Quick English Grammar

ADJECTIVES AND ADVERBS

Adjectives describe nouns

A bad teacher...

A quick thinker...

A beautiful dancer...

(article/adjective/noun)

A talented horse rider...

(article/adjective/noun)

The famous Mona Lisa,...

(article/adjective/noun)

Adverbs describe verbs, adjectives and other adverbs

...teaches badly.

...thinks quickly.

...dances beautifully

(verb/adverb)

...on an incredibly quick horse …

(article/adverb/adjective/noun)

...very beautifully painted by …

(adverb/adverb/verb)

To change most adjectives into adverbs, just add "-ly"

slow

tired

sad

slowly

tiredly

sadly

To change adjectives ending in "-y" into adverbs, change the "-y" to "-ily"

happy

funny

happily

funnily

Some adjectives end in "-ly"

lovely

silly

lively

Some adjectives and adverbs are irregular

good

fantastic

hard

well (=fine)

late

recent

fast

incredible

beautiful

well

fantastically

hard

-

late

recently (=lately)

fast

incredibly

beautifully

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