ADJECTIVE OR ADVERB

An adjective tells us more about a noun. Example: an expensive car, a clever girl .An
adverb tells us more about a verb. Example: He talked nervously.
Adjective + ly
sad
nervous

sadly
nervously

quiet
soft

happily

angry

quietly
softly

Adjectives ending in -y ily

happy

angrily

Adjectives ending in -le ly

terrible

terribly

capable

capably

Adjectives ending in -ly

friendly
lively
lonely
lovely
silly

in a friendly way / manner

in a lively way / manner
in a lonely way / manner
in a lovely way / manner
in a silly way / manner

daily
early
monthly
weekly
yearly

daily
early
monthly
weekly
yearly

:Silly > He behaved in a silly way.

Friendly > She spoke in a friendly way.
With adjectives ending in -ic, add ally: automatic > automatically, academic > academically
Irregular forms
good
fast
hard
late

well
fast
hard
late

low
straight
extra
long

low
straight
extra
long

Double forms
hard
near
late

hard
near
late

hardly = jedva
nearly = skoro
lately = u skorije vrijeme

A few adverbs of manner have the same form as the adjective:

The tests are hard
She is late
He is fast

They all worked hard.

She usually arrives late.
I hate driving fast.

He is early. He went home early

He is good at English. He speaks English well.
Note: hardly and lately have different meanings:
He could hardly walk = It was difficult for him to walk.
I havent seen John lately = I havent seen John recently.
Adverbs of manner tell us how someone does something or how something happens. They usually come after
the main verb:

He drank quickly. [after the verb]

He drank the water quickly. [after the object]
He drank (quickly) the water. [NOT between the verb and object]
No adverb with the following verbs
Forms of to be: am, is, are, was, were, have been, had been,
will be
seem, get, turn, grow, sound, feel, taste, become, smell,
look

Adjectives

Adverbs

1 ____________________
early
2
3

bad

____________________
____________________

beautiful

4 ____________________

carefully

5 ____________________
6 ____________________

easily

7
8

hard

fast
____________________

good

1 They dance the cha-cha-cha ________________________ (beautiful)

2 She planned their trip to Greece very ________________________. (careful)
3 Jim painted the kitchen very ________________________. (bad)
4 She speaks very ________________________. (quiet)
5 Turn the stereo down. It's too ________________________. (loud / loudly)
6 He skipped ________________________ down the road to school. (happy)
7 He drives too ________________________. (fast)
8 She knows the road ________________________. (good)
9 He plays the guitar ________________________. (terrible)
10 We're going camping tomorrow so we have to get up ________________________. (early)
11 Andy doesn't often work ________________________. (hard)
12 Sometimes our teacher arrives ________________________ for class. (late)
Read each statement. Use the adjective in parentheses to make another
statement with an adverb.
Example: My son is a careful driver.
My son drives carefully.
1. Baryshnikov is a graceful dancer.
________________________________________________
2. Uta Piipig is a fast runner.
________________________________________________
3. My father is a patient teacher.
________________________________________________
4. The President is an effective speaker.
________________________________________________
5. Andrea Bocelli is a wonderful singer.
________________________________________________
6. Teachers are hard workers.
________________________________________________
7. He is a well behaved child. (polite)
________________________________________________
8. Some students are fast learners.
________________________________________________
9. These painters are messy workers. (sloppy)
________________________________________________
10.
She is a quick thinker.
________________________________________________

11.

He is a good tennis player.

___________________________________________________
Adjective or adverb
1. He is a _______________boy. (clever)
2. He is tired because he has worked ______________ (hard)
3. He isnt tired because he has ______________ worked. (hard)
4. She is a ___________girl. (quiet)
5. She went to bed_______________. (quiet)
6. He is not a good student but he writes ____________ (good)
7. You should speak more_______________. (soft)
8. The children behaved__________. (bad)
9. The brave men fought ____________ (brave)
10. They lived together _____________(happy)
11. She looks ____________ (pretty)
12. That milk tastes ______________ (sour)
13. I dont know _____________where they live. (exact)
14. She turned _____________ (pale)
15. This brown fur feels _____________ (soft)
16. Mary always dresses _________________(beautiful)
17. Yes, it was raining __________________for two hours. (heavy)
18. He has painted it _____________ (nice)
19. What a ___________worker he is! (quick)
20. He is always very_______________. (polite)
21. He is often ______________(nervous)
22. They saw a ________________ butterfly on a rose. (beautiful)
23. When the teacher heard about the missing book he said_____________:"You should be more
careful." (angry)
24.When he told him the truth, he was ______________ (quiet)
25. "This wound looks ______________", the doctor said. (bad)