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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:
  1. Are you natural/naturally drawn to environments that are quiet/quietly and peaceful/peacefully, or do you thrive in lively and loud/loudly surroundings?
  1. Do you usually make decisions quick/quickly and confident/confidently, or do you tend to careful/carefully weigh all options before reaching a conclusion?

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
  1. quickly
  1. heavy
  1. loud
  1. kindly
  1. patiently
  1. close
  1. easily
  1. quiet

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?”

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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
  1. exciting, scary (’seem’ is a linking verb)
  1. early, late (’early’ and ‘late’ are irregular adverbs)
  1. wonderful (’smell’ is a linking verb)
  1. incredibly (the adverb ‘incredibly’ describes the adjective ‘tasty’)
  1. good (’look’ is a linking verb)
  1. dangerously fast (the adverb ‘dangerously’ describes another adverb ‘fast’; the adverb ‘fast’ is irregular)
  1. surprisingly quickly (the adverb ‘surprisingly’ describes another adverb ‘quickly’, the adverb ‘quickly’ describes the verb ‘complete’)
  1. unbelievably far (the adverb ‘unbelievably’ describes another adverb ‘far’, the adverb ‘far’ is irregular)
  1. impatient (the verb ‘be’ is a linking verb)

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.
  1. He drives dangerous/dangerously fast/fastly.
  1. They worked so hard/hardly that they stayed late/lately to finish the project.
  1. The cake tastes incredibly/incrediblily delicious/deliciously.
Answer key
  1. beautiful (look is a linking verb)
  1. extremely (the adverb ‘extremely’ describes the adjective ‘excited’)
  1. incredibly well (the adverb ‘incredibly’ describes another adverb ‘well’)
  1. exceptionally (the adverb ‘exceptionally’ describes the adjective ‘delicious’)
  1. well (the adverb ‘well’ describes the verb ‘play’)
  1. hard (the adverb ‘hard’ is an irregular adverb)
  1. wonderful (the verb ‘smell’ is a linking verb)
  1. dangerously fast (the adverb ‘dangerous’ describes another adverb ‘fast’; the adverb ‘fast’ is an irregular adverb)
  1. hard, late (both adverbs are irregular)
  1. incredibly delicious (the adverb ‘incredibly’ describes the adjective ‘delicious’; the verb ‘taste’ is a linking verb)

Exercise 6

Choose the correct word and watch the clips.

1. “In the gathering dark, the will of the Ring grows strong. It works hard/hardly now to find its way back into the hands of Men. Men, who are so easy/easily seduced by its power.”

2. “You look so great/reatly!” “You too, beautiful.”

3. “If you are wise/wisely, you will leave this place”

4. "Look, I'm not in the mood, okay? I didn't sleep good/well last night.”

5. "Study hard/hardly and you will be rewarded. Fail to do so, and the consequences may be severe/severely. Your previous instruction in this subject has been disturbing/disturbingly uneven. But you'll be pleased to know, from now on, you will be following a careful/carefully structured, Ministry-approved course of defensive/defensively magic.”

Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix - Dolores Umbridge v.s. Harry Potter (HD)
Let the games begin ;-) I do not own these scenes: all rights reserved: Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc.
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix - Dolores Umbridge v.s. Harry Potter (HD)
https://youtu.be/qMHqxkRYt64?t=38
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix - Dolores Umbridge v.s. Harry Potter (HD)

6. "Don't you think the ending was pretty wonderful/wonderfully?"

7. "Larry, what's done is done. Even the glory of Rome had to come to an end." "Would you please not look dramatic/dramatically off into the distance when you say that? It makes me feel worse”

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We mentioned that the verb ‘look’ is a linking verb. Therefore, we should use an adjective after it, right? Do you remember what linking verbs are? They don’t describe actions. This rule works in examples such as, ‘You look great’ or ‘This looks delicious’. In the clip 7, however, the verb ‘look’ is an action. Compare those two different meanings of the same word in the following sentences: This dress looks beautiful. → to seem, appear She looked closely at the picture. → to use your eyes That’s why the correct answer is ‘dramatically’. That was a tricky one! 😈
 

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