Name Clue Dae Lesson 45. Adjective or Adverb Compare the italicized words in the following pairs of sentences, ‘The whale looked sadly aeus. In our opinion the whale looked sad. ‘We tasted the pie eager The pie tasted deliciows. Words such as look, aaee, appears acr, fe, grow, sme, and sound can be used either as action verbs or as inking verbs ‘When used as action verbs, they are often followed by adverb modifiers. We all looked jf at the new meeting hall ‘The hungry dog sniffed évpefiy around the tightly closed garbage cans Everybody in our class agreed thar Laurie acted the part of Pandora very nicely. ‘When these words are used as linking verbs, the modifier that follows is an adjective used as a subject complement. During the service all of us fele joyful abot the fueure. [not joyfully] Hendricks sounded opefd when he announced that fresh eroops were on the way. [noe dopey] Laurie acted nie even though she was furious at Mrs. Crenshaw. [not nicely] [Here the meaning of actedis “seemed” or “pretended to be” rather than “performed.”] ‘When you are uncertain whether to use the adverb form or the adjective form of the modifier after verhs such these, first derermine whether action is being expressed, IF action is being expressed, use che adverb. If che verb is being used to link the subjece wich a complement, use the adjective. Exercise Circle the form of the modifier in parentheses that is appropriate in formal English. 1. Through the dense fog, Martin drove (careful, carefully) back ro San Francisco. 2. The water lapped (calm, calmly) against che weathered piers 3. After hearing what time itwas, June ate (rapid, rapidly), 4. After the serious misunderstanding with her parents, Misty felt (strange, strangely) about rewrning to the city 5. The coffee smelled (bitter, bitcerly) when Sophie poured it. 6. Don’t some people’ voices sound (weird, weindly) over the phane? 236 Grade Eleven SkilBook, Grammar, Usage, and Mechanics‘Name Chee Dawe ~ Based on her experience of the past few weels, she looked (skeptical, skep tically) when Tom promised not to be late 8. All of us fele (bad, badly) abone losing the debate 9. Don't take their complaints so (serious, seriously), 10. 1k iz. 13. 14. is. I thought Henrievsa Smith’s reindeer stew might taste (peculiar, peculiarly), bur ie was absolutely delicious Anastacio sounds (impressive, impressively) even when he doesn’t make mnch sense Can you sound your.*S and o's more (distinet, distinctly)? ‘The (fresh, freshly) green bonghs smelled (wonderful, wonderfully), Kelly’ cone grew more (nasty, nastily) with each accusation Toni behaved very (rude, rudely) when we met-or coffee last Thursday.