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ADJECTIVE OR ADVERB 1

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)

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 2

1. These children are at English. (good)

2. Your brother works at all. (hard)

3. Ann had an accident last Sunday. (near)

4. Have you been to the cinema . (late)

5. Mary always dresses . (beautiful)

6. Yes, it was raining for two hours. (heavy)

7. He has painted it . (nice)

8. What a worker he is! (quick)

9. He is always very . (polite)

10. He is often . (nervous)

11. Arthur rode back to the inn. (quick)

12. They saw a butterfly on a rose. (beautiful)

13. When the teacher heard about the missing book, he said :"You should be more careful."
(angry)

14. When he told him the truth, he was . (quiet)

15. "This wound looks ," the doctor said. (bad)


ADJECTIVE OR ADVERB 3

1. The boys played so that they won the tournament. (good)

2. He was so busy with his new computer that he had time to help his mother. (hard)

3. "Go and have a rest. You shouldn't work so ." (hard)

4. From the top of the mountain he could see across the countryside. (far)

5. What a picture! (beautiful)

6. Arthur fought and they won the battle. (good)

7. "I love you," Camilla said in a voice. (soft)

8. The maid shut the door . (quiet)

9. They could hear a cry. (terrible)

10. Suddenly he woke up because the phone rang . (loud)

11. Jane opened the door . (careful)

12. I like driving . (fast)

13. She spoke to me very . (soft)

14. Paul lay in bed . (quiet)

15. He tasted the various kinds of tea . (careful)


ADJECTIVE OR ADVERB 4

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)

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)


ADJECTIVE OR ADVERB 5

1. He didn't have an accident because he's an driver. (excellent)

2. Sam is good at sports. He always runs . (fast)

3. His father is a manager. He works very . (hard)

4. He won a prize. He is very . (happy)

5. She felt . So she stayed at home. (ill)

6. The weather was . It was cold all the time. (bad)

7. The exercise wasn't difficult. So we did it . (easy)

8. The soup is great. It tastes . (wonderful)

9. He always greets . (friendly)

10. Today she skates . (good)

11. The party was . (wonderful)

12. The house seems to be so without you. (empty)

13. Fish and chips taste . (fantastic)

14. She drives . (careful)

15. She is a nice girl. She always answers . (polite)


ADJECTIVE OR ADVERB 6

1. I am tired. (terrible)

2. The man drove too . (fast)

3. She sings . (good)

4. Mr Jones wrote the letter . (quick)

5. The film was over at 10 o'clock. (boring)

6. We ran to school yesterday. (quick)

7. I have learned very to pass the exam. (hard)

8. Five cars were damaged. (heavy)

9. Please read the instructions . (careful)

10. The bus driver was . (angry)

11. His answer came . (surprising)

12. Tom looked at my dinner . (hungry)

13. Nobody is . (perfect)

14. We played some games. (exciting)

15. They talked to him . (friendly)


ADJECTIVE OR ADVERB 7

1. She always works . (careful)

2. Ann often behaves in school. (bad)

3. He is often very . (nervous)

4. He works very . (good)

5. This steak tastes . (great)

6. She looked at me . (angry)

7. She looks . (pretty)

8. They skate . (good)

9. He was very that he won the race. (happy)

10. That sounds . (great)

11. The doctor felt his leg . (gentle)

12. There was a storm yesterday night . (heavy)

13. I like roses. They smell . (good)

14. Their son is . (silly)

15. The cat's fur felt and . (soft / warm)


ADJECTIVE OR ADVERB 8

1. This lady has a voice (loud).

2. Jack always speaks (loud).

3. Mary waits in the doctor's waiting room (patient).

4. Dad was quite yesterday (sleepy).

5. Jim picked up the phone and spoke (quiet).

6. Mary works (careful).

7. Jack is often (happy).

8. Nelly walked around (nervous).

9. That man is a person (nervous).

10. Susan and George work (slow).

11. Jill runs to school (fast).

12. Tom runs home (quick).

13. His story sounds (strange).

14. Paul is a policeman. He has a job (dangerous).

15. The dog is always (hungry).


ADJECTIVE OR ADVERB 9

1. The boys play tennis (good).

2. They are tennis players (good).

3. Frank sings (good).

4. Sandra speaks French (perfect).

5. This pullover was (expensive).

6. She looked for the purse (careful).

7. Paul walked home (sad).

8. Father spoke (angry).

9. She doesn't like sports. So, she does any sports (hard).

10. He is never (late).

11. She phoned me once a week. But she didn't (late).

12. They did their homework (bad).

13. I must work (hard).

14. I don't like her pictures. She paints (terrible).

15. She likes the dress. It looks (modern).


ADJECTIVE OR ADVERB 10

1. Lucy is shy, so she cannot make friends (easy)

2. The dog looked , so we gave him some food. (hungry)

3. There was long applause because she sang . (beautiful)

4. I asked her why she was , but she didn't tell me. (sad)

5. They spoke because the baby was asleep. (quiet)

6. My aunt is a driver. (slow)

7. Was the exercise ? (easy)

8. He could swim across the river. (easy)

9. You don't look very . Are you ill? (good)

10. He drives too . (dangerous)

11. This is my car. (new)

12. The soup tastes really . (good)

13. Take an umbrella. It's raining . (heavy)

14. What a day! (beautiful)

15. She is a tennis player, but her brother plays . (bad / good)
ADJECTIVE OR ADVERB 11

arrogant badly beautiful beautifully boring clever different easily friendly good interesting nice w

We have got a lot of pupils in our class. Here are some of them: Sally is a girl
because she always gets good marks and she also plays the guitar very . The boys think
Sandra is even and she is the most girl, too. But the girls don't like her because
they think she is and plays volleyball . Everybody likes Pat because he
is and at playing football. And he also plays the saxophone very .
The most pupil is Cindy. She is tall, good looking and all the boys fall in love with her .
She is very clever and she doesn't talk as as a lot of our other girl.
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 sadly quiet quietly
nervous nervously soft softly

Adjectives ending in -y »»» ily

happy happily angry angrily

Adjectives ending in -le »»» ly

terrible terribly capable capably

Adjectives ending in -ly

friendly in a friendly way / manner daily daily

lively in a lively way / manner early early

lonely in a lonely way / manner monthly monthly

lovely in a lovely way / manner weekly weekly

silly in a silly way / manner yearly yearly

Irregular forms
good well low low
fast fast straight straight
hard hard extra extra
long long doubtless doubtless

Double forms
hard hard hardly = kaum
near near nearly = beinahe
late late lately = in letzter Zeit

HOW TO USE THE ADVERB


Verb + adverb
The adverb describes a verb.
Example: He drove carefully.
verb adverb
She sold her house quickly
verb adverb

Adjective + adverb
The adverb describes an adjective.
Example: Her necklace was horribly expensive.
adverb adjective
She was terribly sorry.
adverb adjective

Adverb + adverb
The adverb describes an adverb.
Example: They played terribly badly.
adverb adverb
He did his homework absolutely correctly.
adverb adverb

No adverb with the following verbs


Forms of to be: am, is, are, was, were, have been, had been,
will be
seem, get, turn, grow, sound, feel, taste, become, smell,
look (aussehen)

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