The adverbs and the adjectives in English Adjectives describe nouns (girl) or pronouns (she). A car. An expensive car.

Adverbs define verbs, adjectives or other adverbs. I run. I run slowly. You are right. You are absolutely right. adjective Mandy is a beautiful girl. She is very beautiful. The adjectives Adjectives tell us something about a person or a thing. adverb Mandy drives carefully.

What do adjectives modify? Adjectives can modify nouns or pronouns/names. person Mandy is a beautiful girl. She is beautiful . Mandy is beautiful . thing This is a nice car. It is nice.

Where do adjectives go? An adjective can be put before the noun. person Mandy is a beautiful girl. thing This is a nice car.

An adjective can be put after the verb to be (is). Then it is part of the predicate. person The girl is beautiful . thing This car is nice.

Adjectives can go after the following verbs: appear, become, feel, get, go, keep, turn. When we speak about what something looks like, smells, sounds and tastes - we use the adjective. I feel great. She looks good. It seems impossible. The steak smells fantastic.

Can adjectives be used without nouns? Yes, adjectives can be used without nouns. Mind the definite article "the": the rich = rich people Here is an example with nationalities in the plural: The Scottish live in the North of the United Kingdom.

Adjectives, ending in -ing and -ed There are adjectives ending in -ing and -ed. Here are some examples:

I am a boring/ interesting teacher You are bored because I talk too much.

A) Here the adjective is put before the noun: Yesterday I read an amusing story in a magazine. Doris has a boring job. We watched the group of excited people. B) Here the adjective is put after the verb: I was not at all amused by the dicussion. Children get bored very quickly. The end of the film was really exciting for me.

Can two or more adjectives be used together? Yes, if you use more adjectives you can put them in front of the noun: a fat old cat or you can put them after the verb (eg. to be). Then and is placed between the last two adjectives. It was cold, wet and windy. Adjective Word Order OpSAShCOM Opinion Size Age Shape Color Origin Material beautiful, ugly, trendy, super big, small old, new round, square, slim, long. red, yellow, pink, green, grey,. Italian, Danish, Greek, Chinese wooden, gold, leather, plastic, canvas.

These are my beautiful, old, grey, American shoes. This is an ugly, old, round, brown, Italian, wooden table.

The adverbs Form Adjective + -ly adjective dangerous beautiful nice horrible easy electronic irregular forms good fast hard well fast hard adverb dangerously beautifully nicely horribly easily electronically

If the adjective ends in -y, change -y to -i. Then add -ly. happy - happily but: shy - shyly If the adjective ends in -le, the adverb ends in -ly. Example: terrible - terribly If the adjective ends in -e, then add -ly. Example: safe - safely Tip: Not all words ending in -ly are adverbs. adjectives ending in -ly: friendly, silly, lonely, ugly nouns, ending in -ly: ally, bully, Italy, melancholy verbs, ending in -ly: apply, rely, supply There is no adverb for an adjective ending in -ly.

Use of adverbs

to modify verbs: The soccer team played badly last Saturday. to modify adjectives: It was an extemely bad match. to modify adverbs: The soccer team played extremely badly last Wednesday. to modify quantities: There are quite a lot of people here. to modify sentences: Unfortunately, the flight to Dallas had been cancelled.

WORD ORDER!!! WHO WHAT WHERE WHEN HOW WHY John called earlier to cancel his appointment. John ate breakfast on the train this morning because he was late. WHO -WHAT ------WHERE -----WHEN ---------WHY The bus returned to the station to drop off the passengers. The lesson started at 10 a.m. on Friday last week. I live in a big house in a small city in Denmark.

Types of adverbs 1) Adverbs of manner quickly kindly We could see it in the distance clearly. X We could clearly see it in the distance

2) Adverbs of degree very rather 3) Adverbs of frequency often sometimes I always watch the news. or

I dont always watch the news. I cant always watch the news. (between the auxiliary or modal)

4) Adverbs of time now today 5) Adverbs of place here nowhere

How do we know whether to use an adjective or an adverb? John is a careful driver. In this sentence we say how John is - careful.

If we want to say that the careful John did not drive the usual way yesterday - we have to use the adverb: John did not drive carefully yesterday.

Here is another example: I am a slow walker. (How am I? -> slow -> adjective) I walk slowly. (How do I walk? -> slowly -> adverb)

Conclusion: adjectives define nouns Mandy is a beautiful girl adverbs define verbs Mandy drives carefully. adjectives before nouns adverbs before verbs BUT exception verb to be as the main verb then: She is always here. We are all happy. Use the adjective when you say something about the person itself. Use the adverb, when you want to say about the action.

Adjective Word Order: OpSAShCOM

A) Rewrite the complete sentence using the adverb in brackets in its usual position. Example: I play tennis. (on Mondays) Answer: I play tennis on Mondays.

1) Our friends must write a test. (also) 2) I was joking. (only) 3) Did you enjoy the flight? (both) 4) Mary watches TV. (hardly) (ever) 5) He drives his car. (carefully) 6) The children play football. (in the garden) 7) We went to the cinema. (yesterday) 8) John fell off the bike. (almost) 9) Her boyfriend will buy her some flowers. (probably) 10) My uncle is moving to Stockholm soon. (definitely)

B) Which sentence is correct? 1) Which is correct? Both sentences are correct. I watched TV yesterday evening. Yesterday evening I watched TV. 2) Which is correct? Both sentences are correct. Judy often reads magazines. Judy reads often magazines. 3) Which is correct? Both questions are correct From where are you? Where are you from? 4) Which is correct? Both sentences are correct. Last Wednesday we saw a film. We saw last Wednesday a film. 5) Which is correct? Both sentences are correct. Every Friday they play hockey in the stadium. They play hockey in the stadium every Friday. 6) Which is correct? Both sentences are correct. For who are you waiting? Who are you waiting for? 7) Which is correct? Both sentences are correct. She always arrives late in the morning. She arrives always late in the morning. 8) Which is correct? Both sentences are correct. My friend gave a book to me. My friend gave me a book. 9) Which is correct? Both sentences are correct. He's going to buy a present to give to his sister.

He's going to buy his sister a present. 10) Which is correct? Both questions are correct Where are you? Who are you? C) Define the underlined parts. 1) Every Friday he goes to the club. place subject time verb 2) James is telling jokes. object subject verb 3) I can't go to the party. auxiliary place subject verb 4) Who was in the cinema? place question word verb 5) Do you like cornflakes? auxiliary object subject verb D) Form a question using the following words. 1) what / Angela / like / for breakfast / does

2) why / James / so tired / is

3) you / your homework / have / done / yet

4) How / your grandmother / is

5) like / they / cola

E) Rewrite the sentence using the word/words in brackets. 1) Did you see Mr Fisher? (yesterday morning)

2) We watched the film. (last weekend)

3) Have you been to Canada? (ever)

4) We have met him. (before)

5) They are flying. (to Rome / on Tuesday)

F) Which sentence is correct? 1) Which is correct? Both sentences are correct. She always arrives late in the morning. She arrives always late in the morning.

2) Which is correct? Both sentences are correct. Judy often reads magazines. Judy reads often magazines.

3) Which is correct? Both sentences are correct. Last Wednesday we saw a film. We saw last Wednesday a film.

4) Which is correct?

Both sentences are correct. My friend gave a book to me. My friend gave me a book.

5) Which is correct? Both questions are correct From where are you? Where are you from?

G) Form a sentence using the following words. 1) lunch / we / not / yesterday / had / at school

2) play / they / handball / in the evening / always

3) to music / Marlen / is listening / now

4) in Berlin / can / his uncle / he / visit

5) she / writes / a letter / often