1. UWF WRITING LAB RULES OF THUMB FOR ADJECTIVE AND ADVERB USE
From Real Good Grammar, Too
by Mamie Webb Hixon
Created by April Turner

2. Adjectives and Adverbs
Use adjectives after sense verbs such as look, smell, taste, feel, or sound or after linking verbs (is, am, are, was, were and other forms of be): The steak tastes very good.
Most adverbs end in –ly; use adverbs after transitive and intransitive verbs/verbs of action: She submits her paperwork promptly.

3. Bad and Badly Bad is an adjective: I feel bad about the delay.
Badly is an adverb: It doesn't hurt so badly now.

4. Good and Well
Good is an adjective: You look good in blue. You wear it well.
Well is an adverb: He gets along well with his co-workers.
Well is also an adjective when it is used to refer to health: I am not well today.

5. Real and Really
Real is an adjective meaning "genuine"; really is an adverb: The admiral has real charm, so he is really charismatic.
The use of real as an adverb is colloquial or nonstandard: He writes real really well.

6. Sort of and kind of
Sort of and kind of are often misused in written English by writers who actually mean rather or somewhat: Lannie was kind of rather saddened by the results of the test.

7. Question and Answer Session
Are there any questions about the rules of using adjectives and adverbs?
PLEASE ASK!

8. LET’S PRACTICE!!!
Our minister pronounces his words very (precise, precisely).
PRECISELY
My pen was writing so (bad, badly) that I threw it away.
BADLY
The experts are (somewhat, kind of) undecided about the wisdom of such a tax.
SOMEWHAT
The woman looked (different, differently) than she did the day before.
DIFFERENT

9. LET’S PRACTICE A LITTLE MORE!!!
She looks (different, differently) at the situation now.
DIFFERENTLY
I feel (bad, badly) about missing the concert.
BAD
Make sure that she stirs the cookie batter (good, well).
WELL
Ted is a (real, really) good singer.
REALLY