revision adjectives and adverbs

You seem a careful boy.

The underlined word is

• a noun

• an adjective

• an adverb

Tags

CCSS.L.3.1A

You seem a careful boy.

careful tells us something about

• you

• seem

• a boy

Tags

CCSS.L.3.1A

Careful gives us more information about a noun (zn)...

so careful is

• an adverb

• an adjective

Tags

CCSS.L.3.1A

He quickly drove to the hospital.

The underlinded word tells us something about

• the hospital

• he

• the way he drove

Tags

CCSS.L.3.1A

So quickly tells u something about the way he drove.

To drive is

• a verb

• a noun

• an adjective

• an adverb

Tags

CCSS.L.2.1E

CCSS.L.3.1A

CCSS.L.3.1G

So if quickly tells us something more about a verb (the way something is done)...

then QUICKLY is

• an adjective

• an adverb

Tags

CCSS.L.3.1A

She seems confused

Or

She seems confusedly

?

• Seems can be replaced by 'is' and remains still a good sentence:

  She is confused

  Seems is a linking word (koppelww 'lijken')

  So it should be 'confused'

• Seems is not a linking word so it should be 'confusedly'. It tells us something about the way she seems.

Tags

CCSS.L.2.1E

CCSS.L.3.1A

CCSS.L.3.1G