Thursday, May 15, 2014

Adjectives and Adverbs of Manner

Mary is a beautiful dancer. She dances beautifully.
John is a slow driver. He drives slowly.
Adjectives tell us something about a person or a thing. Adjectives can modify nouns (here: dancer, driver) 
Adverbs tell us in what way someone does something. Adverbs can modify verbs (here: dances, drives), adjectives or other adverbs.
 FORM:
ADJECTIVE + LY
IRREGULAR FORMS
adjective
adverb      
adjective
adverb      
dangerous  
dangerously
good
well
careful
carefully
fast
fast
nice
nicely
hard
hard
simple

horrible
simply         horribly
 high                     high
easy
easily

electronic
electronically
 


* -able, -ible, -le....> -ably, -ibly, ly
* Use an adjective after look, taste, sound...
   The icecream tastes delicious
* Do not get confused with good/well.
    Linda looks good.(She's very pretty)
   Linda looks well.(She may have been ill, but now she is healthy again.)
   How are you? - I'm well, thank you. 


Do the activities
Exercise 1
Exercise 2



















































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