- a substantive:
- He met a pretty girl.
- Cuba is a beautiful island.
- some verbs: to be, to get, to become, to turn, to grow (=werden)
-Be careful!
-I'm tired and I'm getting hungry.
-He grew angry.
-As the class went on, it became more and more boring.
- to seem (=scheinen), to feel (anfühlen), look (aussehen), to taste (=schmecken), smell (riechen nach), sound (=klingen) à when these verbs tell us what something or somebody is like!!
-The dinner smells good.
-You look tired. - Well, I feel tired.
-The pullover feels soft.
-The tea tastes a bit strange.
-The new Tom Waits album sounds great. I have to go and buy it.
- if we want to say how somebody does something we must use an adverb: (the -ly form):
- describes a verb: she sings beautifully
- describes an adjective: she is extremely pretty
- describes an adverb: he runs extremely quickly
- describes a participle: the children are badly taught
Exceptions and Irregularities:
- good --> well
- hard, late, near --> are both adjectives and adverbs
- hardly (=kaum), nearly (=beinahe), lately (in letzter Zeit)
- fast, straight, enough, daily, weekly, monthly, early --> adj. and adv. also have the same form
- for adjective ending in -ly (e.g. friendly, silly) --> the adverb is formed with in a ...way (e.g. in a friendly way, in a silly way)
- if you talk about health: to be + adv. (e.g. How are you? I'm well thanks).
Source : Grammar Tutorial
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