The adverb describes a verb eine Tätigkeit wird näher beschrieben.. Example: He drove carefully.[r]
(1)ADJECTIVE OR ADVERB THE DIFFERENCE An adjective tells us more about a noun Example: an expensive car, a clever girl An adverb tells us more about a verb Example: He talked nervously Wie ist eine Person (Sache)? »»» adjective Wie tut eine Person etwas? »»» adverb THE ADVERB HOW TO FORM Adjective + ly sad sadly quiet nervous nervously soft quietly softly Adjectives ending in -y »»» ily happy happily angry angrily Adjectives ending in le »»» ly terrible terribly capable capably Adjectives ending in ly friendly lively lonely lovely silly in in in in in a a a a a friendly way / manner lively way / manner lonely way / manner lovely way / manner silly way / manner Irregular forms daily daily early early monthly monthly weekly weekly yearly yearly (2) good fast hard long well fast hard long low straight extra doubtless low straight extra doubtless Double forms hard near hard near late late hardly = kaum nearly = beinahe lately = in letzter Zeit HOW TO USE THE ADVERB Verb + adverb The adverb describes a verb ( eine Tätigkeit wird näher beschrieben) Example: He drove carefully verb adverb She sold her house quickly verb adverb Adjective + adverb The adverb describes an adjective (ein Adjektiv wird näher beschrieben) Example: Her necklace was horribly expensive adverb adjective She was terribly sorry adverb adjective Adverb + adverb The adverb describes an adverb (ein Adverb wird näher beschrieben) Example: They played terribly badly adverb adverb He did his absolutely correctly homework (3) adverb adverb No adverb with the following verbs forms of to am, is, are, was, were, will be, be: have been, had been seem get look feel (aussehen) turn grow sound taste become smell (4)