ADJECTIVES AND ADVERBS

Adjectives is a classification of words or part of

speech that modify nouns or pronouns. It answers the
question, “What kind of……..?
Examples:
1. a big house
adjective noun

2. an open window

3. a delicious apple

4. a beautiful lady

5. an honest student
Adverbs is a classification of words or part of speech that
modify verbs. They tell us how we do something. It
answers the question, “How did you ……..?”
Examples:
1. They speak softly.
verb adverb

2. Maria dances beautifully.

3. He runs fast.
4. John wishes to stay in the Philippines
permanently.
5. Cross the street safely.
We can form many adverbs by adding -ly to an
adjective.
Examples:
1. soft + ly = softly
adjective adverb

2. rapid + ly = rapidly
3. serious + ly = seriously
4. bad + ly = badly
5. cheerful + ly = cheerfully
Adjectives that ends in y, change y to i and add ly to form
the adverb.

Examples:
easy = easy i + ly = easily
noisy = noisy i + ly = noisily
happy = happy i + ly = happily
lazy = lazy i + ly = lazily
stingy = stingy i + ly = stingily
greasy = greasy i + ly = greasiy
messy = messy i + ly = messily
greedy = greedy i + ly = greedily
angry = angry i + ly = angrily
However, some words can be used as either adjectives or adverbs without
any changes in form.
Examples:
1. Tom is a hard worker. (as adjective).

adjective noun

Tom works hard. (as adverb)

verb adverb

2. Jessica is a late comer. (as adjective).

She is always late. (as adverb)

Practice Test:
A. Supply the correct form of the adjective or adverb. Write
your answer on the blank.
intelligent 1. Carina is a very __________ student.
easy 2. My grandma can do ________ exercise.
fast 3. Mario walks ________.
beautiful 4. He plays the piano ____________.
hard 5. Aida works very _______ in her new project.
complete 6. The teacher agrees with her students ________.
permanent 7. They are holders of ____________ visas.
late 8. Father seldom comes _________.
quick 9. Come _________.
low 10. Fe often gets ______ grades in Science.
B. Change the following adjectives to form the
adverb of the following:
I. II.
a. noisy a. man
b. angry b. kind
c. merry c. careful
d. silky d. loud
e. leaky e. strong
Answers:
B.
A. I.
a. noisily
1. intelligent b. angrily
2. easy
3. fast c. merrily
4. beautifully d. silkily
5. hard e. Leakily
6. completely
7. permanent
8. late II.
9. quickly a. manly
10. low b. kindly
c. carefully
d. loudly
e. strongly