adjectives

Adverbs/Adjectives/LinkingVerbs
Thefollowingisaminitutorialontheuseofadverbs,adjectives,andlinkingverbs.After
youhavestudiedthetutorial,completetheassociatedexercises.Ifyouarealreadyfamiliar
withthesetopics,youcanskiptheexplanationandgodirectlytotheexercises.

Adverbs
FORM
[adjective+ly]
Therearealsoirregularadverbssuchas"well"and"fast."

USE1
Adverbscanbeusedtomodifyverbs.
Examples:
Johnwalkedquicklytowardsthedoor.
Sallysatsilentlywaitingforsomebodyelsetospeakfirst.

USE2
Adverbscanbeusedtomodifyadjectives.
Examples:
Theredwoodtreewasimpressivelytall.
Theblousewasoutrageouslyexpensive.

USE3
Adverbscanbeusedtomodifyotheradverbs.
Examples:
Shespokeextremelyconfidently.
Thecheetahranincrediblyquickly.

Adjectives
FORM
Therearemanydifferentadjectiveendingsincluding"ive,""ous,""y,""ful,""ent"and
manyothers."Attractive,""envious,""lazy,""beautiful,"and"intelligent"arealladjectives.

USE1
Adjectivescanbeusedtomodifynouns.
Examples:
Jackdrivesabigcar.
Sallywritesbeautifulpoems.

USE2
Adjectivesoftenfollowlinkingverbs(describedbelow).
Examples:
Maxistall.
Sandraseemsmad.

LinkingVerbs
toappear
tobe
tobecome
tofeel
toget
togo
togrow
tolook

USE
Thelinkingverbsaboveareoftenfollowedbyadjectivesinsteadofadverbs.Insuch
situations,theadjectivedescribesthesubjectofthesentenceratherthantheverb.Study
theexamplesbelowtolearnthedifference.
Examples:

Maryseemedsad.Correct
Maryseemedsadly.NotCorrect
Thecaketastesgood.Correct
Thecaketasteswell.NotCorrect
Thetrainisslow.Correct
Thetrainisslowly.NotCorrect
Jamesgrewtired.Correct
Sarahremainedcalm.Correct
Themilkwentbad.Correct
Theseasturnedrough.Correct
Thenegotiationsprovedpointless.Correct

IMPORTANT
Theverbsinthelistabovearenotalwaysusedaslinkingverbs.Comparetheexamples
below.
Examples:
Sallygrewangry.
"ANGRY"DESCRIBESSALLY.INTHISSENTENCE,"TOGROW"ISBEINGUSEDASALINKINGVERBMEANING"TO
BECOME."

Theplantgrewquickly.
"QUICKLY"DOESNOTDESCRIBETHEPLANT,ITDESCRIBESTHEMANNERINWHICHITGROWS.INTHISSENTENCE,
"TOGROW"ISNOTBEINGUSEDASALINKINGVERB.
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Putthewordsinthecorrectorder.
1. andticketsarestudentscheaperunemployed.Theforthe
2. Theticketsarecheaperforstudentsandtheunemployed.
3.
boughtsuitI'velinenthewedding.newaforsmart
4. Iveboughtasmartnewlinensuitforthewedding.
5.
Youtheshouldotherhaveones.bought
6. Youshouldhaveboughttheotherones.
7.
foropportunitiesshouldprovideThethecouncilmoreyoung.
8. Thecouncilshouldprovidemoreopportunitiesfortheyoung.
9.

longdress.awearingMaya'sblack

10.

famousforwearingareTheclothes.stylishItalians

11.

haslovelywoodenaonHetheboatriver.old

12.
largeIt'swhitesofa.leathera
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adverbs
Writethewordsinthecorrectorder.

1. lateforisoftenFionaclass.
2. Fionaisoftenlateforclass.
3. awehadtakenmap.Luckily
4. Luckily,wehadtakenamap.
5. angry.getsteacherseldomOur
6. Ourteacherseldomgetsangry.
7. Myhappilyareandwifeverymarried.I
8. MywifeandIareveryhappilymarried.
9. toHe'sgoingOctober.universitynext
10. HesgoingtouniversitynextOctober.
11. veryitdidn'tatweekend.rainFortunatelythemuch
12. Fortunately,itdidntrainverymuchattheweekend.
13. admitthatwell.UnitedincrediblyplayedImust
14. Imustadmit,Unitedplayedincrediblywell.
15. weatherwerequiteweekend.thisluckywiththeWe
16. Wewerequiteluckywiththeweatherthisweekend.

List of 100 Adverbs

http://grammar.yourdictionary.com/partsofspeech/adverbs/listof100adverbs.html

Thislistof100adverbscanalsobeusefulwhenunderstandingwhatanadverbisandhow
toidentifyone:
1. AccidentallyIaccidentally(break)
2. Yesterday,Imetmywifebyaccidentaccidentlyoutsidethecornershop.
3. AlwaysIalwaysgotoUniversityatthecrackofdawn=veryearly.
4. AngrilyIangrilyshoutmymumshoutedatmeangrilyforwearingherdress.
5. AnxiouslyIanxiouslyawait
6. AwkwardlyIawkwardlyjump
7. BadlyIbadlywant
8. Blindly
9. Boastfully
10. BoldlyIboldlygo
11. BravelyIbravelylead
12. Brightly
13. Cheerfully
14. Coyly
15. Crazily
16. Defiantly
17. DeftlyIdeftlymaneuver
18. Deliberately
19. DevotedlyIdevotedlycall
20. Doubtfully

21. DramaticallyIdramaticallysigh
22. DutifullyIdutifullyattend
23. Eagerly
24. Elegantly
25. Enormously
26. Evenly
27. EventuallyIlleventuallycome
28. Exactly
29. Faithfully
30. Finally
31. FoolishlyIfoolishlycharged
32. FortunatelyIfortunatelyreceived
33. FranticallyIfranticallylooked
34. FrequentlyIfrequentlystay
35. Gleefully
36. Gracefullyshedancesgracefully

37. Happily
38. Hastily
39. Honestly
40. HopelesslyIhopelesslywait
41. Hourly
42. HungrilyIhungrilyate
43. Innocently
44. Inquisitively
45. Irritably

46. Jealously
47. JustlyIjustlydeserved
48. KindlyThekindlyoldman
49. Lazily
50. LooselyThelooselytiedknot
51. Madly
52. Merrily
53. MortallyImortallywounded
54. MysteriouslyThemysteriouslyabsentstranger
55. Nervously
56. NeverIneverwhisper
57. Obediently
58. ObnoxiouslyTheobnoxiouslyloudphone
59. OccasionallyIoccasionallygiggle
60. OftenIoftensmile
61. OnlyTheonlywhitedog
62. Perfectly
63. Politely
64. Poorly
65. Powerfully
66. PromptlyHepromptlyarrived
67. QuicklyIquicklyrun
68. RapidlyIrapidlyfall
69. RarelyIrarelyyell
70. ReallyThereallyprettyhouse
71. RegularlyYourregularlyscheduledprogram
72. RudelyIrudelyshouted

73. Safely
74. SeldomIseldomcry
75. Selfishly
76. SeriouslyTheseriouslyearlyboy
77. Shakily
78. Sharply
79. Silently
80. SlowlyIslowlywalk
81. Solemnly
82. SometimesIsometimesfrown
83. SpeedilyIspeedilydeliver
84. SteadilyIsteadilystride
85. SternlyIsternlyscolded
86. Technically
87. Tediously
88. Tenderly
89. Terrifically
90. TightlyThetightlywoundthread
91. Totally
92. Tremendously
93. UnexpectedlyIunexpectedlyarrived
94. UsuallyIusuallyleave
95. Victoriously
96. Vivaciously
97. Warmly
98. Wearily
99. Weekly

100.

Wildly

101.

Yearly

What Is an Adverb
Anadverbaddstoaverb.Inotherwords,anadverbdescribes,modifiesorprovidesmore
informationaboutaverbinasentence.So,ifyousaid"Iamgoingtoquicklyruntothe
store,"theadverbinthatsentence(quickly)wouldbemodifyingtheverbrun.
Adverbscanbeconfusedwithadjectives,whichalsomodifythings.However,adjectives
modifynounsandpronouns.Ifyousaid"Ihaveanicedog,"dogisthenounwhichisbeing
modifiedbytheadjectivenice.Ontheotherhand,ifyousaidthat"Mydogbehavesnicely,"
behaveswouldbetheadverbmodifyingtheverb.
Inadditiontoverbs,adverbsalsomodifyadjectivesandotheradverbs.So,whenyousay"I
havethemostbeautifuldog,"thedogisthenoun,beautifulistheadjectivedescribingthe
noun,andmostistheadverbdescribingbeautiful.

Identifying Adverbs
Incaseyouhaventfigureditoutbynow,thereisatrendwhenitcomestoidentifying
adverbs.Many,butnotalladverbs,endinthelettersly.Luckily,thislittletrickmakesit
relativelyeasytoidentifyadverbsinsentences.However,thisisnotalwaysthecase,as
somefrequencyadverbs,suchasalways,often,sometimes,seldom,andnever,donot
followthisrule.Still,itcanbeagoodtiptohelpyoualongtheway.