ADJECTIVES & ADVERBS I. Many adverbs are made from an adjective + -ly: Adjective: Quick serious careful quiet heavy Abverb: Quickly seriously carefully quietly heavily Adjective: Fluent special continuos frequent happy Abverb: Fluently specially continuosly frequently happily Adjective: nervous perfect bad complete successful Abverb: nervously perfectly badly completely successfully Examples: The driver of the car was seriously injured in the accident. Our holiday was too short. The time went very quickly. Not all words ending in –ly are adverbs. Some adjectives end in –ly,for example: Lovely lonely lively silly friendly elderly II. Compare the adverbs and the adjectives in the sentence below: Adjective + noun Linking verb + adjective (especially be) Tom is a careful driver. We didn’t go out because the heavy rain. Please be quiet. I as disappointed that the exam result was so bad. Why do you look so serious? She speaks perfect Englih. Adjective+noun Compare: Tom looked sad when I saw him. Ordinary verb + adverb Be + adverb + adjective Tom drove carefully a long the road. We didn’ go out because it was raining heavily. Please speak quietly. I was disappointed that I did so badly in the exam. Why do you take me seriously? She speaks English perfectly. Verb+object+adverb Tom looked at me sadly. III. We also use adverbs before adjectives and other adverbs. For example: Resonably cheap (adverb + adjective) Terribly sorry (adverb + adjective)(very) Incredibly quickly (adverb + adverb) Examples: It’s a reasonably cheap restaurant and the food is extremely good. Tom learns language incredibly quickly. The examination was surprisingly easy. I’m terribly sorry. I didn’t mean to push you. We can also use an adverb before a past participle (injured,organised,written…) Two people were seriously injured in the accident. The meeting was very badly organised. Note: -Incredibly:impossible to believe Adjectives & Adverbs . example: Lovely lonely lively silly friendly elderly II. Compare the adverbs and the adjectives in the sentence below: Adjective + noun Linking verb + adjective. Verb+object+adverb Tom looked at me sadly. III. We also use adverbs before adjectives and other adverbs. For example: Resonably cheap (adverb + adjective) Terribly