Sunday, January 20, 2013

Adjectives x Adverbs

I've been dying to open a new label on this blog! I finally found it: Adjectives x Adverbs!

First, do you know what is the difference between adjectives and adverbs?

Adjectives are those words used to describe an noun, which can be object, place, animal, people and like so on.
For example: My lunch is tasty.
The museum is beautiful inside.

Both tasty and beautiful describe the noun lunch and museum. These characterize the nouns.

Now, let's see the Adverbs! Adverbs are used to describe verbs! That's why they have the word verb in it.
For example: Anna opened the box carefully.
Coca-Cola is internationally known.

Both adverbs internationally and carefully were used to describe verbs. Anna not only opened the box, she also opened it carefully! Coca-cola is not only known, it is internationally known.

Below here you can see some other examples of adjectives+LY. All words on the right side are adjectives and all words on the left are adverbs:

Slow - Slowly
Careful - Carefully
Quiet - Quietly
Heavy - Heavily
Bad - Badly
Tight - Tightly

NOTE: Not all words ended in "LY" are adverbs!
Ex: Lonely (adjective), Lovely (adjective), Silly (adjective), Elderly (adjective).

Could you see the difference? Any questions?

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