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Adjectives and adverbs. Adjetivos y adverbios en inglés
ADJECTIVES:
Adjectives are words that we use to describe nouns, as in I have a new, red, velvet bag. New, red and velvet are adjectivesused to say what the bag is like.
Adjectives usually come before the noun they are modifying.
Adjectives will never vary according to the form of the noun
ADVERBS:
Adverbs are used to describeverbs, as in I walked slowly and carefully along the cliff. Slowly and carefully describe the way the speaker was walking.
Adverbs can come before or after the verb they are modifying.
Adverbs can berecognised by their form, function and position.
10.1 Function of the adverb
It can modify a range of other words or even sentences or phrases. In the examples below, the adverb is in bold andthe verb is in italics.
It can change a verb:
- Dave eats loudly. (How does Dave eat?)
- Ann works locally. (Where does Ann work?)
- She neverexercises. (When does she exercise?)
It can change an adjective:
- She is really pretty.
It can change another adverb:
- Bert drives incredibly slowly.
It can change awhole sentence:
- Obviously, I can't know everything.
It can change a prepositional phrase:
- It's immediately inside the door.
10.2 Form of the adverb
Mostadverbs can be formed from adjectives by adding ‘ly’ to the end of the adjective.
For example:
slow-slowly, quick-quickly, grand-grandly.
If the word ends in a ‘y’ like ‘happy’ then wechange the ‘y’ to ‘i’. For example: happy-happily.
There are some exceptions. In these cases the adverb does not change its form; examples are as follows: fast, very, never, always, often,still...etc
Some adverbs are unlike their verbs (irregulars), for example:
good has the adverb well.
10.3 Position of the adverb
The adverb has three main points of position:...
ADJECTIVES:
Adjectives are words that we use to describe nouns, as in I have a new, red, velvet bag. New, red and velvet are adjectivesused to say what the bag is like.
Adjectives usually come before the noun they are modifying.
Adjectives will never vary according to the form of the noun
ADVERBS:
Adverbs are used to describeverbs, as in I walked slowly and carefully along the cliff. Slowly and carefully describe the way the speaker was walking.
Adverbs can come before or after the verb they are modifying.
Adverbs can berecognised by their form, function and position.
10.1 Function of the adverb
It can modify a range of other words or even sentences or phrases. In the examples below, the adverb is in bold andthe verb is in italics.
It can change a verb:
- Dave eats loudly. (How does Dave eat?)
- Ann works locally. (Where does Ann work?)
- She neverexercises. (When does she exercise?)
It can change an adjective:
- She is really pretty.
It can change another adverb:
- Bert drives incredibly slowly.
It can change awhole sentence:
- Obviously, I can't know everything.
It can change a prepositional phrase:
- It's immediately inside the door.
10.2 Form of the adverb
Mostadverbs can be formed from adjectives by adding ‘ly’ to the end of the adjective.
For example:
slow-slowly, quick-quickly, grand-grandly.
If the word ends in a ‘y’ like ‘happy’ then wechange the ‘y’ to ‘i’. For example: happy-happily.
There are some exceptions. In these cases the adverb does not change its form; examples are as follows: fast, very, never, always, often,still...etc
Some adverbs are unlike their verbs (irregulars), for example:
good has the adverb well.
10.3 Position of the adverb
The adverb has three main points of position:...
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