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1. What is a noun?
A noun is a word that names a person, place, or thing.
What is an adjective?
An adjective is a word that describes a noun.
What is an adverb?
An adverb is a word that describes a verb.
Find the adjective in the sentence:
The big house is new.
Answer: big, new
Find the adverb in the sentence:
She speaks slowly.
Answer: slowly
Change this adjective into an adverb: quick
Answer: quickly
What part of speech is the word carefully?
Answer: Adverb
What part of speech is the word happiness?
Answer: Noun
Choose the correct form and explain:
He drives (dangerous / dangerously).
Answer: dangerously, because it describes the verb drives.
Why is “friendly” not an adverb although it ends in -ly?
Answer:
Because it is an adjective and describes a noun.
Why is well used instead of good in this sentence?
She sings well.
Почему здесь well, а не good?
Answer: Because it describes the verb sings.
Explain the difference between fast (adj) and fast (adv).
Answer: As an adjective it describes a noun; as an adverb it describes a verb.
Why is this sentence wrong?
He is a very fastly runner.
Answer: Fastly is incorrect; the correct form is fast.
Identify all parts of speech:
The young boy runs quickly.
Answer:
boy — noun
young — adjective
runs — verb
quickly — adverb
1. Find and correct the mistake:
This film is more better than that one.
Answer: better
2. Why is this sentence wrong?
She is the more intelligent student in the group.
Correct form: the most intelligent
Can adverbs have comparative and superlative forms? Give examples.
Answer:
Yes: fast – faster – the fastest
carefully – more carefully – the most carefully
Identify all adverbs and their types:
Yesterday she carefully prepared for the exam.
Answer:
yesterday — adverb of time
carefully — adverb of manner
Identify the type of adverb:
She usually wakes up early.
Answer: usually — adverb of frequency.
Identify the type of comparison:
She works more carefully than her classmates.
Answer: Comparative degree (adverb).
Why do we say less important, not unimportant-er?
Answer: Because comparison can be formed using less to show a lower degree.
ADVERBS OF MANNER в песни Ariana Grande — “Dangerous Woman” найди
Something 'bout you makes me feel like a dangerous woman
She sings dangerously → manner
Analyze the adverbial structure:
She has recently been working extremely hard.
Answer:
recently — adverb of time
extremely — adverb of degree
hard — adverb of manner
Can one word function as both a noun and a verb? Explain with an example.
Answer: Yes. Work — I work (verb), my work (noun).
When do adjectives function as nouns?
Answer: When they refer to a whole group of people (the rich, the poor).