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The Adverb. The different use of adjectives and adverbs. The Adverb. Adjectives modify (beschreiben, näher bestimmen) nouns and pronouns :. Mr Jones is a careful driver . Why are you nervous before a test?. The Adverb. Adverbs modify verbs , adjectives or other adverbs :.
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The Adverb The different use of adjectives and adverbs
The Adverb • Adjectives modify (beschreiben, näher bestimmen) nouns and pronouns: Mr Jones is a carefuldriver. Why are younervous before a test?
The Adverb • Adverbs modify verbs, adjectives or other adverbs: Mr Jones drivescarefully, especially at night. You are extremelynervous before a test, aren't you? The new actor played fairlywell.
The Adverb • Use an adjective (not an adverb) after certain verbs: to be; to become, grow, turn, get (= werden); to feel; to look (= aussehen); taste, smell; sound, seem
Use an Adjective! • She isangry. • Our new classmate is becoming more and more popular. • The noise grewlouder. He is growingfat. • The milk will turnbad (sour) if you don't put it in the fridge. • The grass is gettinghigh. • This volleyball feelshard.
Use an Adjective! • Your test looks good. • The apple-pie tastes delicious. • This bread smells fresh. • The old records sound terrible on my new record-player. • Grandma seemed tired after the journey.
The formation of adverbs • slow-ly, nice-ly, careful-ly, ... • 'le' is dropped: probable - probably, simple - simply, possible - possibly, ... • 'y' changes to 'i': happy - happily, angry – angrily, ... • friendly - in a friendly waysilly - in a silly way/stupidly