ADJECTIVE OR ADVERB THE DIFFERENCE An adjective tells us more about a noun. Example: an expensive car, a clever girl An adverb tells us more about a verb. Example: He talked nervously.
HOW TO FORM THE ADVERB Adjective + ly sad nervous sadly nervously quiet soft quietly softly Adjectives ending in -y » » ily happily angrily Adjectives ending in -le » » » ly terrible terribly capable capably
Adjectives ending in -ly friendly in a friendly way / manner daily lively in a lively way / manner early lonely in a lonely way / manner monthly lovely in a lovely way / manner weekly silly in a silly way / manner yearly
Irregular forms good fast hard long hard near late well fast hard long low straight extra doubtless Double forms hard near late low straight extra doubtless
HOW TO USE THE ADVERB Verb + adverb The adverb describes a verb Example: He She drove verb sold verb carefully adverb her house quickly adverb
Adjective + adverb The adverb describes an adjective Example: Her necklace was horribly expensive. She was adverb terribly adverb adjective sorry. adjective Adverb + adverb The adverb describes an adverb Example: They played He did his homework terribly adverb absolutely adverb badly. adverb correctly. adverb
No adverb with the following verbs Forms of to am, is, are, was, were, be: have been, had been, will be seem, get, turn, grow, sound, feel, taste, become, smell, look
ADJECTIVE OR ADVERB 1. He is a - boy. (clever) 2. He is tired because he has worked-. (hard) 3. He isn't tired because he has - worked. (hard) 4. She is a - girl. (quiet) 5. She went to bed -. (quiet) 6. He is not a good student, but he writes -. (good) 7. You should speak more -. (soft) 8. The children behaved-. (bad)
ADJECTIVE OR ADVERB 9. The brave men fought -. (brave) 10. They lived together -. (happy) 11. She looks -. (pretty) 12. That milk tastes -. (sour) 13. I don't know where they live -. (exact) 14. She turned -. (pale) 15. This brown fur feels -. (soft)
ADJECTIVE OR ADVERB 1. Jane opened the box -. (careful) 2. Jim turned the book upside down -. (quick) 3. It is raining -. (heavy) 4. She dresses -. (beautiful) 5. Tom looked at my lunch -. (hungry) 6. Please drive -. (careful) 7. He didn't sleep -. (good) 8. We didn't hurry. So we walked -. (slow)
ADJECTIVE OR ADVERB 9. New York is a - city. (big) 10. He won the race because he drove -. (good) 11. It was - for me to come. (impossible) 12. Mary jumped up -. (happy) 13. She worked all the day. She feels -. (tired) 14. She dresses -. (pretty) 15. She came home -. (late)
BBC Learning English Quiznet Email 1. Can you send him the report and _____ me? From now on, I want both of you to keep me informed of how the project is going. a) carbon copy b) copy by c) Bcc d) Cc
BBC Learning English - Quiznet Grammar Adverbs For each of the six questions choose the one correct answer. 1. After attending a summer school in Brighton, José spoke English much more _______. a. fluently b. confidently c. accurately d. completely
2. I had to drive very ____ because the snow was coming down ____. a. slowly / heavily b. slow / heavy c. slowly / heavy d. slow / heavily
3. Which one is NOT correct? The whole team had to work _____ to meet the deadline. a. quickly b. quick c. fast d. hard
4. Which of the following is NOT an adverb? a. badly b. quietly c. friendly d. carefully
5. All the following are correct - but which one is only American English? Brian was _____ angry about losing his job. a. real b. terribly c. incredibly d. really
6. She came home crying - she had driven so ____ on her test and failed again! a. bad b. worse c. the worst d. badly
BBC Learning English - Quiznet The Biggest, The Best For each of the six questions choose the one correct answer. 1. Did you know, 9 of the 10 _______ years on record occurred in 1995 or later? a. hotest b. most hot c. more hot d. hottest
2. This is _____ steak I've ever eaten! a. worse b. the worse c. worst d. the worst
3. That was the _______ test she's ever give us! a. the easyest b. the easiest c. easyest d. easiest
4. Last year, film legend Audrey Hepburn was named ______ woman of all time. a. the more beautiful b. the beautifullest c. the most beautiful d. the most beautifullest
5. Phillip works _____ when he's under pressure. a. more well b. weller c. better d. more good
6. Asia boasts some of ______ architecture in the world. a. the most modern b. the most modernest c. the modernest d. the mostest modern
2. '…Let's meet for lunch next week. _____ and we'll sort something out. . . ' a) Drop me a line b) Send email c) Please reply at your earliest convenience d) Communicate with me via an electronic mail system
3. I used to get lots of _______ but since I started using that new filter I haven't had one of those get-rich-quick promises. a) spam b) ham c) steak d) fish
4. I'm not sure if this email is exactly right yet. I want to be friendly but still make her understand how serious this issue is. I'll _____ and decide tomorrow whether to send it or not. a) save it as a practice b) delete it c) send it to her d) save it as a draft
5. At work we're not allowed to send photos or _______ that are bigger than five megabytes. a) clip-ons b) paper clips c) attachments d) additions
6. The assistant in the computer shop said 'Don't open an email if you don't know who it's from. It might be a _______ which could infect your new computer. ' a) disease b) virus c) illness d) germ
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