The team played terribly and lost the game 6-1.
Use adjectives to describe nouns (things or people).
Use adverbs to describe verbs (how a person does something):
- That was a terrible game. (adjective – describes “game”)
- The team played terribly. (adverb – describes “played”)
Learn more: Extreme adjectives in English
Common adverbs:
| Adjective | Adverb |
| slow
quiet bad beautiful dangerous careful easy healthy good fast hard |
slowly
quietly badly beautifully dangerously carefully easily healthily well fast hard |
Examples:
- My grandfather drives slowly, but I drive fast.
- The teacher spoke so quietly that I couldn’t hear her.
- I can read English well, but I speak badly.
- Evan lives dangerously. He loves radical sports.
- We wrote the letter carefully so as not to make a mistake.
- I opened the jar easily.
- Soccer players need to eat healthily to stay in good shape.
- Janet works very hard. She arrives at work early and leaves late.
Adjectives go before the noun. Adverbs usually go after the verb:
- Ruth is a quiet person. (“quiet” describes “person”)
- Ruth speaks quietly. (“quietly” describes “speaks”)
Learn more: 20 adverbs of manner
Adjective or Adverb?
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Question 1 |
That part of the city isn't very _____________.
safely | |
safe |
Question 2 |
Helen wears very ____________ clothes.
stylish | |
stylishly |
Question 3 |
Wanda dances ________________. I'm sure she'll be a professional ballerina someday.
beautiful | |
beautifully |
Question 4 |
I got a ___________ score on my English grammar test - 100%!
perfect | |
perfectly |
Question 5 |
Please don't talk so ____________. The baby is trying to sleep.
loud | |
loudly |
Question 6 |
My husband learned to cook really ___________ after taking a culinary course.
well | |
good |
Question 7 |
George gives ______________ of his time to help poor children succeed in school.
generous | |
generously |
Question 8 |
Peter thinks that buying a motorcycle is a ___________ idea.
bad | |
badly |
Question 9 |
Please carry that box _______________. It has fragile electronic equipment inside.
carefully | |
careful |
Question 10 |
Should I stay in my home country or live abroad? It's a ____________ decision.
hard | |
hardly |
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