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Unit 1-A Adjectives vs. Manner adverbs

Learn how adjectives describe nouns' characteristics and adverbs describe actions' intensity or manner in English grammar. Discover regular and irregular adverbs, suffixes, and examples.

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Unit 1-A Adjectives vs. Manner adverbs

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  1. Unit 1-AAdjectives vs. Manneradverbs Touchstone 3 A class by Mr. Jean Paul Quiñonez

  2. Whatisanadjective? • Myfatheris a goodsurgeon. • José worksfor a bigcompany. • Yourparents are fantasticwiththeirfriends. • Mycatisfastwhenithuntsmice. No matter singular or plural, itqualifiesthenounaboutitscharacteristics.

  3. Whatisanadverb? • Myfatheris a verygoodsurgeon. • José worksfor a reallybigcompany. • Yourparents are quite fantasticwiththeirfriends. • Mycatisextremelyfastwhenithuntsmice. It describes theintensityormanneranactionis done

  4. However We can change some adjectives into adverbs for manner by using the suffix -ly • Mydaughterdoesherhomeworkperfectly. • I justwantto do itpatiently. • Life in thatislandpassespeacefully. • Don’tyouwanttogettothat place fast?

  5. Regular adverbsending in - ly • Extreme extremely • Patientpatiently • Easyeasily • Automaticautomatically • Peacefulpeacefully • SpecificEspecifically In most cases wejustaddthesuffix LY, butdependingontheadjective, we can addLLYorALLY.

  6. Irregular adverbs of manner • Goodwell • Fastfast • Late late • Hardhard Wedon’t use theseadjectiveswith a suffixduetothenature of theadjective and theadverb.

  7. Wenever use anadjectiveto describe anaction… butanadverb • I am happyaboutyourpromotion. (adjective) Wedidallthepartypreparationhappily. (adverb) • Mysisterisfast. (adjective) Sherun home fasttobringherjacket. (adverb) • I feltsafebecausemy dad wasdriving. (adjective) Myfatherdrovesafelyallthewayback. (adverb)

  8. Ontheotherside We can use otherverbsbuttheverb BE to describe what a nounfeels. I feelverysadwhenshedoesn’tcall me. Itdoesn’tseemgoodforhertotravelnow. The taxi driver gotwelltwodaysaftertheaccident. Although I can say: “I feel strongly about it”.

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