How to use Adjectives and Adverbs

 Adverbs can modify verbs here: drive, adjectives or other adverbs.. modify an adj She moved quite slowly down to the aisle... Definition Adverbs usually go after verbs Ex: He walks s

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1 Definition

Adjectives tell us something about a person or

a thing Adjectives can modify nouns (here: girl)

or pronouns (here: she)

 Adjectives describe nouns by giving some

information about an object’s size, shape, age,

color, origin or material

They go before the noun and They can also be

alone after the verb to be

They have the same form in the singular and plural

Ex: He is young and famous

I’ve got an expensive car

This is a big house

This, that, these, those

Ex: That man is very handsome These girls are good-looking

 Some, any, much, many, a few,

a little, a lot of, lots of…

Ex: I’ve got some friends

 Every, each, another, other,…

Ex: Each student is very friendly

They speak to another person

2 Types of Adjective

Descriptive Adjective is the

adjective that is used to tell the sorts

2 Types of Adjective

 Interrogative Adjective is the

adjective that is used to ask the question They are whose, what, which….

Example:

 Which animal do you like?

 What food do you prefer?

 Whose book is that?

What Do Adjectives Look Like?

-able/-ible – adorable, responsible,

uncomfortable

-al – educational,

-an – American, Mexican

-ar – popular

-ent – intelligent, silent, violent

-ful – harmful, powerful

-ic/-ical – athletic, magic, scientific

-ile – fragile

-ive – informative, native, talkative

-less – careless, homeless

-ous – cautious, dangerous, enormous

-some – awesome, handsome,

1. The car sustained heavy damage in the accident.

2. He has written several stories

3.  A dog is very faithful to its master. 

4. Every man has his duties

5. He is a man of few words

6. Neither party is quite in the right

7.  Which color do you prefer?

8. The way was long, the wind was cold

9. He calls me every day

10.I have not seen him in several days. 

11.John won the second prize. 

12.He was absent from the class. 

13.He died a glorious death. 

14.A small leak is enough to sink a great ship. 

15.King Francis was a hearty king and loved a royal sport

Adverbs

1 Definition

Adverbs describe verbs It shows how, where,

when or how often someone does something

Ex: He walked slowly (How?)

He stays here (Where?)

He wakes up early (When?)

He plays football once a week (how often?)

 Adverbs can modify verbs (here: drive), adjectives

or other adverbs

Ex: He drove slowly (modify a verb)

He drove a very fast car (modify an adj)

She moved quite slowly down to the aisle

(modify a adverb)

1 Definition

 Adverbs usually go after verbs Ex: He walks slowly

She sings beautifully

the verb, e.g the adverbs of frequency (often, always…)

Ex: She often visits her parents

Adjective vs Adverbs

Adjective Adverb

Mandy is a careful girl Mandy drives carefully

She is very careful She drives carefully

Mandy is a careful driver This sentence is about Mandy, the driver, so use the adjective

Mandy drives carefully This sentence is about her way of driving, so use the adverb

If the adjective ends in -y, change -y to -i Then add -ly:

Ex: happy – happily

but: shy – shyly

If the adjective ends in -le, the adverb ends

in -ly:

Ex: terrible – terribly

If the adjective ends in -e, then add -ly:

Ex: safe – safely

but: gentle - gently

If the adjective ends in -ic, add -ally

Ex: Basic - basically

but: public -> publicly

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

There is no adverb for an adjective

ending in -ly.

b Tính từ kết thúc bằng -ly thì ta

dùng cụm “in a… way” để thể hiện cách thức

Ex: Silly  He behaved in a silly way

Friendly  He spoke in a friendly

way.

Ex: He drives too fast He drives too fastly

He speaks English well He speaks English good

My mother always works hard My mother always works hardly

They arrived late for the party They arrived

lately for the party

Note: some verbs take an adj not an adv

Look, smell, sound, feel, taste + adj

Ex: They look happy

3 Use of Adverbs

Ex: The handball team played badly last Saturday.

Ex: It was an extremely bad match.

4 Types of Adverbs

Adverbs of Manner : trạng ngữ chỉ thể cách

   She moved slowly and spoke quietly.

Adverbs of Place: trạng ngữ chỉ nơi chốn

   She has lived on the island all her life

   She still lives there now.

Adverbs of Frequency: trạng ngữ chỉ sự thường xuyên

   She takes the boat to the mainland every day.

   She often goes by herself.

Adverbs of Time: trạng ngữ chỉ thời gian

   She tries to get back before dark.

   It's starting to get dark now.

Adverbs of degree: trạng ngữ chỉ mức độ

She is running very fast

You speak too quickly for me to understand

5 Position of adverbs

Adverb at the beginning of a sentence

Ex: Unfortunately, we could not see Everest Mount

Adverb in the middle of a sentence

Ex: The children often ride their bikes

Adverb at the end of a sentence

Ex: Andy reads a comic every afternoon

If there are more adverbs at the end of a

sentence, the word order is normally:

Manner – Place – Frequency -TimeEx: Peter sang the song happily in the bathroom

yesterday evening