Adjective or adverb?. The Basic Rules: Adjectives Which? / Vilken? What kind of? / Hurudan? How many? / Hur många? Calvin and Hobbes put on some loud,

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Adjective or adverb?

The Basic Rules: Adjectives Which? / Vilken? What kind of? / Hurudan? How many? / Hur många? Calvin and Hobbes put on some loud, groovy music. It’s a beautiful song! They are both fast runners Calvin is so angry and loud!

The Basic Rules: Adverbs Adverbs modify verbs, adjectives, and other adverbs. The most common question that adverbs answer is how? Calvin and Hobbes run as fast as they can Calvin and Hobbes dance well The singer sings beautifully Calvin screams loudly and angrily. He holds on as hard as he can.

Some other rules: verbused with an adjectiveused with an adverb looklook good (= appearance)look well (= healthy) feelfeel good (= state of health/mind) feel well (= have a good sense of touch) smellsmell good (= odour)smell well (= have a good sense of smell) tastetaste good (= preference)taste well (= have a good sense of taste) Some verbs can only be used with adjectives, others might change their meaning when used with an adverb.

Comparison of adjectives Jämförelse av adjektiv PositiveComparativeSuperlative sweetsweeterthe sweetest badworsethe worst efficientmore efficientthe most efficient Averell William Jack Joe Långa adjektiv kompareras med more och most beautifulmore beautifulthe most beautiful Jack is quite tall, but William is even taller...and Averell is the tallest of them all! Enstaviga adjektiv kompareras med ändelserna –er och -est Vissa adjektiv kompareras oregelbundet good betterthe best badworsethe worst

Comparison of adverbs Enstaviga adverb kompareras med –er och –est Soonsoonerthe soonest Adverb med –ly kompareras med more och most This time his essay was more carefully written Oregelbunden komparation Muchmorethe most Littlelessthe least Ill/badlyworsethe worst Wellbetterthe best Farfarther/furtherthe farthest/furthest Would you like to run faster than Usain Bolt?