Tóm tắt kiến thức ngắn gọn về chủ điểm ngữ pháp Tính từ (adjectives) và Trạng từ (adverbs) trong tiếng Anh Lý thuyết và bài tập vận dụng siêu chi tiết kèm đáp án. Bao gồm: Định nghĩa adjectives và adverbs Cách thành lập adverbs Cách sử dụng adverbs Bài tập kèm đáp án
Thuongmai University, Vietnam Grammar Rules & Exercises Adjectives and Adverbs I ADJECTIVES: tells us more about a noun It describes, identify and quantify people or things and usually go in front of a noun They don’t change if the noun is plural For example: - He bought an expensive car last week - We describe a thing Her friend Zoe is a clever girl - We describe a person They live in an old house - How is the house? Asking for a thing II ADVERBS: tells us more about a verb, an adjective or an adverb Adverbs modify verbs, adjectives and other adverbs and usually come after the verb For example: - He talked nervously - We describe an action - It was extremely cold - We describe a situation - They always walk quickly - How they walk? Asking for an action How to form the adverb Adjective + ly - They looked at their broken vase sadly - He went quietly into the bedroom - She opened the letter nervously Adjectives ending in y »»» ily - They shouted at the naughty kids angrily The children played in the garden happily We drank our glasses of orange juice thirstily Adjectives ending in -le »»» ly - The children did their maths homework terribly He was capably supported by his friends She stroke her dog's head gently Adjectives ending in -ly friendly - in a friendly way / manner lively - in a lively way / manner lonely - in a lonely way / manner lovely - in a lovely way / manner silly - in a silly way / manner daily - daily early - early monthly - monthly weekly - weekly yearly – yearly NOTE: There is NO adverb form of adjectives ending in -ly such as friendly/friendlily, lovely/lovelily For example: - Yes: She smiled in a friendly way No: She smiled friendly Some words like: weekly, monthly, yearly, early, and leisurely are both adjective and adverb For example: - It's a daily paper / It's come out daily - There is an early train./ I got up early Irregular forms fast (adjective) – fast (adverb) hard (adjective) – hard (adverb) good (adjective) – well (adverb) For example, Your English is good You speak English well Double forms hard - hard / hardly = barely near - near / nearly = almost late - late / lately = recently How to use the adverb Verb + adverb - the adverb describes a verb - He drove carefully on the highway - They could sell her house quickly - Our neighbours's dog always barks at us loudly Adjective + adverb - the adverb describes an adjective -He bought her a necklace which was horribly expensive - She was terribly sorry for being late again Adverb + adverb - the adverb describes an adverb - They played terribly badly last weekend - He usually does his homework absolutely correctly No adverb with the following verbs: Forms of to be (am, is, are, was, were, will be, ), seem, get, turn, grow, sound, feel, taste, become, smell, remain, stay, look (in the meaning of look like) EXERCISES: Exercise 1: Complete each sentence with an adverb The first letters of the adverb are given We didn’t go out because it was raining heavily Our team lost the game because we played very ba… I had little difficultly finding a place to live I found a flat quite ea… We had to wait for a long time but we didn’t complain We waited pat… Mike keeps fit by playing tennis reg… I don’t speak French very well, but I can understand per… if people speak sl… and cl… Keys: badly easily patiently regularly perfecty … slowly … Clearly Exercise 2: Put in the correct word Two people were seriously injured in the accident (serious/seriously) The driver of the car had serious injuries (serious/seriously) I think you behaved very … .(selfish/selfishly) Rose is … upset about losing her job (terrible/terribly) There was a … change in the weather (sudden/suddenly) Everybody at the party was … dreesed (colourful/colourfully) Linda likes wearing … clothes (colourful/colourfully) Liz fell and hurt herself quite … (bad/badly) Joe says he didn’t well at school because he was … taught (bad/badly) 10 Don’t go up that ladder It doesn’t look … (safe/safely) Keys: selfishly terribly sudden colourfully colourful badly badly 10 safe Exercise 3: Rewrite the complete sentence using the adverb of frequency in brackets in its correct position They go to the movies (often) She listens to classical music (rarely) He reads the newspaper (sometimes) Sara smiles (never) She complains about her husband (always) I drink coffee (sometimes) Frank is ill (often) He feels terrible (usually) Keys: They often go to the movies (often) She rarely listens to classical music (rarely) He sometimes reads the newspaper (sometimes) Sara neversmiles (never) She always complains about her husband (always) I drink sometimes coffee (sometimes) Frank often is ill (often) He usually feels terrible (usually)