ADJECTIVES AND ADVERBS

BY NURDAN ŞAFAK ALEMDAĞ

Look at these examples:
Sam is a careful driver.
Sam drives carefully.
 Look at these examples:
Sam is a careful driver. (This sentence is about Sam, the driver,
It is adjective.
Sam drives carefully. (This sentence is about his way of driving,
It is adverb.)
 ADJECTIVES
• Adjectives usually provide information about the nouns/pronouns. We use
them before a noun and after the verb to be.
You can see homeless people everywhere.
They are poor.
Those are expensive rings.
The bus is late.
It gives us information about quality, size, shape, duration, feelings and
contents.
 EXAMPLES

• I have a fast car. (The word ‘fast’ is describing an attribute of the car)
• Mary is hungry. (The word ‘hungry’ is providing information about
the subject)
• What can you tell about the Picture?
?
 Circle all adjectives in each sentence.

1) Soccer is funny and exciting.

2) It is an easy exam.
3) Jessica has yellow hair.
4) My cats are fat and cute.
5) This is a big house.
6) Sports are beneficial and fun.
7) The weather is hot and sunny.
ADVERBS
 ADVERBS

Adverbs (quickly/carefully …) tell us about a verb (how somebody

does something or how something happens). Adverbs usually go
after verbs.
It rains heavily . ( How does it rain?- Heavily)
(adverb of manner )
John is here. (Where is he? – Here – adverb of place.)
I sleep late every friday. ( when does he sleep?- Late- Time)
• Sometimes adverbs go before the main verb. The adverbs of
frequency describe how often someting happens.

Usually,
sometimes, They sometimes play tennis on Sundays.
never,
always, often
etc.
 FORM

 We usually form an adverb by adding –ly to the adjective.

adjective: quick, serious, careful, quiet, bad
adverb: quickly, seriously, carefully, quietly, badly
 Adjectives ending in –le drop the –e and take + -y :
probable- probably Simple- simply
 Adjectives ending in a consanant –y drop the –y and take +–ily.
heavy-heavily
 Adjectives ending in –l take +-ly. Hopeful-hopefully
Some adverbs have a totally different form, or the same form as the
objective:
Adjective Adverb

Good Well
Fast Fast
Early Early
Late Late
Hard Hard
► NOT ALL WORDS ENDING IN -LY ARE ADVERBS:

Adjectives ending in -ly: friendly, silly, lonely, ugly

Nouns, ending in -ly: ally, bully, Italy, melancholy
Verbs, ending in -ly: apply, rely, supply
 EXERCISES

 Write the Adverbs.,

1) Easy ____________ 6) Careful _____________
2) Early____________ 7) Fast ____________
3) Bad _____________ 8) Slow ____________
4) Good ____________ 9) Quick _____________
5) Beautiful __________ 10) Simple _____________
  Circle all adverbs in each sentence.

1) It usually snows in winter.

2) Get ready for school quickly.
3) She wakes up early.
4) You dance very well.
 ARE THE WORDS IN BLUE ADJECTIVES OR ADVERBS?

1) I play tennis but I'm not very good. (adj/ adv)

2) You do well in your exams. (adj/ adv)
3) Tarık often travels and he is leaving tomorrow. (adj/ adv)
4) Sarah always says, “Thank you”. She’s a polite person. (adj/ adv)
5) My father is tired. (adj/ adv) Because he works hard. (adj/ adv)
6) He is so friendly. (adj/ adv)
7) I get up late at the weekends. (adj/ adv)
8) I was late yesterday. (adj/ adv)
• Circle the adjective or the adverb to complete each sentence
1) My classmate is a _____ person. [ nice / nicely ]
2) I can speak spanish very _____. [ good / well ]
3) Katrina can paint _____ pictures. [ beautiful / beautifully ]
4) The music is too _____. Please turn it down! [ loud / loudly ]
5) My cousin always walks very _____. [ quick / quickly ]
6) Thomas is very _____. He always helps me. ( polite/politely)
7)John is a_________man. ( clever/ cleverly)
8) Elephants live __________. (happy, happily)
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