English Grammar Adjective or Adverb?
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.
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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 (eine Tätigkeit wird näher beschrieben).
Example: | He | drove | carefully. | ||
verb | adverb | ||||
She | sold | her | house | quickly | |
verb | adverb |
Adjective + adverb
The adverb describes an adjective (ein Adjektiv wird näher beschrieben).
Example: | Her | necklace | was | horribly | expensive. |
adverb | adjective | ||||
She | was | terribly | sorry. | ||
adverb | adjective |
Adverb + adverb
The adverb describes an adverb (ein Adverb wird näher beschrieben).
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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