Cours d'anglais gratuitsRecevoir 1 leçon gratuite chaque semaine // Créer un test
Connectez-vous !

Cliquez ici pour vous connecter
Nouveau compte
Des millions de comptes créés.

100% gratuit !
[Avantages]


Comme des milliers de personnes, recevez gratuitement chaque semaine une leçon d'anglais !



- Accueil
- Aide/Contact
- Accès rapides
- Lire cet extrait
- Livre d'or
- Nouveautés
- Plan du site
- Presse
- Recommander
- Signaler un bug
- Traduire cet extrait
- Webmasters
- Lien sur votre site



> Nos sites :
-Jeux gratuits
-Nos autres sites
   


Apprendre l'anglais > Cours & exercices d'anglais > Exercices d'anglais > test d'anglais n°5052 : Adjectives and adverbs

> Plus de cours & d'exercices d'anglais sur les mêmes thèmes : Adjectifs | Adverbes [Autres thèmes]
> Tests similaires : - Adjectifs en anglais-cours pour débutants - Adverbes de fréquence et place - Comparatif de supériorité - Adjectifs et prépositions - Ordre des adjectifs - Superlatif de supériorité et adjectif - Adjectives-ing and ed - Adverbes de fréquence
> Double-cliquez sur n'importe quel terme pour obtenir une traduction...


Adjectives and adverbs


Adjectives and adverbs

A-   Look at these examples:

• Our holiday was too short - the time went very quickly.

• The driver of the car was seriously injured in the accident.

 

Quickly and seriously are adverbs. Many adverbs are made from an adjective + -ly:

 

Adjective

quick

serious

careful

quiet

bad

heavy

Adverb

quickly

seriously

carefully

quietly

badly

heavily

 

 

 

Not all words ending in -ly are adverbs. Some adjectives end in -ly too, for example:

Friendly / lively / elderly / lonely / silly / lovely

B- Adjective or adverb


Adjectives (quick/careful etc.) tell us about a noun. We use adjectives before nouns and after some verbs, especially be:

 

• Tom is a careful driver, (not 'a carefully driver')

• We didn't go out because of the heavy rain.            

• Please be quiet.

• I was disappointed that my exam results were so bad.

We also use adjectives after the verbs look/ feel/ sound etc.

• Why do you always look so serious?

Compare:

She speaks perfect English                 

                Adjective + noun

 

Compare these sentences with look:

 

• Tom looked sad when I saw him. (= he seemed sad, his expression was sad)


Adverbs (quickly/carefully etc.) tell us about a verb. An adverb tells us how somebody does something or how something happens:

 

• Tom drove carefully along the narrow road, (not 'drove careful')

• We didn't go out because it was raining heavily, (not 'raining heavy')

• Please speak quietly, (not 'speak quiet')

• I was disappointed that I did so badly on the exam, (not 'did so bad')

• Why do you never take me seriously?

She speaks English perfectly.

       Verb + object + adverb

Tom looked at me sadly. (= he looked at me in a sad way)

 

 

C- W e also use adverbs before adjectives and other adverbs. For example:


- reasonably cheap
» (adverb + adjective)
- terribly sorry       
» (adverb + adjective)
- incredibly quickly 
» (adverb + adverb)

          

It's a reasonably cheap restaurant and the food is extremely good.            

Oh, I'm terribly sorry. I didn't mean to push you. (not 'terrible sorry')

Maria learns languages incredibly quickly.  

The examination was surprisingly easy.


You can also use an adverb before a past participle (injured/ organised/ written etc.):

Two people were seriously injured in the accident, (not 'serious injured')

The meeting was very badly organised.

 


 

 

 Put in the right word:





Intermédiaire Tweeter Partager
Exercice d'anglais "Adjectives and adverbs" créé par felin avec le générateur de tests - créez votre propre test ! [Plus de cours et d'exercices de felin]
Voir les statistiques de réussite de ce test d'anglais

Merci de vous connecter à votre compte pour sauvegarder votre résultat.


1. The driver of the car was injured.

2. I think you behaved very .

3. Rose is upset about losing her job.

4. There was a change in the weather.

5. Everybody at the party was dressed.

6. She fell and hurt herself quite .

7. I cooked this meal for you, so I hope you like it.

8. Don't go up that ladder. It doesn't look .

9. He looked at me when I interrupted him.

10. Our holiday was too short. The time passed very .

11. Sue works . She never seems to stop.

12. Alice and Stan are very married.

13. Monica's English is very although she makes quite a lot of mistakes.

14. I would like to buy a car but it's impossible for me at the moment.

15. I tried on the shoes and they fitted me .










Fin de l'exercice d'anglais "Adjectives and adverbs"
Un exercice d'anglais gratuit pour apprendre l'anglais.
Tous les exercices | Plus de cours et d'exercices d'anglais sur les mêmes thèmes : Adjectifs | Adverbes










 


> INDISPENSABLES : TESTEZ VOTRE NIVEAU | GUIDE DE TRAVAIL | NOS MEILLEURES FICHES | Les fiches les plus populaires | Une leçon par email par semaine | Exercices | Aide/Contact

> INSEREZ UN PEU D'ANGLAIS DANS VOTRE VIE QUOTIDIENNE ! Rejoignez-nous gratuitement sur les réseaux :
Instagram | Facebook | Twitter | RSS | Linkedin | Email

> NOS AUTRES SITES GRATUITS : Cours de français | Cours de mathématiques | Cours d'espagnol | Cours d'italien | Cours d'allemand | Cours de néerlandais | Tests de culture générale | Cours de japonais | Rapidité au clavier | Cours de latin | Cours de provençal | Moteur de recherche sites éducatifs | Outils utiles | Bac d'anglais | Our sites in English

> INFORMATIONS : Copyright - En savoir plus, Aide, Contactez-nous [Conditions d'utilisation] [Conseils de sécurité] Reproductions et traductions interdites sur tout support (voir conditions) | Contenu des sites déposé chaque semaine chez un huissier de justice | Mentions légales / Vie privée | Cookies.
| Cours, leçons et exercices d'anglais 100% gratuits, hors abonnement internet auprès d'un fournisseur d'accès. | Livre d'or | Partager sur les réseaux