ADJECTIVES

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ADVERBS
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ADJECTIVES

Adjectives are words that attribute

characteristics to a noun (appearance,
texture, shape, size, smell, personality,
etc.)
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(conference/A book) (a person/ A decision) (A frog/A situation)

BORING INTELLIGENT SAD

(A person/ A habit) (A car/ An experience)

OLD EXPENSIVE
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Adjectives are generally placed before a noun:

-She dreams of a romantic wedding

-He made a delicious dinner

-I am a good student

-This is an interesting topic

-Laura likes expensive stuff

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Or after one of these verbs: be, seem, appear, become, get, look,

feel, sound, taste or smell. (sense verbs)

-The house she bought is beautiful!

-That recipe smells delicious!

-I am getting old.

-They became famous and rich.

-The house seems new.

-You look beautiful.

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ORDER OF ADJECTIVES
When describing a noun, we can also add more than one
adjective. It is very important to know that, in Spanish, we
list the adjectives after the noun and separate them by a
comma, E.g.,

- Quiero una mesa de centro Italiana, alta, preciosa, antigua,

redonda, café, de madera que haga juego con la decoración
de la casa.
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However, In English when we want to add several

characteristics to a noun, there is a specific order we must take
into account to make that description correctly.

1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8.
Opinion Size Age Shape Color Origin Material Type/Purpo
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E.g.,

-I want a beautiful tall antique round brown Italian wooden

folding coffee table that matches the décor of the house.
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Let’s see some more examples
 I like my job but there are some arrogant young British
colleagues who believe they are better than the rest of us.
 Did you see that huge white truck parked in front of the
store?
 I cannot find that interesting new American bestseller that
everybody is reading now.
 My Literature teacher is intelligent, hardworking and kind.
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ADVERBS
An adverb is a word that describes or modifies verbs, adjectives,
other adverbs or even a whole sentence. Adverbs often end in -ly,
but some DON’T

-He sings loudly

-Very tall

-It ended extremely quickly

-Fortunately, I had brought an umbrella

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 To change and adjective into and adverb we usually add

‘ly’ to it
 Slow slowly

 Interesting interestingly
 Happy happily
 Lucky luckily
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There are some exceptions that are not formulated with ‘ly’

 Good Well  Long Long

 Fast Fast  Straight Straight

 Hard Hard  Fine Fine

 Early Early

 Late Late

 Far Far
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 Fast (adjective): That's a fast car.

 Fast (adverb): She walks fast.

 Good (adjective): That is a good book.

 Well (adverb): She did well on the exam

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BE CAREFUL!...

Hard / Hardly
 The table is hard (adjective: meaning 'not soft' or 'difficult').

 She works hard (adverb: meaning 'with a lot of effort').

 'Hardly' is also an adverb, but it means 'almost nothing' or

'almost none’
 She hardly works (she does almost no work).

 I hardly know him (I don’t know him well).

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Late / Lately

'Late' is an adjective and an adverb. There is also an adverb

'lately', which means 'recently’.
 It’s late! (adjective: meaning 'not on time').

 He came late (adverb: meaning 'not on time').

 I've been working a lot lately (these days, the last few
weeks).
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 There are also some adjectives ending in ‘ly’ that cannot

be changed into adverbs. To that sense, we can use words
such as: way, manner or fashion

Lovely, friendly, lonely, orderly, silly, lively, deadly,

timely

She was lovely

She welcomed us in a lovely way/manner/fashion

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When modifying verbs, adverbs help describe aspects like:

how, when and where actions happen. E.g.,

-Rose speaks loudly (How/ in what manner does she speak?)

-We arrived this morning (When did we arrive?)

-Turn here (Where should we turn?)

-I usually watch the news (How often do I do sth?)

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ADVERBS

When used with adjectives and adverbs in a sentence, the

function of the adverb is to add a degree of intensity. E.g.,

-The instructions are pretty clear

-My son is absolutely crazy about Christmas

-That guy runs incredibly fast

-We are really late

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ADVERBS AND SENTENCES

Some adverbs can modify entire sentences, these are

called sentence adverbs. Sentence adverbs don’t describe
one particular thing in the sentence—instead, they describe a
general feeling about all of the information in the sentence.

-Hopefully, we’ll find a good place to spend the night

-Fortunately, I brought all the documents

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ADVERB OR ADJECTIVE

Generally, adverbs are formed by adding the suffix –ly to

adjectives
Careful (adjective) : He made a careful revision of the
document
Carefully (adverb): He read the document carefully

Quiet (adjective): This is a quiet place

Quietly (adverb): They are speaking quietly

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late lately
 Yesterday I finished work very
good well
 This bread smells
absolute absolutely
 This is true
hard hardly
 The topic of this exam is
hard hardly
 She works really
hard hardly
 She works
friendly in a friendly way
 They talked to me
natural naturall
 Tom speaks y