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Adverbs & adjectives

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Learn how to describe people, places, things and verbs with precision using adjectives and adverbs.
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Conversation practice

Answer the following questions. Try to find adjectives or adverbs in each of them.
  1. Do you know a dog which barks loudly?
  1. Do you know any beautiful tourist spots?
  1. Can you cook well?
  1. Would you say that you’re a hard worker?
  1. Does it bother you when people are frequently late?

Theory part 1

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More spelling tips! If an adjective ends in ‘y’, change it to ‘i’ and add ‘ly’. → Wyatt was a noisy puppy. → Wyatt barked noisily when he saw me. If an adjective ends in ‘le’, omit the ‘e’ and add ‘ly’. → Wyatt is a terrible singer. → The fireworks scared Wyatt terribly. If an adjective ends in ‘ic’, change it to ‘ally’. → Wyatt is still a very energetic dog. → Wyatt wagged his tail energetically when I showed him the treats.

Exercise 1

Choose the correct word and answer the questions.
  1. Do you usually eat slow/slowly or quick/quickly?
  1. Are you more comfortable in loud/loudly or quiet/quietly environments?
  1. Are you a patient/patiently or impatient/impatiently person by nature?
  1. Do you pay attention to details in your work close/closely?
  1. Are you calm/calmly in stressful situations?
Extra questions:

Exercise 2

Choose the correct word in each sentence.
  1. He quick/quickly finished her homework and went outside to play.
  1. She lifted the heavy/heavily box and carried it.
  1. The loud/loudly thunder shook the entire house.
  1. Jim spoke kind/kindly to his friend who was feeling blue.
  1. The doctor patient/patiently listened to the patient's concerns.
  1. The close/closely friends shared their secrets with each other.
  1. He easy/easily solved the puzzle in a matter of seconds.
  1. The quiet/quietly library was a perfect place to study.
Answer key
What does it mean to feel blue? 💙🐋🫐 I explain it in this video:
Justyna Surma on Instagram: "Wyatt is feeling blue. 💙🐋🫐 What does it mean? A) He's hungry. B) He's sad. C) He's worried. #ESL #englishpronunciation #englishtips #englishexpressions #learnenglishonline #bordercollie"
12 likes, 1 comments - Justyna Surma (@learn_with_sip_of_english) on Instagram: "Wyatt is feeling blue. 💙🐋🫐 What does it mean? A) He's hungry. B) He's sad. C) He's worr..."
Justyna Surma on Instagram: "Wyatt is feeling blue. 💙🐋🫐 What does it mean? A) He's hungry. B) He's sad. C) He's worried. #ESL #englishpronunciation #englishtips #englishexpressions #learnenglishonline #bordercollie"
https://www.instagram.com/reel/CopO53aP5Uq/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link&igshid=MzRlODBiNWFlZA==
Justyna Surma on Instagram: "Wyatt is feeling blue. 💙🐋🫐 What does it mean? A) He's hungry. B) He's sad. C) He's worried. #ESL #englishpronunciation #englishtips #englishexpressions #learnenglishonline #bordercollie"

Exercise 3

Choose the correct word and watch the clips.
1. “Do you want to stand awkward/awkwardly in the corner with me?”
A post shared by dinosaur couch (@dinosaurcouch)
A post shared by dinosaur couch (@dinosaurcouch)
https://www.instagram.com/reel/Co4__UaIRoe/?igshid=MDJmNzVkMjY=
A post shared by dinosaur couch (@dinosaurcouch)
2. "Come on, you're a wonderful/wonderfully dancer." "Mum, I suck.”
3. "It’s a nice/nicely gesture. It is, but it feels like charity”
4."Look how clean/cleanly that splits the coconut open there.”
✂️ split a line right across the centre
8 seconds · Clipped by Justyna Surma · Original video "How To Open Coconuts Without Any Tools! TKOR's Easy Way Of Cracking Coconuts!" by TKOR
✂️ split a line right across the centre
https://youtube.com/clip/UgkxHSDx5LI5vaK3NwgIfQohQRCxq4I8wxkH
✂️ split a line right across the centre
5. “It is a strange/strangely fate that we should suffer so much fear and doubt. Such a little thing.”
6. “He'll be over the moon. He may even lean back in his chair a little and nod slight/slightly.”
7. "Oh I know but alcohol affects me strong/strongly.”
8. “What can men do against such reckless/recklessly hate.”
9. "Because of the nature of your mother's illness, unfortunately, things may progress very quick/quickly.”
10. "I think we shouldn't've brought Buffy back. I knew it was gonna end bad/badly.”
11. "Hey, so how was Joan?" "(I) broke up with her." "Why?" "Don't tell me. Because of the big-nostril thing?" "They were huge." "How many perfect/perfectly fine women are you gonna reject over the most superficial, insignificant things?"
12. “You're simple/simply the best. Better than all the rest.
Tina turner - Simply the Best (with Lyrics)
Tina turner - Simply the Best (with Lyrics)
https://youtu.be/wTm5-YZJ5q4?si=eeUPgzouNpcO76fe&t=60
Tina turner - Simply the Best (with Lyrics)

Theory part 2

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Linking verbs don’t describe an action. They connect the subject with additional information about it. Wyatt is happy. → The verb ’is’ doesn’t describe an action. It connects the subject, ‘Wyatt’ with additional information about him, ‘happy’.

Exercise 4

Choose the correct word and answer the questions.
  1. Does the idea of going on a roller coaster seem exciting/excitingly or scary/scarily to you?
  1. Do you prefer to wake up early/earlily or late/lately at the weekends?
  1. Do you agree that coffee smells wonderful/wonderfully?
  1. Tell me about the last incredible/incredibly tasty dessert you ate.
  1. Can you share some fashion tips on how to look good/goodly for a special occasion?
  1. Have you ever been in a car that was driven dangerous/dangerously fast/fastly?
  1. Have you ever completed a challenging task surprising/surprisingly quick/quickly?
  1. Have you ever travelled unbelivable/unbelievably far/farly from home?
  1. When dealing with problems are you often impatient/impatiently?
Answer key

Exercise 5

Choose the correct word in each sentence.
  1. The sunset looks beautiful/beautifully tonight.
  1. The child was extreme/extremely excited about the surprise.
  1. The magician performed incredible/incredibly good/well.
  1. The cake tastes exceptional/exceptionally delicious.
  1. He plays the piano good/well.
  1. She works hard/hardly to achieve her goals.
  1. The coffee smells wonderful/wonderfully in the morning.