Hello dear students,
It has indeed been a while since my last blog post...life has gone on and times have been eventful as they must be and will be. How have you been ?
I trust that your journey to fluency has been eventful, enjoyable and most of all, a learning experience that awakens the very soul !
Remember to be good to each other - may the learning and teaching proceed... today, I present to you:
ADVERBS AND ADJECTIVES :
Adverbs:
Adverbs are used to give us more information about an action verb. How something happens or is done.
For example:
'She cried loudly when the cat died'.
'He easily climbed the wall'.
Many English adverbs end in –ly. They are often made by adding –ly to the end of an adjective: quick + ly = quickly.
Be careful!
Sometimes adjectives end in –ly. For example:
friendly, lonely and lovely.
Adjectives:
Adjectives are used to tell us about nouns. They tell us about people and things.
'That was a bad film'.
'My exam was easy'.
Adverb + Adjective:
Adverbs can be used with adjectives. Take a look at the following examples:
adverb+adjective
extremely expensive
incredibly surprised
reasonably good
Astronomically high
Linking Verbs
LIST
to appear
to be
to feel
to get
to go
to grow
to look
to prove
to remain
to seem
to smell
to sound
to stay
to taste
to turn
USE
The linking verbs above are often followed by adjectives instead of adverbs. In such situations, the adjective describes the subject of the sentence rather than the verb.
TIPS::
Look at the context
If you're not sure whether to use an adverb or an adjective, try to figure out what you're describing. Remember, adjectives are used to describe nouns, which means they can explain what kind of thing you have, how many things you have, or which thing you're talking about.
Adverbs, on the other hand, are used to describe verbs, which means they can explain how something happened, when something happened, or where something happened.
Look at the placement:
Here's an easy way to know where to put an adjective in a sentence. It will usually appear just before the noun it's describing. By contrast, an adverb will usually appear right after the verb it's describing.
Unfortunately, placement doesn't always tell you if something is an adverb or adjective. For example, is sassy an adjective or adverb in the image below?
Even though it's right next to a verb (is), sassy is an adjective because it describes the magician. And while adjectives are usually close to the words they describe, adverbs can move around more freely in a sentence. For example, you might see an adverb at the beginning of a sentence.
Here, frankly is an adverb, but it doesn't describe any specific verb in the sentence. Instead, it means the entire sentence will be spoken in a frank, or direct, way. If he was more optimistic, he might have said, Hopefully, it will all work out.
Now read the following sentences and decide if an adverb or adjective is needed:
Relax. He's a ___ driver.
safe
safely
Your brother is so ___.
kind
kindly
I always work ___ during the week.
hard
hardly
You ___ touched your lunch.
hardly
hard
At the party everyone was ___ dressed.
beautiful
beautifully
By the time we got home I was ___ tired.
terribly
terrible
Han did ___ on his test.
badly
bad
I baked this cake ___ for you.
special
specially
They have been ___ married for years.
happily
happy
It's natural to feel ___ before a job interview.
nervously
nervous
