Adjective or Adverb

Adjectives are used to modify nouns: The dog is loud.

Adverbs are used to modify verbs, adjectives or other adverbs: The dog barks loudly.

Linking Verbs Some verbs can only be used with adjectives, others might change their meaning when used with an adverb. verb look feel smell taste used with an adjective used with an adverb look good (= appearance) look well (= healthy) feel well (= have a good sense of touch)

feel good (= state of health/mind) smell good (= odour)

smell well (= have a good sense of smell) taste well (= have a good sense of taste)

taste good (= preference)

The following verbs can only be used with adjectives:

be become get grow keep remain seem sound stay turn

Exercise - Adjective or Adverb Write down the correct form of the word in brackets (adjective or adverb).

1.Tom is (slow)____________ . He works ____________.

2. Sue is a (careful) __________girl. She climbed up the ladder ______________.

3. The dog is (angry)_____________ . It barks________________ .

4. He acted (excellent)_____________ . He's an _____________actor.

5. They learn English (easy)__________________ . They think English is an _________ language.

6. Max is a (good) _________________singer. He sings______________________ .

7. It's (awful) _____________ cold today. The cold wind is ______________.

8. Dogs rely on their noses as they can smell (extreme / good)___________ . If that is true, why does

dog food smell so (terrible) ___________?

9. The little boy looked (sad)_____________. I went over to comfort him and he looked at me________ .

10. I tasted the soup (careful) ___________________ but it taste(wonderful)__________________.

Grammar Exercise on the Text Niagara Falls Niagara Falls is a group of waterfalls on the border between the United States and Canada. The Falls are a favorite tourist attraction. The Niagara River drops here and although the Falls are not deep, they are very wide and the amount of water is enormous. So it is very noisy near the Falls. That's why the Iroquois tribe, who used to live here, called the falls Niagara (meaning thunder of waters).

Adjective or Adverb An adjective describes a noun. An adverb describes a verb, adjective or another adverb. Exercise Choose the correct form (adjective or adverb).

1. Niagara Falls form natural/naturally a border between the United States and Canada. 2. Tourists visit this place frequent/frequently. 3. The Falls are very noisy/noisily. 4. So you must speak loud/loudly or nobody can understand you. 5. Many years ago, the Iroquois tribe lived here peaceful/peacefully.

Answer key Exercise one 1. Slow/slowly 2. Careful/carefully 3. Angry/ angrily 4. Excellent/excellent 4. Easily/easy 6. Good/good 7. Awful/awful 8. Extremely good 9. Sad/sadly 10. Carefully/ wonderful.

Exercise two 1. Natural 2. Frequently 3. Noisy 4. Loud 5. Peacefully