Adjectives and Adverbs

Adjektive
adjectives

• Adjektive beschreiben oder modifizieren Substantive (Nomen) und Pronomen.
• Sie beantworten Fragen wie "What kind?" (Welche Art von?) oder "Which one?" (Welches?).
• Beispiele: beautiful girl (schönes Mädchen), tall building (hohes Gebäude).

Adverbien
adverbs

• Adverbien beschreiben, modifizieren oder qualifizieren Verben, Adjektive oder andere Adverbien.
• Sie beantworten Fragen wie "How?" (Wie?), "When?" (Wann?), "Where?" (Wo?), "To what extent?" (In welchem Maße?).
• Beispiele: She sings beautifully (Sie singt wunderschön - beschreibt das Verb "sings"), He is very tall (Er ist sehr groß - beschreibt das Adjektiv "tall").

Different types of adverbs with examples

• Adverbs of manner: loudly, happily, carefully
• Adverbs of degree: very, too, almost, nearly, enough
• Adverbs of frequency: always, often, sometimes, usually, never
• Adverbs of time: now, today, daily, weekly, last Monday, next Friday
• Adverbs of place: here, everywhere, down, south

Adverbs describing different clause elements

• An adverb which describes a verb: Winston does not bark loudly.
• An adverb which describes an adjective: He is very nice.
• An adverb which describes another adverb: He does not bark too loudly.
• An adverb which describes quantities: He sees quite a lot of students.
• An adverb which describes a whole sentence: Luckily, he has something to drink in his room.