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Grammar tip: Adjective or Adverb?
What can you remember about the difference between adjectives and adverbs? Here’s a quick reminder:
An adjective describes a noun or pronoun: “That boy is so loud!”
An adverb describes a verb or anything apart from a noun and pronoun: “That boy speaks so loudly!”
Adverbs are used to answer how questions e.g. “How does he talk? – He talks loudly.”
(Linking verbs are verbs like ‘be’, ‘become’ and ‘seem’ which are not actions but instead link the subject to an adjective, noun or phrase that gives us more information about the subject)
be He is tall.
seem You seem sad.
become He became thin.
These verbs can be used as linking verbs, but sometimes they’re normal verbs. Here are some examples of them being used as linking verbs:
act He acted happy, but actually he was really sad.
appear She appeared cold, so we took her inside.
feel I feel terrible today!
get It’s getting warm. The spring is coming!
go The food went bad, because I forgot to put it in the fridge.
grow She grew tired.
look You look beautiful today!
prove He thought he was right, but he was proved wrong.
remain He remained calm. It was only a spider.
smell The meal smelled delicious.
sound The band sounded excellent.
stay He stayed curious all his life.
taste The milk tasted horrible.
turn The weather turned bad just as we were leaving.
Note:
Linking verbs are not the same as stative verbs. Some linking verbs are stative, but some are not.
I’m getting old (a linking verb but not a stative verb).
The soup tastes good (a linking verb and a stative verb).
I know Julie (stative verb but not a linking verb).
“Flowers smell sweet or flowers smell sweetly”, which is correct?
Smell sweet is correct because it describes the smell of flowers.
“Fresh bread smells great” (adjective) – I am describinng my opinion on fresh bread
“I smell terribly because I have a cold” (adverb) – I am not able to use my nose to smell things because of my cold.
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Adjectives and Adverbs Test
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Frank welcomed us ... than his wife did.
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Does Nihat speak English as ... as Ugur does?
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The house looked ..... .
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People in this country live ... anybody else in the world.
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The trainer in the International TESOL Conference began to explain the rules of effective teaching ... than the others.
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We have only a little time for this exercise, but in the examination we’ll have even ... time.
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Last year Americans spent six times ... for pet food than they did for baby food.
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Some teachers in our school think very ... of themselves.
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Sevda is ... than Saida. She is ... in their family.
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His qualifications are ... those of any other candidates.
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The weather in Lapland, the far northern part of Finland is always ... .
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Ugur studies very ... , the ... of all his classmates.
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Now I understand English much ... .
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Curries are ... than hamburgers. But the pizzas at this cafe are ... in the town.
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James Patterson has been ... author in the world since 2001.
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Azerbaijan tea is ... in the world.
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I tasted the soup ... but it tasted ... .
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John’s wife cooks ... out of anyone I know.
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Surfing is ... than snorkelling. At least that’s what I think.
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Kamala bought ... dress. Now she will look ... at the wedding party.
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