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Adverbs and Adjectives Roughly speaking, adjectives are used to tell us about things, people, ideas. In grammar terms this means that adjectives are used to describe nouns (eg. house) and pronouns (eg. you, he, she, it). Adverbs, on the other hand, tell us about the way we do things, how often, how much, etc. This means that adverbs are used to describe verbs, adjectives, other adverbs, and sometimes whole sentences. Adjectives You have beautiful classmates. beautiful describes ‘classmates’ (noun) He is nice. nice describes ‘he’ (pronoun) Adjectives can also be used for comparisons, as in: He is nicer than her He is the nicest person I know Adverbs You have extremely beautiful classmates. extremely describes ‘beautiful’ (adjective) – it tells us to what degree they are beautiful She danced beautifully. beautifully describes ‘danced’ (verb) – it tells us in what way she danced He thought very highly of her. very describes ‘highly’ (adverb) – it tells us how much he thinks of her They often played online often describes ‘played’ – it tells us how frequent they play As we can see, adverbs are used for many things. Other uses are: To say where something happens: "He went upstairs" To say when something happens: "He went there yesterday" To describe whole sentences: "Fortunately, this is the last example..." robertmccluskey.wordpress.com 1. Adverbs vs. Adjectives -Use the word in the left-hand column as an adverb and as an adjective in the sentences on the right. Close They were standing __________ to each other I watched him __________ Direct We were not __________ involved The car took a __________ hit High The ball was too __________ for him to catch I thought __________ of him Late John came in __________ this morning We haven’t seen much of him __________ Clear He __________ made a mistake It was a __________ mistake Cheap He bought the car __________ The car was __________ built 2. Choosing an adverb 3. Frequency -Fill in each blank using a relevant adverb. -Use the adverbs/adverbial phrases in brackets to express how often the action takes place 1. Come back __________ 2. He is __________ intelligent 3. They __________ meet on Tuesdays 4. He __________ forgot to ask for a raise 5. She plays tennis __________ 1. He listens to the radio (often) 2. They read a book (sometimes) 3. Peter gets upset (never) 4. Tom is very friendly (usually) 5. My neighbour goes for a walk in the evening (always) 6. They watch TV in the afternoon (rarely) 7. She goes to their house in the countryside (every weekend) 8. During that period, I was in contact with him (constantly) 9. John uses his computer (seldom) 10. In the summer, they go swimming in the lake (frequently) robertmccluskey.wordpress.com