Adjectives and Adverbs
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Adjectives
and Adverbs
Grammar Guide
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Adjectives
Give
Can
extra information about nouns.
be used in front of a noun.
We saw an exciting film.
What is she like? She's a smart, energetic
woman.
That is a cute puppy.
Adjectives
Or can be used after a linking verb,
e.g. be, look, seem, smell, sound, taste.
She is smart and energetic.
That puppy is cute.
That film was exciting.
You look cold.
That piano sounds terrible.
I woke up the next day feeling awful.
Adjectives: Order
When you use more than one adjective, you
have to put them in the right order, according to
type.
Opinion
Size
Age
Shape
Colour
Origin
Material
Purpose
silly, beautiful
large, tiny
young, old
square, round
pink, reddish
French, lunar
wooden, metal
sleeping
Adjectives: Order
a
a
a
Opinion Size
silly
huge
small
Adjectives
Age
Shape
young
round
Colour Origin Material Purpose
English
man
metal
bowl
red
sleeping bag
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Adverbs
modify
or give extra information about
verbs, adjectives, other words or whole
clauses.
The dog barks loudly.
How does the dog bark? loudly
She moved quite slowly down the aisle.
How slowly did she move? quite slowly
Adverbs: Form
Many adverbs end with the suffix -ly. Most of
these are created by adding -ly to the end of an
adjective, eg.:
beautiful
beautifully
slow
slowly
hopeless
hopelessly
aggressive
aggressively
easy
easily
real
really
Adverbs: Form
However,
many adverbs do NOT end in -ly
eg.: fast, late, early, hard, long, low, pretty,
short, straight, wide are the same as the
adjective form,
well – adverb from good
many
words which are NOT adverbs end
in -ly eg.: friendly, elderly and lonely are
adjectives
Adverbs with different meanings
late (= not on time/not early)
The plane arrived late due to bad weather.
lately (= recently)
She's been rather ill lately.
high (= to a great height)
He lifted it high over his head.
highly (= extremely)
Arsenic is highly toxic.
Adverbs with different meanings
hard (= with a lot of effort/severely)
He braked hard when he saw the cat.
hardly (= scarcely, almost not)
We hardly know our neighbours.
right (= direction/correctly)
Turn right at the crossroads. / Try to do it right this
time!
rightly (= correctly in my opinion)
The tribunal rightly condemned the war criminals.
Adverbs with different meanings
free (= without paying)
We got into the concert free!
freely (= without limitation or control)
The shares could be traded freely on the open
market.
deep (= to a great depth/distance)
We explored deep into the jungle.
deeply (= thoroughly)
I'm deeply ashamed of my behaviour.
Intelligent young Polish students
can learn about
adjectives and adverbs
quickly and easily.
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