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Adjectives & Adverbs

Adjectives

Adjectives go before noun:

a long journey loudmusic an amazing vacation

Adjectives don’t change for singular and plural:

a fast car fast cars (NoT: fasts cars)

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Before nouns, we don’t usually put ‘and’ between adjectives:

a big bad wolf

Sometimes we use more than one adjective in front of a noun:

“He was a nice, clever, young guy.”

“She bought a small, black, wooden coffee table.”

1. Opinion: delicious, pretty, amazing, awesome, boring, etc.

2. Size: large, medium, small, tall, short, tinny, etc.

3. Age: old, middle age, young, modern, traditional, etc.

4. Shape: round, heavy, long, square, narrow, etc.

5. Color: black, blue, purple, pink, red, brown, yellow, green, etc.

6. Origin: British, American, Canadian, etc.

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7. Material: wooden, metal, glass, plastic, gold, iron, etc.

8. Purpose: sewing (machine), sleeping (bag), swimming (pool), etc.

1. Translate the following ADD sentences:

2. Put in the adjectives in the right order to form a story:

One day, a time ago, (long fine) – One fine day, a long time ago.

a girl (beautiful little) - ……………………………………………….

in a coat (red) -…………………………………………………………

was walking through a forest (dark) -………………………………

with a bag (big) -……………………………………………………….

of apples (red wonderful) -…………………………………………..

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to see her grandmother (old) -………………………………………

under a tree (tall green) -…………………………………………….

she saw a wolf (big bad) -……………………………………………

with teeth (white long) -………………………………………………

3. Put the adjectives in the correct order:

A)a beautiful table (wooden/ round) -……………………………………..

B)an unusual ring (gold) - …………………………………………………….

C)an old house (beautiful) - …………………………………………………..

D)black gloves (leather) -……………………………………………………...

E)an American film (old) -……………………………………………………..

F)a long face (thin) -……………………………………………………………

G)big clouds (black) -…………………………………………………………..

H)a sunny day (lovely) -………………………………………………………..

I)an ugly dress (yellow) -………………………………………………………

J)a wide avenue (long) -……………………………………………………...

K)a red car (old/ little) -………………………………………………………..

L)a new sweater (green/ nice) -…………………………………………….

M)a metal box (black/ small) -……………………………………………….

N)a big cat (fat/ black) -………………………………………………………

O)a little village (old/ lovely) -………………………………………………..

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P)long hair (black/ beautiful) -………………………………………………

Q)an old painting (interesting/ French) -…………………………………..

R)an enormous umbrella (red/ yellow) - ………………………………….

We use adjectives after be/get/become/seem:

Be careful!

I’m tired and I’m getting hungry.

As the film went on, it became more and more boring.

Your friend seems very nice.

We also use adjectives to say how somebody/ something

You look tired./ I feel tired./ She sounds tired.

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ADVERBS

Adverbs are connected with other words - for example verbs. Some adverbs tell you

how something happens. These often end in ‘ly’:

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quick – quick

serious – serious

quiet – quiet

heavy – heavi

bad – bad

happy – happi

possible – possib

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We also use adverbs before adjectives and other adverbs.

reasonably cheap (adverb + adjective)

terribly sorry (adverb + adjective)

incredibly quickly (adverb + adverb)

Examples:

It’s a reasonably cheap restaurant and the food is extremely good.

I’m terribly sorry. I didn’t mean to push you.

Maria learns languages incredibly quickly.

The examinations was surprisingly easy.

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4. Pass the Adjectives to the Adverb form:

wrong - …………………….. thirsty - …………….. cold - ……………

sincere - ……………………. wonderful- ………… nice - …………….

unhappy - ………………….. loud - ………………. probable - ……….

real - ………………………… comfortable - ……… usual - ……………..

5. Complete each sentence with an adverbs. The first letter of the adverbs are given:

Example: We didn’t go out because it was raining heavily.

A)Our team lost the game because we played very bad ……………

B)Cook the soup sl …………………………

C)Two people were ser…………….. injured in the accident.

D)We had to wait for a long time, but we didn’t complain. We waited

pat……………………

E)Nobody knew Steve was coming to see us. He arrived unex…………

F)Mike just keep fit by playing tennis regu………………….

G)I don’t speak French very well, but I can understand per………… if people

speak sl……………… and clear…………….

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6. Circle the right option:

A)This tea tastes a bit strangely/ strange.

B)I always feel happy/ happily when the sun is shining.

C)The children were playing happy/ happily in the garden.

D)The man became violent/ violently when the manager of the restaurant asked

him to leave.

E)You look terrible/ terribly! Are you all right?

F)There’s no point in doing a job if you don’t do it proper/ properly.

G)The soup tastes well/ good.

H)Hurry up! You’re always so slow/ slowly.

I)He talks very fast/ fastly.

QUESTIONS TO YOU

- “Describe your favorite dessert. Use adjectives to talk about it.”

- “How often do you eat junk food?”

- “Describe your favorite Summer drink. Use adjectives to talk about it.”

- “What kind of food don’t you like?”

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ADVERBS OF FREQUENCY

How often (frequency)

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- “Your English is good.”

- “You speak English well.”

We use well (not good) with PAST PARTICIPLE:

well- dressed well-known well-educated well-paid

- “George’s father is a well-known writer.”

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But well is also an adjective with the meaning ‘in good health’:

- “How are you today?” - “I am well, thanks.”

7. Fill in the sentences with GOOD or WELL:

a. I play tennis, but I am not very ……………..

b. Your exam results were very ……………….

c. You did ……………. in your exams.

d. The weather was ……………. while we were on holiday.

e. I didn’t sleep ………….. last night.

f. How are you? Are you ……………?

g. Lucy speaks German very ………………

h. Lucy’s German is quite …………………

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FAST/ HARD/ LATE

These words are both adjectives and adverbs:

Adjective

Peter is a very fast runner.

Kate is a hard worker.

I was late.

Adverbs

Peter can run very fast.

Kate works hard.

I got up late this morning.

Lately = recently

“Have you seen Paul lately?”

Hardly = very little, almost not. Study these examples:

- Sarah wasn’t very friendly at the party. She hardly spoke to me.

(she spoke to me very little, almost not at all)

- We’ve only met once or twice. We hardly know each other.

hard and hardly are different. Compare:

- He tried hard to find a job, but he had no luck. (= he tried a lot, with a lot of

effort)

- I am not surprised he didn’t find a job. He hardly tried to find one. (= he tried

very little)

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We can use hardly + any/anybody/anyone/anything/anywhere:

A: How much money have you got?

B: Hardly any. (=very little, almost none)

- There is hardly anything in the fridge.

- These two cameras are very similar. There’s hardly any difference between

them.

1.COMPLETE EACH SENTENCE WITH A VERB + ADJECTIVE FROM THE BOXES:

A)Helen ………………………. this morning. Do you know what was wrong?

B)I can’t eat this. I’ve just tried it and it …………………………………….

C)I wasn’t very well yesterday, but I ……………………………….. today.

D)What beautiful flowers! They ………………………………… too.

E)You …………………….. Have you been out in the rain?

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F)Jim was telling me about this new job. It …………………. – much better than this

old job.

2.COMPLETE EACH SENTENCE USING A WORD FROM THE BOX. SOMETIMES YOU

NEED THE ADJECTIVE AND SOMETIMES THE ADVERB:

a. Our holiday was too short. The time passed very ………………..

b. Steve doesn’t take risks when he’s driving. He’s always …………..

c. Sue works ………………. She never seems to stop.

d. Rachel and Patrick are very ……………. married.

e. Leo’s English is very ……………….. although he makes a lot of mistakes.

f. I cooked this meal ………………. for you, so I hope you like it.

g. Everything was very quiet. There was …………….. silence.

h. I tried on the shoes and they fitted me ……………….

i. Do you usually feel ………………….. before examinations?

j. I’d like to buy a car, but it’s …………… impossible for me at the moment.