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ADJECTIVES and
ADVERBS
ADJECTIVES
 We use adjectives to say more about a
noun or a pronoun.

 They go before a noun or a pronoun.

 Adjectives have no plural forms.
 Adjectives go AFTER (not BEFORE)

APPEAR, BE, BECOME, FEEL, GET,
LOOK, SEEM, SMELL, SOUND, TASTE

You look tired.
That seems easy.
 Some –LY adjectives have no adverbs:
FRIENDLY, LIVELY; LOVELY; LONELY;
SILLY.

in a friendly, silly, lovely … way
SPELLING CHANGES
 -le changes to –ly terrible / terribly
 -y changes to –ily happy /happily
 -ic changes to –ically
automatic / automatically
 -ue changes to –uly true / truly
 -ll changes to –lly full / fully
ADVERBS
 We use adverbs to say more about a verb
(adverb after a verb / adverb before an

adjective / adverb before another adverb.)

 Adverbs tell you how, when, where or
how much something happens.



 They usually go at the end of a sentence.

 Never between the verbs and its object

 We form most adverbs by adding –LY to the
adjective.
 Irregular:
 GOOD – WELL;
 HARD – HARD;
 LATE – LATE
ADJECTIVES and ADVERBS
 EARLY, LATE, HARD, LOUD, FAST,
DAILY, HIGH, LOW, RIGHT, WRONG,
WEEKLY, MONTHLY can be adjectives
and adverbs.

I always catch the early train.
We got up early.
Complete the sentences by choosing between
the words given in brackets. (1)

 The train was very ___________ (slow / slowly) and we
arrived late.

 My cousin speaks English and German (fluent / fluently).
 You look __________ (angry / angrily). What’s wrong?
 Don’t drive so __________ (fast / fastly).
 She read the message _________ (quick / quickly)
 He’s a __________ (good / well) guitar player.
 We saw lots of ___________ (beautiful / beautifully)
paintings at the museum.
 John and Mary work __________ (hard / hardly)
Complete the sentences by choosing between
the words given in brackets. (2)

 The whole team played very __________ (bad / badly)
and they lost.
 National Geography is a ___________ (monthly
magazine / magazine monthly)
 I’m very tired because I slept ____________ (bad /
badly) last night.
 Can you speak ___________ (slow / slowly), please?
 She’s singing a very ___________ (nice / nicely) song.
 I’m not a __________ (good / well) football player. I
don’t play football very ___________ (good / well).
 I’m afraid I sing very ___________ (bad / badly)