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ADJECTIVE & ADVERB [DWS] [DWS] Adj & Adv
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Adjectives modify only noun, pronouns, and linking verbs
Adjectives modify only noun, pronouns, and linking verbs. Adjectives normally precede the noun they modify, or follow linking verbs. [DWS] Adj & Adv
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Example: Beautiful girl Interesting story Red dress Important meeting
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Adverbs modify verbs (except the linking verbs), adjective, or other adverbs. Many descriptive adjectives can be changed to adverbs by adding –ly to the adjective base. [DWS] Adj & Adv
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Adjective Adverb Bright Brightly Careful Carefully Slow Slowly Quiet
Quietly [DWS] Adj & Adv
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Exercise [Adjecvtive or Adverb] Rita plays the violin [good/well]
That is an [intense/intensely] game. The sun is shining [bright/brightly] The girls speak [fluent/fluently] English. [DWS] Adj & Adv
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The boys speak Spanish [fluent/fluently]
The table has a [smooth/smoothly] surface. We must figure our income tax returns [accurate/accurately] [DWS] Adj & Adv
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We don’t like to drink [bitter/bitterly] tea.
The plane will arrive [soon/soonly] He had an accident because he was driving too [fast/fastly] [DWS] Adj & Adv
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LINKING VERBS [COPULATIVE VERBS] Be Seem Taste Become Sound Appear Remain Feel Smell Stay Look
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Marry feels bad about her test grade.
Children become tired quite easily. Lucy will look radiant in her new dress. They were sorry to see us leave. The flowers smell sweet. [DWS] Adj & Adv
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Exercises Your cold sounds [terrible/terribly]
The pianist plays very [good/well] The food in the restaurant always taste [good/well] The campers remained [calm/calmly] despite the thunderstorm] Exercises [DWS] Adj & Adv
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Exercises The became [sick/sickly] after eating the contaminated food.
Our neighbour appeared [relaxed/relaxedly] after their vacation. The music sounded too [noisy/noisily] to be classical. Exercises [DWS] Adj & Adv
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