8TH GRADE GRAMMAR.

UNIT 7 ON ADJECTIVES AND ADVERBS (RULES)

CONCEPT: ADJECTIVES ARE USED TO DESCRIBE PEOPLE, THINGS AND ANIMALS AND ADVERBS
ARE USED TO DESCRIBE HOW THINGS ARE DONE OR HOW THINGS HAPPEN.

RULE 1: FOR NORMAL ADJECTIVES THAT END IN CONSONANT WE ADD “LY”:

SOFT/SOFTLY CORRECT/CORRECTLY HONEST/HONESTLY FLUENT/FLUENTLY

NERVOUS/NERVOUSLY QUIET/QUIETLY CLEAR/CLEARLY REGULAR/REGULARLY

CARELESS/CARELESSLY SLOW/SLOWLY QUICK/QUICKLY FOOLISH/FOOLISHLY

FIRM/FIRMLY SAD / SADLY BAD / BADLY

RULE 2: FOR ADJECTIVES THAT END IN “Y” WE REPLACE “Y” BY “I” AND ADD “LY”

EASY/EASILY HAPPY/HAPPILY ANGRY/ANGRILY HEAVY/HEAVILY

LAZY/LAZILY NAUGHTY/NAUGHTILY STEADY/STEADILY CRAZY/CRAZILY.

RULE 3: FOR ADJECTIVES THAT END IN “L” WE DOUBLE THE “L” AND ADD “Y”

CAREFUL/CAREFULLY BEAUTIFUL/BEAUTIFULLY WONDERFUL/WONDERFULLY

POWERFUL/POWERFULLY HATEFUL/HATEFULLY FORGETFUL/FORGETFULLY

CHEERFUL/CHEERFULLY SUCCESSFUL/SUCCESSFULLY RESPECTFUL/RESPECTFULLY

RULE 4: FOR ADJECTIVES THAT END IN “E” WE ADD “LY”

NICE/NICELY SAFE/SAFELY WISE/WISELY POLITE/POLITELY

STRANGE/STRANGELY BRAVE/BRAVELY SOLE/SOLELY IMMEDIATE/IMMEDIATELY

COMPLETE/COMPLETELY CREATIVE/CREATIVELY SURE/SURELY AWESOME/AWESOMELY

*GENTLE/GENTLY UNBELIEVABLE/UNBELIEVABLY INCREDIBLE / INCREDIBLY

COMPETITIVE / COMPETITIVELY

RULE 5: ADJECTIVES THAT DON’T CHANGE:

FAST/FAST HARD/HARD EARLY/EARLY LATE/LATE HIGH/HIGH LONG/LONG

LOUD/LOUD.

RULE 6: FOR IRREGULAR ADJECTIVES THAT CHANGE COMPLETELY:

GOOD/ WELL
IMPORTANT NOTE: FOR VERBS OF PERCEPTION LIKE: LOOK / SMELL / FEEL / TASTE / SOUND:
THE ADVERB GOOD DOESN’T CHANGE. EXAMPLES:

ANNA LOOKS GOOD THE CAKE SMELLS GOOD I DON’T FEEL GOOD

THAT PERFUM SMELLS GOOD THIS SONG SOUNDS GOOD PASTA TASTES GOOD

HOMEWORK AND PRACTICE 1: CHANGE THESE ADJECTIVES INTO ADVERBS.

1.- CLEAR________ 2.- SLOW________________

3.- HARD ___________ 4.- FLUENT_______________________

5.- SOFT________ 6.- NICE__________

7.- SAFE___________________________ 8.- POLITE_________________________

9.- STRANGE________________________ 10.- BRAVE_________________________

11.- FIRM _________________________ 12.- HAPPY_________________________

13.- CRAZY_________________________ 14.- ANGRY________________________

15.- NAUGHTY______________________ 16.- GOOD_________________________

17.- BAD___________________________ 18.- BEAUTIFUL______________________

19.- WONDERFUL______________________ 20.- LATE___________________________

21.- QUICK_________________________ 22.- CAREFUL_______________________

23.- FAST__________________________ 24.- EASY___________________________

25.- LONG _________________________ 26.- INCREDIBLE_______________________

27.- SUCCESSFUL______________________ 28.- SAD___________________________

29.- COMPLETE______________________ 30.- SURE___________________________

EXTRA PRACTICE. CHANGE THE FOLLOWING ADJECTIVES INTO ADVERBS:

1.- HEAVY: 2.- GOOD: 3-. TERRIBLE: 4.- BEAUTIFUL

5.- NICE 6.- LOUD 7.- HIGH 8.- CRAZY

9.- WARM 10.- QUICK 11.- SLOW 12.- WONDERFUL

13.- POLITE 14.- AMAZING 15.- BAD 16.- STRONG

17.- HOPEFUL 18.- HARD 19.- DANGEROUS 20.- EASY

GRAMMAR AND FORMULAS TO CAHNGE SENTENCES WITH ADJECTIVES TO SENTENCES WITH
ADVERBS:

SUBJECT + BE + ADJECTIVE + COMPLEMET / SUBJECT + VERB + ADVERB + COMPLEMENT.

EXAMPLES:

LUCY IS A TALENTED PAINTER………… SHE PAINTS TALENTEDLY

DONALD AND RON ARE VERY FAST RUNNERS…….. THEY RUN VERY FAST

I AM A COMPETITIVE SWIMMER……. I SWIM COMPETITIVELY

YOU ARE A PROFESSIONAL ACTOR……. YOU ACT PROFESSIONALLY

PAUL WAS A SOFISTICATED PERFORMER…….. HE PERFORMED SOFISTICATEDLY

MIKE AND I ARE SLOW CHESS PLAYERS…… WE PLAY CHESS SLOWLY

MR PARKS WAS A CAREFUL INSPECTOR……. HE INSPECTED CAREFULLY

PRACTICE AND HOMEWORK: CHANGE THESE SENTENCES USING ADVERBS. EXAMPLES:

1.- TANYA WAS A SWEET ACTRESS _____________________________

2.- RONALD AND PAT WERE CARELESS DRIVERS. ___________

3.- THE BRAZILIANS ARE BAD PLAYERS. ___________________________

4.- VICTORIA NEVER GIVES A CLEAR EXPLAINATION.____________________

5.- CHAPLIN WAS A GENTLE ACTOR. ________________________________

6.- PAMELA WILL BE AN ELEGANT DESIGNER. ______________________

7.- THE LADIES HAD A SLOW WALK TO THE PARK. __________________________

8.- ESTEBAN IS VERY FLUENT ENGLISH SPEAKER. ____________________

9.- MEGAN WILL BE VERY CLEAR TO WRITE. _______________________

10.- DONOVAN WAS A STRANGE RESEARCHER . ____________________

11.- SAM AND I HAD A QUICK PRACTICE. ________________________

12.- RIHANNA IS A WONDERFUL PERFORMER . ___________________

13.- JAKE WILL GIVE A CRAZY ANSWER. _______________________

14.- SARAH IS A RESPECTFUL GUIDE.____________________________

15.- NAIRO AND CHAVEZ ARE GOOD AND FAST BIKE RIDERS. _________________________

16.- VOLT IS A FAST RUNNER AND SWIMMER. ________________________

17.- MILLEY SANG A SOFT SONG. ________________________

18.- MIKE AND I WERE BAD COMPOSERS. ________________________

19.- MR JACKSON WILL GIVE A NICE REPLY. ________________________

20.- DALÍ AND PICASSO WERE CREATIVE PAINTERS. ________________________

21.- VERSACI WAS AN CREATIVE DESIGNER. ________________________

22.- WE HAD AN AWESOME REHEARSAL. ________________________

23.- DUDAMEL IS A SUCESSFULL DIRECTOR. ________________________

24.- PHIL AND JAMES ARE QUICK CLIMBERS. ________________________

25.- JOHN MAKES EXACT CALCULATIONS. ________________________

HOMEWORK: CHANGE THESE SENTENCES USING ADVERBS. EXAMPLES:

1.- KELLY WAS VERY FAST TO SELL THE CLOTHES: ________________________________________

2.- PHIL IS A PROFESSIONAL PAINTER: _________________________________________________

3.- GABO WAS A VERY CREATIVE WRITER: _____________________________________________

4.- MIKE IS VERY QUICK TO CLEAN: ____________________________________________________

5.- JOHN IS VERY CAREFUL WHEN HE DRIVES: ___________________________________________

6.- NICOLLE WILL BE A FANTASTIC TEACHER: ____________________________________________

7.- SAMUEL WAS A HARD WORKER: ___________________________________________________

8.- THE GLADIATOR WAS A BRAVE FIGHTER: ____________________________________________

9.- FALCAO AND MINA ARE COMPETITIVE PLAYERS: ______________________________________

10.- MY GRANDPARENTS ARE METICULOUS COOKS: ______________________________________

11.- SAMUEL IS A CAREFUL DRIVER. __________________________________________________

12.- MRS SMITH WAS A HARD WORKER. _______________________________________________

13.- SAMANTHA GIVES QUICK ANSWERS. ______________________________________________

14.- GISSELLE IS A BEAUTIFUL MODEL.________________________________________________

15.- KENDALL IS A GOOD SOCCER PLAYER. ____________________________________________

16.- PAM IS A FAST RUNNER: ______________________________________________________

17.- YOU ARE A VERY SLOW DRIVER: ________________________________________________

18.- MY GRANDAD WAS A HARD WORKER: ___________________________________________

19.- THE GIRLS ARE ELEGANT DANCERS: _____________________________________________

20.- JACK IS A CAREFUL RESEARCHER: _______________________________________________

21.- JOSH AND RICK WERE BRAVE FIGHTERS: __________________________________________

22.- MUM IS A METICULOUS CLEANER. _______________________________________________

23.- SAM WAS A WONDERFUL PAINTER: _____________________________________________

24.- KIM IS A GOOD INVESTIGATOR: _________________________________________________

25.- MR PHELPS IS A NICE TEACHER: ________________________________________________