Adverbios En Inglés

Adverbs

An adverb describes an action, saying how, when or where something happens.

• Blair drove slowly

• Jane is a lovely person

• She study in a friendly school

Form

Some adverbs of manner (how) add –ly to the adjective. Adjectives ending –e drop –e. Adjectives ending –y change to –i

• That chair was really uncomfortably

• Your decision is absolutely wrong

• I really don’t think in it

Irregular adverbs

Some adverbs have irregular form

• Elodia speaks german very well

• Ruby studied hard to pass her exam

• Well, Can you take me a photo please?

Adverbs with the same form as adjectives

• In my classroom hardly will make the exercise

• He takes my hand lowly when I say “I love you”

• Chuck didn’t wake up early

Adjectives that look like adverbs

Some adjectives ending –ly look like adverbs but are not, eg friendly, lovely, lonely, lively, silly

• She looks so lonely

• That kitty is really lovely

• That movie is likely amazing

Frequency adverbs

These describe how often something happens.

Put the frequency adverb between the subject and verb, but after be.

• Ronald always watch the TV movies

• In my house, rarely something paranormal happens

• Susan usually think that all the world was rotten

Intensifiers

Adverbs like very, really, extremely are used to make adjectives or adverbs stronger

• Georgina was very sick last summer

• Your sweater was extremely horrible

• Demian was really good drawing

Too, very

Too means more than is necessary, very means a lot

• My dog is too tired, he was sleeping all the morning

• This is my book, it’s very interesting

• It’s too easy to learn to didn’t do it

Well, ill, bad, badly

Well and badly are adverbs and describe how an action is performed

Well and ill are adjectives describing health

With verbs like look, seem, feel we do not use an adverb

• My turtle didn’t look ill

• Ittai sing well

• The hamburger that I bought looks good

Exercise:

Complete the sentence with the correct adverb

1. Her roses are the most _______ flowers in the world

a) Beatifully

b) Hardly

2. My grandpa know this city____

a) Well

b) Really

3. He _______ accept my decision

a) Finally

b) Badly

4. My teacher works_____

a. Too quickly

b. Definitely

5. I______ study very hard to have good notes

a. Always

b. Slowly

Superlatives and comparatives

Forming superlatives

The spelling rules arte the same as for comparatives but add –est

Form the superlative of longer adjectives by putting most or least in front

Irregular forms: the best, the least, the worst, the most

• He is the biggest actor in the world

• The hottest band in the world…KISS!

• He is the best teacher that I have

Use the superlative form of adjectives to compare one thing with a lot of things of the same kind. Put the superlative adjective between the and noun

• The oldest place in the continent was this country

• The highest mountain is the Everest

• The heaviest stone is in this box

Forming comparative adverbs

Adverbs ending –ly use more

Adverbs with the same form as adjectives without –ly add -er

• Can you drive more slowly?

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