• amazing - amazingly

• Except!!! GOOD-WELL

How can we describe other adjectives?

• These are adverbs: fairly, rather, very, extremely, dreadfully, slightly, reasonably, really

• My brother is really nice.

• Remember: real + ly= really.

• This situation is real.

• I am really tired.

How can we describe verbs?

• He swims well. (How does he swim?)

• She spoke softly. (How did she speak?)

• He plays the flute beautifully. (How does he play the flute?)

• REMEMBER: adverbs explain how the things are done, performed, our actions.

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Adverbs can be located at the beginning, in the middle or at the end of sentences.

Multiple Choice

It was midnight, and I heard a _____ noise outside.

• strange

• strangely

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She is the most _____ person I know.

• polite

• politely

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I _____ offered to help my friend study for his exam.

• happy

• happily

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The fireman _____ rescued the people from the burning house.

• bravely

• brave

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The man _____ opened the door and looked inside.

• nervous

• nervously

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The little boy _____ kept the cookie for himself.

• selfish

• selfishly

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Thomas is very _____. He always helps me.

• kind

• kindly

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The work that my boss gave me was _____.

• easy

• easily

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My cousin always walks very _____.

• quick

• quickly

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The cat waited _____ for the mouse to come out of the hole.

• silent

• silently

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The thief _____ took the money and walked out the door.

• quietly

• quiet

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My friends all tell me that I sing _____.

• bad

• badly

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The music is too _____. Please turn it down!

• loud

• loudly

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Of course, I was _____ when I got an A+ on the exam.

• happy

• happily

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Mr. Smith looked _____ at me when I arrived late.

• angry

• angrily

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Katrina took a painting class, so she can paint _____ pictures.

• beautiful

• beautifully

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My classmate is a _____ person.

• Nice

• Nicely

There are two ways how to say the same thing. Copy these examples in your note books.

Now open your workbooks on page 34 and do exercises 1, 2.