Adjectives and Adverbs - Nada Kvacanovic

ADJECTIVES AND ADVERBS

Both adjectives and adverbs are modifying ords! Adjectives describe no"ns# hich they "s"a$$y %recede# a$tho"gh they can a$so be "sed ith $in&ing verbs ' be, become, get, grow, prove, smell, feel, look, sound, taste, seem… (! They te$$ "s hat something is $i&e! Adverbs describe verbs# adjectives# other adverbs or ho$e sentences! They te$$ "s when, where, how often or often  or why  things  things ha%%en! I

Iden Identi tify fy the the ita$ ita$ic ici) i)ed ed or ord as an adje adject ctiv ive e or an adve adverb rb**

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II .ost .ost adve adverrbs of ma manner nner are fo formed med by by add addin ing g th the –ly  s"67  s"67 to adjectives! Change the fo$$oing adjectives to –ly  adverbs!  adverbs! .a&e hatever s%e$$ing changes are necessary* b"sy cheerf"$ e7cessive sim%$e h"mb$e e2"a$ "nfort"nate 8erce tota$ systematic occasiona$ gay %"b$ic

%ossib$e sincere

accidenta$

tr"e f"$$ sensib$e ho$e

e6cient s&i$$f"$ favorab$e nasty

cr"e$ mechanica$ evident ho%e$ess dry basic

III III Some Some adv adver erbs bs hi hich ch hav have e the the same same for form m as thei theirr cor corres%o es%ond ndin ing g adje adject ctiv ive# e# have a di9erent meaning from the form ending in –ly * deep : deep : a $ong ay don   deeply  :  : great$y full : full : e7act$y# very   fully  :  : com%$ete$y hard : hard : intent$y# ith e9ort   hardly  :  : scarce$y last  :  : after a$$ others   lastly  :  : 8na$$y free : free : itho"t cost   freely  :  : i$$ing$y direct  :  : by the shortest ro"te ro"te   directly  :  : immediate$y high : high : to a high $eve$   highly  :  : very m"ch sure : sure : certain$y   surely : itho"t a do"bt wide : to the f"$$est e7tent %ossib$e   widely  :  : to a $arge e7tent short  :  : s"dden$y   shortly : soon easy : gent$y and s$o$y   easily  :  : itho"t di6c"$ty near  :  : c$ose   nearly : a$most  pretty : fair$y   prettily : in a %retty ay wrong : incorrect$y   wrongly  :  : "nj"st$y

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