50 Examples of Adjectives and Adverbs in English

The adjectives in English(adjectives) They are used, as in Spanish, to modify nouns, whether people, things or places. They describe, qualify, and provide information about the noun they modify. They answer the questions “what is it like?” or “how is she?” For example: She is quiet. / She is silent.

The adverbs in English(adverbs) They are used, as in Spanish, to modify verbs, adjectives or other adverbs. They describe actions (and not people or things) and provide information about how someone does something. They answer the questions “in what way?” or as?". For example:She works quietly. / She works silently.

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How to differentiate adjectives from adverbs in English

Adjectives and adverbs in English have different functions in the sentence:

Adjectives in English	Adverbs in English
Adjectives in English modify nouns. to new student beautiful flowers some great people.	Adverbs in English modify verbs, adjectives, other adverbs, or a phrase. I have speaks gently.(modifies a verb) instagram story viewer This is wonderfully good. (modifies an adjective) They worked really quickly. (modifies an adverb) Surprisingly, they didn't come. (modifies a sentence)
They come before a noun or after the verb to be. TO new movie came out. (before a noun) Buenos Aires is big.(after the verb to be)	They generally come after a verb. You communicate effectively.
They are used only with the verb to be and the verbs of perception (look, feel, seem, taste, smell, sound). You look happy. (And not: You look happy.)	They are used with all verbs except the verb to be and the verbs of perception. I have walks slowly. (And not: He is slowly.)

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Examples of adjectives and adverbs in English

Adjectives in English	Adverbs in English
angry angry	angrily with anger
bad bad	badly evil
careful careful	carefully carefully
certain TRUE	certainly certainly
cold cold	coldly coldly
complete complete	completely completely
difficult difficult	difficultly hardly
easy easy	easily easily
final final	finally finally
gentle Gentile	gently gently
heavy heavy	heavily heavily
kind attentive	kindly sincerely
loud noisy	loudly loudly
natural natural	naturally naturally
noisy noisy	noisily loudly
peaceful peaceful	peacefully peaceably
perfect perfect	perfectly perfectly
possible possible	possibly possibly
quick fast	quickly quickly
real real	really really
sad sad	sadly sadly
safe sure	safely in a safe way
simple simple	simply simply
soft gentle	softly gently
strong strong	strongly strongly
sudden sudden	suddenly suddenly
sure sure	surely surely
terrible terrible	terribly terribly
weak weak	weakly weakly
wrong mistaken	wrongly mistakenly

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Exceptions for adjectives and adverbs in English

• Although most words ending in -ly in English they are adverbs, there are some adjectives with the ending -ly. For example: friendly, lovely, lively, silly, lonely, elderly.
• Although most adverbs add -ly to the adjective for its formation, there are irregular adverbs that are formed differently. For example: good – well, hard – hard, fast – fast.
• There are adjectives and adverbs in English that have the same form, so special attention must be paid to the position and function of these words in the sentence.

Some adjectives and adverbs in English with the same form are:

Adjective/Adverb	Example with adjective	Example with adverb
friendly friendly / amicably	She is a friendly person. She is a friendly person.	She acted friendly with us. He acted friendly towards us.
fast fast quickly	You are a fast learner. You are a quick learner.	You learn fast. You learn quickly.
hard hard, hard	Speaking German is hard. Speaking German is hard.	He spoke very hard for my taste. He spoke too harshly for my liking.
beats be late, late	Sorry, I'm late. Sorry it's late.	The students arrived late. The students arrived late.

Attention: There is also the adverb hardly, which means “barely”. For example: I was so nervous that I could hardly speak./ He was so nervous I could barely speak.

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Sentences with adjectives and adverbs in English

In the following examples, adjectives appear in blue and adverbs in red.

1. The little girl caressed the cat tenderly.
   The little girl petted the cat tenderly.
2. That elderly man is crossing the street slowly.
   That old man is crossing the street slowly.
3. he spoke nervously because he was beatsfor the meeting.
   He spoke nervously because he was late for the meeting.
4. The sick soldier fell heavily on the ground.
   The sick soldier fell heavily to the ground.
5. Evidently, Este perfect essay was not written by the student.
   Evidently, this perfect essay was not written by the student.
6. I'm too tired.
   I am too tired.
7. Este talented artist singsreally well.
   This talented artist sings really well.
8. The loving couple lived happily ever after.
   The loving couple lived happily ever after.
9. Fortunately, we will afford a new char.
   Fortunately, we will be able to buy a new car.
10. The tallman reacted violently.
    The tall man reacted violently.
11. Children, be quiet and behave well.
    Children, be quiet and behave.
12. That was an excellent carefully prepared party.
    That was an excellent, carefully prepared party.
13. The elderly woman strolling peacefully by the sea.
    The old woman was walking calmly by the sea.
14. It was a clearlesson which was perfectly understood.
    It was a clear lesson that was perfectly understood.
15. what an amazingly warm day for winter!
    What an incredibly warm day for winter!
16. The old house was reallyin ruins.
    The old house was really in ruins.
17. Two strange people were allegedly spotted by the security guard.
    Two strange people were allegedly seen by the security guard.
18. I haven't tried anything newdish yet.
    I haven't tried any new dishes yet.
19. Surely, it has been the best experiences ever.
    Without a doubt, it has been the best experience of all.
20. The foreign tourist survived strangely enough.
    The foreign tourist strangely survived.

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