adjective vs adverb?

Let’s walk quietly !MIND!

ADJ. after linked verbs (be,
become, get) or
Our progress was/ seemed/ felt slow sense verbs (see, smell, taste, feel, look,
His food tasts/ smells/ looks amazing seem, etc.)
a person

adjective - when describing a noun, a pronoun a thing

a place

For example, " He made slow progress/ He is an amazing cook”

-when describing a VERB;
adverb another adjective or another adverb
For example, " We progressed slowly/ He cooks really amazingly/
He is an incredibly great singer ”
 Formatuin
adjectives into adverbs
- ly
adj. adv.
slow slowly
interesting interestingly
If an adj. ends in consonant + y => consonunt + i + ly
happy happily
lucky luckily
 adverbs
are commpnly formed with the ending -ly
BUT!
adj. adv. adj. adv.
good well far far
fast fast long long
hard hard short short
early early straight straight
late late fine fine
 Words “hard”, “late” and “short” are both
adv. and adj. However words “hardly”, “lately” and
“shortly” also exist, but with completely different meanings

hardly = almost not

I hardly know him = I don’t really know him

He is a hard worker He works hard

 Words „hard”, „late” and „short” are both
adv. and adj. However words “hardly”, “lately” and
“
“shortly” also excist, but with completely different
lately = recently
meanings

I haven’t seen her lately = I haven’t seen her recently

The bus was late I arrive home late

 Words „hard”, „late” and „short” are both
adv. and adj. However words „hardly”, „lately” and
„shortly” also excist, but with completely different meanings

shortly= soon
I’ll call you back shortly = I’ll call you back soon

It was a short speech He cut his speech short

 !NOTE!
good vs well
When asked „How are you?”, if you want to say you are
in good health, say:
I’m well
If you want to say you are generally O.K, say:
I’m fine = I’m good
(In the past, it was considered to be a
mistake to say „I’m good”. However, these
days, this expression is becoming more and
more common as an alternative „I’m fine”)
 !NOTE!
few words enging in –ly that are adjectives
friendly, lovely, lonely, silly, lively, deadly,
timely, orderly
You can’t change these words into adverbs. You can use the words „way”, „manner”,
„fashion” to describe a VERB with these adjectives:
She was lovely She welcomed us in a lovely manner
 !NOTE!
These words ending in –ly are both
adjectives and adverbs
weekly, monthly, daily, yearly
It’s a weekly magazine I receive it weekly
 Exercises
1. The situation seemed.........(unusually/ unusual)
2. Your garden looks .........(beautiful/ beautifully)
3. He sings.........(good/ well)
4. He is a .......... good singer (wonderful/ wonderfully)
5. John held the plate ............ (carefully/ careful)
6. Julia is a ......... person. (carefully/ careful)
7. I ran .........to the station. (quick/ quickly)
8. The journey was ........ (quick/ quickly)
9. You look ........... Didn’t you sleep well? (tired/ tiredly)
10. The baby rubbed his eyes ........... (tired/ tiredly)
 Exercises
11. She sang.........(happy/ happily)
12. You sound.........(happy/ happily)
13. I speak English.........(good/ well)
14. Her English is ...........(good/ well)
15. She cooks .......(terrible/ terribly)
16. He is a .......cook. (terrible/ terribly)
.17. The music was ............(beautiful/ beautifully)

18. She plays the piano............(beautiful/ beautifully)

19. That was a ......... answer. (clever/ cleverly)
20. She answered ..............(clever/ cleverly)
 Exercises
21. Your flat seems ......... today (tidy/ tidily)
22. He put the dishes away ..........(tidy/ tidily)
23. He spoke.........(warm/ warmly)
24. This coat is ...........(warm/ warmly) enough.
25. He works.......(hard/ hardly)
26. He is a .......worker. (hard/ hardly)
.27. I .......know him. (hard/ hardly)

28. I haven’t seen her............(late/ lately)

29. The bus was ............(late/ lately)
30. She arrived home............(late/ lately)
 Exercises
31. I’ll call you back ..........(short/ shortly)
32. He cut his speech..........(short/ shortly)
33. It was a .......... speech. (short/ shortly)
34. Yesterday, I finished work very.....(late/ lately)
35. This bread smells.......(good/ well)
36. This is ......... true. (absolute/ absolutely)
.37. Can you see anything? No, I can .....see anything. (hard/ hardly)

38. This is a ........ report (month/ monthly)

39. I have worked ...... on the project (hard/ hardly)
40. They welcomed us in a ............ fashion (friend/ friendly)