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    Word Formation Adverbs and Adjectives Contrast Part 3 2

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    This document provides an overview of adjectives and adverbs. It defines adjectives as words that describe nouns, expressing qualities like size, color, or opinion. Adverbs are defined as words that describe verbs, adjectives, other adverbs, or whole sentences, expressing manner, time, place, frequency, or degree. The document outlines rules for forming adjectives and adverbs, provides examples of each part of speech, and directs the reader to exercises for additional practice with adjectives and adverbs.

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    This document provides an overview of adjectives and adverbs. It defines adjectives as words that describe nouns, expressing qualities like size, color, or opinion. Adverbs are defined as words that describe verbs, adjectives, other adverbs, or whole sentences, expressing manner, time, place, frequency, or degree. The document outlines rules for forming adjectives and adverbs, provides examples of each part of speech, and directs the reader to exercises for additional practice with adjectives and adverbs.

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    Word Formation Adverbs and Adjectives Contrast Part 3 2

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    In today’s lesson we’ll learn about adjectives and adverbs.

     Adverbs and adjectives

    ADJECTIVES ADVERBS
    Describe nouns, i.e. they describe people, places, They describe verbs, i.e. activities and actions, or
    objects and animals. adjectives, other adverbs, or sentences.
    Tom is a good-looking man. a) Bolt ran quickly. (It describes how he ran)
    Paris is an interesting city. b) She is a very nice person. (it refers to “nice”)
    The cake tastes delicious. c) Dad was driving very carefully. (it refers to
    That cat is a wild animal. carefully)
    d) Suddenly, we heard a loud noise. (it refers to
    the whole sentence)
    They express opinion or facts (age, size, colour, origin, They express:
    material) a) Manner: how? Slowly
    b) Time: when? yesterday
    c) Place: where? Next door
    d) Frequency: how often? usually
    e) Degree: to what extend something happens
    absolutely
    There are compound adjectives which are formed with: Adverbs are formed from adjectives.
    a. Present participles a never-ending story a. Adj +ly quick – quickly
    b. Past participles a broken-down fridge b. Adj. ending cons+y - ily sleepy- sleepily
    c. Cardinal numbers a three-hour journey c. Adj- ic + ally tragic- tragically
    d. Well, badly + past participle well-behaved child See more rules in the chart below.
    Some words have two forms for adjectives with Some adjectives and adverbs have the same form.
    different meanings: gold/golden, silk/ silky, These biscuits are very hard. (adjective)
    stone/stony, etc. The nouns for material are used as He works hard. (adverb)
    adjectives, e.g. a gold ring (made of gold). But they can Bella Donna is a weekly magazine. (adjective)
    be used in a metaphorical way This magazine comes out weekly. (adverb)
    See more examples below (chart 2)
    There are some adverbs that have two forms with different meanings.
    MORE PRACTICE GO TO THE USE OF ENGLISH SECTION HANDOUT

    EXERCISES Page 33 – 38 KEYS 43-44-45


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