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.
Wie ist eine Person (Sache)? »»» adjective.
Wie tut eine Person etwas? »»» adverb.
THE ADVERB
HOW TO FORM
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 |
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fast |
fast |
straight |
straight |
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hard |
hard |
extra |
extra |
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long |
long |
doubtless |
doubtless |
Double forms
| hard |
hard |
hardly = kaum |
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near |
near |
nearly = beinahe |
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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. |
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verb |
adverb |
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| She |
sold |
her |
house |
quickly |
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verb |
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adverb |
Adjective + adverb
The adverb describes an adjective (ein Adjektiv wird näher beschrieben).
| Example: |
Her |
necklace |
was |
horribly |
expensive. |
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adverb |
adjective |
| She |
was |
terribly |
sorry. |
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adverb |
adjective |
Adverb + adverb
The adverb describes an adverb (ein Adverb wird näher beschrieben).
| Example: |
They |
played |
terribly |
badly. |
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adverb |
adverb |
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| He did his homework | absolutely |
correctly. |
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adverb |
adverb |
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No adverb with the following verbs
| forms of to be: |
am, is, are, was, were, will be, have been, had been |
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| seem |
get |
turn |
grow |
sound |
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| look (aussehen) |
feel |
taste |
become |
smell |
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EXERCISE 12 |
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