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Adjectives are one of the four major word classes, along with nouns, verbs and
adverbs. Examples of adjectives are: big, small, blue, old, rich and nice. They give
us more information about people, animals or things represented by nouns and
pronouns:

1. Clare´s brother is young.

2. Brad Pitt´s hair is blond.
3. Michael Jordan is tall.

Most common adjectives are members of a pair of opposites (antonyms):

beautiful – ugly dead – alive happy – sad

rough – smooth heavy – light cold – hot
good – bad big – small

Match each adjective with its opposite.

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1. beautiful ( 1 ) ugly
2. big ( ) small
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3. bitter ( 3) sweet
4. cheap (4) expensive
5. clean ( 5) dirty
6. difficult ( 6) easy
7. good ( 7) bad
8. early ( 8) late
9. hot ( 9) cold
10. hardworking (10) lazy
It is common we use verb be or have/has and adjectives to describe a noun.
Look these examples:

NOUN VERB ADJECTIVE

Clare´s brother is young.
Brad Pitt´s hair is blond.
Michael Jordan is tall.
Now compere:

SUBJECT VERB ADJECTIVE + NOUN

Clare´s brother has black mustache.
Brad Pitt has blond hair.
Michael Jordan has brown eyes.

Adverbs

We can use adverbs in many ways, from describing how often we do

something to where we do it. What about adverbs of manner? What are they
for and how do we use them?
An adverb is a word that describes how, where, or with what frequency we
do an action (or ‘verb’). For example:
✓ He opened the door quietly.
✓ You speak English very well.
✓ He spoke angrily.

Adverbs of manner

An adverb of manner describes how you do an action. For example,

✓ They dress elegantly.
✓ Some elderly people drive slowly.
✓ She works very hard.
Adverbs of manner are really useful because they let us add a lot of extra
details to descriptions, to make what we say more interesting and dynamic
to the listener or reader.
How to create an adverb of manner
To make adverbs of manner, we usually add -ly to the adjective. For
example:
quick – quickly
careful – carefully
gentle – gently
When an adjective ends in -y we change the -y to -i then add -ly. For
example,
happy – happily
greedy – greedily
easy – easily
However, there are also some irregular adverbs:
good – well
hard – hard
fast – fast
late – late
straight – straight
high – high
Here are some examples:
✓ You speak English fluently.
✓ I slept badly last night.
✓ The children did really well in their test.
✓ He worked hard and got a promotion.
✓ The nurse picked up the baby gently.

Where does an adverb of manner go in a sentence?

In most cases, adverbs of manner come after a verb. For example:

1. We dress casually on Fridays.

2. Athletes run very fast.
3. The students are listening attentively.
Sometimes however, the adverb is put before the verb to add emphasis
to the meaning. For example:

✓ She hurriedly opened the present.

✓ They sadly left before we arrived.
✓ I quickly ran to the shops.

How do know whether to use an adjective or an adverb?

John is a careful driver. – In this sentences we say how John is – careful. If

we want to say that the careful John did not drive the usual way yesterday
– we have to use the adverb:

✓ John did not drive carefully yesterday.

Here is another example:

✓ I am a slow walker. (How am I? → slow → adjective)

✓ I walk slowly. (How do I walk? → slowly → adverb)

Adjective or Adverb after special verbs. Both adjectives and adverbs may
be used after look, smell and taste. Mind the change in meaning.

Here are two examples:

✓ The pizza tastes good. (How is the pizza?)

✓ Jamie Oliver can taste well. How can Jamie Oliver taste?) →
adverb)
✓ Peter's feet smell bad. (How are his feet?)
✓ Peter can smell badly. (How can Peter smell?) → adverb)

Do not get confused with good/well.

Linda looks good. (What type of person is she?)

Linda looks well. (How is Linda? – She may have been ill, but now she is fit
again.)
How are you? – I'm fine, thank you./I'm good. (emotional state)
How are you? – I'm well, thank you. (physical state)
One can assume that in the second/third sentence the adverb well is
used, but this is wrong – well can be an adjective (meaning fit/healthy),
or an adverb of the adjective good.

Conclusion:
Use the adjective when you say something about the person itself.
Use the adverb, when you want to say about the action.
Complete the sentence by changing the adjectives in (brackets) into
adverbs.

1. We lost the football match 4-2 yesterday, I don't think we played badly.
(bad)
2. … but the other side played really __________. (good)
3. You drive quiet ______________ (dangerous). I won't be surprised if you
have an accident one day.
4. “You're late!” said Olga ______________ (angry). “Where have you
been?”
5. The teacher spoke so ______________ (quiet) that the class couldn't hear
her.
6. This is very important question. please think _____________ (careful)
before you answer.
7. In 1483, King Richard III of England _____________ (secret) killed his two
young nephews.
8. The hungry cat looked ________________ (greedy) at the chicken on the
dinner table.
9. when I broke my leg, my friend Pam _____________ (kind) offered to do
the shopping for me.
10. Paulo Coelho is one of my favorite novelist. I think he writes
____________________. (beautiful)