Adjectives & Adverbs
形容词和副词
Adjectives
形容词
Adjectives are words that describe nouns or pronouns.
形容词是用来修饰名词和代词的词
Some common adjectives are:
例如:
excellent
happy
quick
slow
nice
great
Adjectives are placed directly before the noun.
形容词放在名词的前面
例如:
Bob is a happy boy.
That is a comfortable bed.
My mother is a good cook.
Adjectives are also used with the verb to be.
形容词经常也会放在名词+be动词后面
I am sad.
Joe is tall.
Pizza is delicious.
Adverbs
副词
Adverbs are words that describe:
副词可以描述动词/形容词/其他副词
例如:
verbs
run, jump
adjectives
happy, quick
other adverbs
happily, quickly
Adverbs look like adjectives, but usually have ly at the end.
副词看上去像形容词,经常是以ly结尾的
例如:
Adverbs can describe verbs
副词可以修饰动词
例如:
My brother ran quickly.
I read slowly.
He drove the car carefully.
Adverbs can describe adjectives.
副词可以修饰形容词
例如:
The students were extremely happy.
My sister is very smart.
Adverbs can be used to modify other adverbs.
副词可以用来修饰其他副词
例如:
The turtle walked incredibly slowly.
The rabbit ran very quickly.
Changing Adjectives to Adverbs
将形容词转换成副词
Most adjectives can be changed to adverbs by adding ly.
大多数形容词结尾加上ly变成副词
例如:
quiet - quietly
careless - carelessly
If the adjective ends in le, change it to ly
如果形容词以le结尾那要将le换成ly
例如:
possible - possibly
probable - probably
If the adjective ends in y, change it to ily.
如果形容词以y结尾,我们将y用ily代替
例如:
happy - happily
angry - angrily
If the adjective ends in ic, change it to ically
如果形容词以ic结尾,我们将ic用ically代替
例如:
scientific - scientifically
basic - basically
Irregular Adverbs
不规则副词
Some adverbs can’t be changed so easily and are irregular. The most common ones are:
很多副词不能用以上规则,一下是一些常见的不规则副词