Adjective Or Adverb Exercises.docx

ADJECTIVE OR ADVERB 1 1. He is a

boy. (clever)

2. He is tired because he has worked 3. He isn't tired because he has 4. She is a

. (hard) worked. (hard)

girl. (quiet)

5. She went to bed

. (quiet)

6. He is not a good student, but he writes 7. You should speak more

. (soft)

8. The children behaved

. (bad)

9. The brave men fought

. (brave)

10. They lived together 11. She looks

. (pretty)

12. That milk tastes

. (sour)

13. I don't know 14. She turned

. (happy)

where they live. (exact) . (pale)

15. This brown fur feels

. (soft)

. (good)

ADJECTIVE OR ADVERB 2 1. These children are

at English. (good)

2. Your brother 3. Ann

works at all. (hard) had an accident last Sunday. (near)

4. Have you been to the cinema 5. Mary always dresses 6. Yes, it was raining

. (nice) worker he is! (quick)

9. He is always very

. (polite)

10. He is often 11. Arthur

. (beautiful) for two hours. (heavy)

7. He has painted it 8. What a

. (late)

. (nervous) rode back to the inn. (quick)

12. They saw a

butterfly on a rose. (beautiful)

13. When the teacher heard about the missing book, he said (angry) 14. When he told him the truth, he was 15. "This wound looks

. (quiet)

," the doctor said. (bad)

:"You should be more careful."

ADJECTIVE OR ADVERB 3 1. The boys played so

that they won the tournament. (good)

2. He was so busy with his new computer that he

had time to help his mother. (hard)

3. "Go and have a rest. You shouldn't work so

." (hard)

4. From the top of the mountain he could see

across the countryside. (far)

5. What a

picture! (beautiful)

6. Arthur fought

and they won the battle. (good)

7. "I love you," Camilla said in a

voice. (soft)

8. The maid shut the door 9. They could hear a

. (quiet) cry. (terrible)

10. Suddenly he woke up because the phone rang 11. Jane opened the door 12. I like driving 13. She spoke to me very 14. Paul lay in bed

. (careful) . (fast) . (soft) . (quiet)

15. He tasted the various kinds of tea

. (careful)

. (loud)

ADJECTIVE OR ADVERB 4 1. Jane opened the box

. (careful)

2. Jim turned the book upside down 3. It is raining

. (heavy)

4. She dresses

. (beautiful)

5. Tom looked at my lunch 6. Please drive 7. He didn't sleep

. (quick)

. (hungry)

. (careful) . (good)

8. We didn't hurry. So we walked 9. New York is a

city. (big)

10. He won the race because he drove 11. It was 12. Mary jumped up

15. She came home

. (good)

for me to come. (impossible) . (happy)

13. She worked all the day. She feels 14. She dresses

. (slow)

. (pretty) . (late)

. (tired)

ADJECTIVE OR ADVERB 5 1. He didn't have an accident because he's an 2. Sam is good at sports. He always runs

. (fast)

3. His father is a manager. He works very 4. He won a prize. He is very 5. She felt

driver. (excellent)

. (hard)

. (happy)

. So she stayed at home. (ill)

6. The weather was

. It was cold all the time. (bad)

7. The exercise wasn't difficult. So we did it 8. The soup is great. It tastes

. (wonderful)

9. He always greets

. (friendly)

10. Today she skates

. (good)

11. The party was

. (wonderful)

12. The house seems to be so 13. Fish and chips taste 14. She drives

. (easy)

without you. (empty) . (fantastic)

. (careful)

15. She is a nice girl. She always answers

. (polite)

ADJECTIVE OR ADVERB 6 1. I am

tired. (terrible)

2. The man drove too 3. She sings

. (fast) . (good)

4. Mr Jones wrote the letter 5. The

. (quick)

film was over at 10 o'clock. (boring)

6. We ran to school

yesterday. (quick)

7. I have learned very 8. Five cars were

to pass the exam. (hard) damaged. (heavy)

9. Please read the instructions 10. The bus driver was

. (careful) . (angry)

11. His answer came

. (surprising)

12. Tom looked at my dinner 13. Nobody is 14. We played some 15. They talked to him

. (hungry)

. (perfect) games. (exciting) . (friendly)

ADJECTIVE OR ADVERB 7 1. She always works

. (careful)

2. Ann often behaves

in school. (bad)

3. He is often very

. (nervous)

4. He works very

. (good)

5. This steak tastes

. (great)

6. She looked at me

. (angry)

7. She looks

. (pretty)

8. They skate

. (good)

9. He was very

that he won the race. (happy)

10. That sounds

. (great)

11. The doctor felt his leg

. (gentle)

12. There was a

storm yesterday night . (heavy)

13. I like roses. They smell 14. Their son is 15. The cat's fur felt

. (good)

. (silly) and

. (soft / warm)

ADJECTIVE OR ADVERB 8 1. This lady has a

voice (loud).

2. Jack always speaks 3. Mary waits

(loud). in the doctor's waiting room (patient).

4. Dad was quite

yesterday (sleepy).

5. Jim picked up the phone and spoke 6. Mary works

(careful).

7. Jack is often

(happy).

8. Nelly walked around 9. That man is a

(quiet).

(nervous). person (nervous).

10. Susan and George work

(slow).

11. Jill runs to school

(fast).

12. Tom runs home

(quick).

13. His story sounds

(strange).

14. Paul is a policeman. He has a 15. The dog is always

(hungry).

job (dangerous).

ADJECTIVE OR ADVERB 9 1. The boys play tennis 2. They are 3. Frank sings

(good).

tennis players (good). (good).

4. Sandra speaks French

(perfect).

5. This pullover was

(expensive).

6. She looked for the purse 7. Paul walked home 8. Father spoke

(careful). (sad).

(angry).

9. She doesn't like sports. So, she 10. He is never

does any sports (hard).

(late).

11. She phoned me once a week. But 12. They did their homework 13. I must work

she didn't (late). (bad).

(hard).

14. I don't like her pictures. She paints 15. She likes the dress. It looks

(terrible). (modern).

ADJECTIVE OR ADVERB 10 1. Lucy is shy, so she cannot make friends 2. The dog looked

(easy)

, so we gave him some food. (hungry)

3. There was long applause because she sang 4. I asked her why she was 5. They spoke

, but she didn't tell me. (sad)

because the baby was asleep. (quiet)

6. My aunt is a

driver. (slow)

7. Was the exercise

? (easy)

8. He could swim

across the river. (easy)

9. You don't look very

. Are you ill? (good)

10. He drives too 11. This is my

. (beautiful)

. (dangerous) car. (new)

12. The soup tastes really

. (good)

13. Take an umbrella. It's raining

. (heavy)

14. What a

day! (beautiful)

15. She is a

tennis player, but her brother plays

. (bad / good)

ADJECTIVE OR ADVERB 11

arrogant badly beautiful beautifully boring clever different easily friendly good interesting nice w We have got a lot of

pupils in our class. Here are some of them: Sally is a

because she always gets good marks and she also plays the guitar very Sandra is even they think she is is The most

and

and she is the most and plays volleyball

. The boys think

girl, too. But the girls don't like her because . Everybody likes Pat because he

at playing football. And he also plays the saxophone very pupil is Cindy. She is tall, good looking and all the boys fall in love with her

She is very clever and she doesn't talk as

girl

as a lot of our other girl.

. .

ADJECTIVE OR ADVERB THE DIFFERENCE An adjective tells us more about a noun. Example: an expensive car, a clever girl An adverb tells us more about a verb. Example: He talked nervously.

HOW TO FORM THE ADVERB Adjective + ly sad

sadly

quiet

quietly

nervous

nervously

soft

softly

Adjectives ending in -y »»» ily happy

happily

angry

angrily

Adjectives ending in -le »»» ly terrible

terribly

capable

capably

Adjectives ending in -ly friendly

in a friendly way / manner

daily

daily

lively

in a lively way / manner

early

early

lonely

in a lonely way / manner

monthly

monthly

lovely

in a lovely way / manner

weekly

weekly

silly

in a silly way / manner

yearly

yearly

Irregular forms good

well

low

low

fast

fast

straight

straight

hard

hard

extra

extra

long

long

doubtless

doubtless

Double forms hard

hard

hardly = kaum

near

near

nearly = beinahe

late

late

lately = in letzter Zeit

HOW TO USE THE ADVERB Verb + adverb The adverb describes a verb. Example:

He

She

drove

carefully.

verb

adverb

sold

her

house quickly

verb

adverb

Adjective + adverb The adverb describes an adjective. Example:

Her necklace was

She

was

horribly

expensive.

adverb

adjective

terribly

sorry.

adverb

adjective

Adverb + adverb The adverb describes an adverb. Example: They

played

He did his homework

terribly

badly.

adverb

adverb

absolutely

correctly.

adverb

adverb

No adverb with the following verbs Forms of to be:

am, is, are, was, were, have been, had been, will be

seem, get, turn, grow, sound, feel, taste, become, smell, look (aussehen)