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| <div style="font-style:italic;color:navy;margin:1em;">I was walking throught the forest. I saw a fox.</div>
| | '''Adjectives''' are words that '''give more information''' about a [[nouns|noun]] or [[Pronouns|pronoun]] and can go in different positions in a sentence. |
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| They sound boring and lifeless.
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| | A Ferrari is a <span style="display: inline-block;background:tomato;padding:0.2em 0.5em;border-radius:0.2em;text-align: center;width: 5em;">fast</span> <span style="display: inline-block;background:lightsalmon;padding:0.2em 0.5em;border-radius:0.2em;text-align: center;width: 5em;">car</span> . |
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| <div style="font-style:italic;color:navy;margin:1em;">I was walking <span style="display: inline-block;background:yellow;padding:0.2em 0.5em;border-radius:0.2em;text-align: center;width: 5em;">slowly</span>through the <span style="display: inline-block;background:tomato;padding:0.2em 0.5em;border-radius:0.2em;text-align: center;width: 5em;">dark</span> and <span style="display: inline-block;background:tomato;padding:0.2em 0.5em;border-radius:0.2em;text-align: center;width: 5em;">peaceful</span> forest.</div>
| | Sebastian Vettel is a <span style="display: inline-block;background:tomato;padding:0.2em 0.5em;border-radius:0.2em;text-align: center;width: 5em;">careful</span> <span style="display: inline-block;background:lightsalmon;padding:0.2em 0.5em;border-radius:0.2em;text-align: center;width: 5em;">driver</span> . |
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| <div style="font-style:italic;color:navy;margin:1em;">Then I <span style="display: inline-block;background:yellow;padding:0.2em 0.5em;border-radius:0.2em;text-align: center;width: 5em;">suddenly</span> saw a <span style="display: inline-block;background:tomato;padding:0.2em 0.5em;border-radius:0.2em;text-align: center;width: 5em;">small</span> <span style="display: inline-block;background:tomato;padding:0.2em 0.5em;border-radius:0.2em;text-align: center;width: 5em;">red</span> fox.</div>
| | <span style="display: inline-block;background:lightsalmon;padding:0.2em 0.5em;border-radius:0.2em;text-align: center;width: 8em;">Sebastian Vettel</span> is <span style="display: inline-block;background:tomato;padding:0.2em 0.5em;border-radius:0.2em;text-align: center;width: 5em;">careful</span>. |
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| <div style="font-style:italic;color:navy;margin:1em;">There was a house.</div>
| | '''Adjektive''' |
| | * beschreiben ein Nomen |
| | * stehen vor Nomen |
| | * stehen nach Artikeln (the, a - an, this, that) |
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| <div style="font-style:italic;color:navy;margin:1em;">There was an old house.</div>
| | Adjektive können beliebig aneinander gereiht werden - entweder mit ''and'' oder mit einem Komma. |
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| <div style="font-style:italic;color:navy;margin:1em;">There was a really old house with a sagging roof and some broken windows in the attic.</div>
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| | Adjektive können [[Adjectives/Comparison|gesteigert]] werden. |
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| '''''Adjectives''''' describe nouns and '''''adverbs''''' describe verbs or other adjectives /adverbs:
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| <div style="font-style:italic;color:navy;margin:1em;">I was walking <span style="display: inline-block;background:yellow;padding:0.2em 0.5em;border-radius:0.2em;text-align: center;width: 5em;">quite</span> <span style="display: inline-block;background:yellow;padding:0.2em 0.5em;border-radius:0.2em;text-align: center;width: 5em;">carefully</span> and <span style="display: inline-block;background:yellow;padding:0.2em 0.5em;border-radius:0.2em;text-align: center;width: 5em;">slowly</span>through the <span style="display: inline-block;background:yellow;padding:0.2em 0.5em;border-radius:0.2em;text-align: center;width: 5em;">really</span> <span style="display: inline-block;background:tomato;padding:0.2em 0.5em;border-radius:0.2em;text-align: center;width: 5em;">dark</span> and <span style="display: inline-block;background:tomato;padding:0.2em 0.5em;border-radius:0.2em;text-align: center;width: 5em;">peaceful</span> forest. </div>
| | == See also == |
| | * [[Building up a word pool/adverbs and adjectives]] (intensifiers like very, really ....) |
| | * [[Adverbs/Adverb_or_Adjective%3F|Adverb or Adjective?]] (Adverbien mit -ly) |
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| '''see more:'''
| | [[Kategorie:Englisch]] |
| * [[Adverbs/Adverb_or_Adjective%3F|Adverb or Adjective?]]
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| == Adverbs of degree ==
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| '''''Adverbs of degree''''' are used to modify verbs, adverbs and adjectives. They tell us the intensity to which something happens.
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| <div style="font-style:italic;color:navy;margin:1em;">I'm cold!</div>
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| <div style="font-style:italic;color:green;margin:1em;">How cold?</div>
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| <div style="font-style:italic;color:navy;margin:1em;">I'm a little cold. (★) - I'm pretty cold. (★★) - I'm really cold (★★★). - I'm absolutely frozen. (★★★★) </div>
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| <p style="font-size:1.5em;font-weight:bold;margin-left:2em;">★</p>
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| * a little
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| * barely
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| * hardly
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| * narrowly
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| <p style="font-size:1.5em;font-weight:bold;margin-left:2em;">★★</p>
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| * fairly
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| * pretty
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| <p style="font-size:1.5em;font-weight:bold;margin-left:2em;">★★★</p>
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| * deeply
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| * decidedly
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| * extremely
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| * incredibly
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| * really
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| * absolutely
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| * completely
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| * entirely
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| * totally
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| {{Box|Tip|Don't overdo it! Don't give every adjective its own adverb of degree but sprinkle it into your guided writing!|Hervorhebung}}
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| === The Test ===
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| '''Put in the correct adverbs:'''
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| We had an English test. I was ''almost'' finished when I saw a bird outside the window.
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| Its colorful feathers looked ''absolutely'' wonderful.
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| The bird was sitting on the window sill and I was ''barely'' moving.
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| I felt ''incredibly'' lucky to see such a beautiful creature but my teacher was ''terribly'' grumpy today.
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| '''Use adverbs of degree. (Look at the number of stars.)'''
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| Did you do well in the last test?
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| Well, it was OK . We were ''a bit|a little(★)'' late but that seems ''absolutely|completely|incredibly|really|totally(★★★★)'' normal for me, doesn't it? So we had to hurry to class.
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| Oh dear! Your attitude towards school is ''fairly|pretty|quite|rather|somewhat (★★)'' disturbing. You always try
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| Ralph was ''fairly|pretty|quite|rather|somewhat (★★)'' nervous at first, but when he saw the test everything was ok.
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| Did you do well in the last test?
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| Well, it was OK . We were ''a bit/a little(★)'' late but that seems ''absolutely/completely/incredibly/really/totally(★★★★)'' normal for me, doesn't it? So we had to hurry to class.
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| Oh dear! Your attitude towards school is ''fairly/pretty/quite/rather/somewhat (★★)'' disturbing. You always try
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| Ralph was ''fairly/pretty/quite/rather/somewhat (★★)'' nervous at first, but when he saw the test everything was ok.}}
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| === A Weekend Trip ===
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| '''Add an adverb of degree.'''
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| Our trip was ''extremely|incredibly|really|very(★★★)'' exciting. Munich is ''extremely|incredibly|really|very(★★★)'' nice.
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| What did you do there?
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| First we went shopping downtown. It'is a fashionable city, you know. In the afternoon we went to one of the many cool beer gardens where we had a traditional Bavarian dinner. It was ''absolutely|completely|incredibly|really|totally(★★★★)'' fantastic.
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| That sounds ''fairly|pretty|quite|rather|somewhat (★★)'' nice.
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| Then on Sunday we visited the Olympic Park. It was built for the 1972 Summer Games and it's ''absolutely|completely|incredibly|really|totally(★★★★)''amazing. We also went up the TV tower and had a ''extremely|incredibly|really|very(★★★)'' fantastic view! Then we to the Olympic Hall where an exhibition was held.
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| Oh, that sounds ''extremely|incredibly|really|very(★★★)'' interesting.
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| But Josie was ''a bit|a little(★)'' bored, so we didn't stay long.
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| {{Show-Hide|Our trip was ''extremely/incredibly/really/very(★★★)'' exciting. Munich is ''extremely/incredibly/really/very(★★★)'' nice.
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| First we went shopping downtown. It'is a fashionable city, you know. In the afternoon we went to one of the many cool beer gardens where we had a traditional Bavarian dinner. It was ''absolutely/completely/incredibly/really/totally(★★★★)'' fantastic.
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| That sounds ''fairly/pretty/quite/rather/somewhat (★★)'' nice.
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| Then on Sunday we visited the Olympic Park. It was built for the 1972 Summer Games and it's ''absolutely/completely/incredibly/really/totally(★★★★)''amazing. We also went up the TV tower and had a ''extremely/incredibly/really/very(★★★)'' fantastic view! Then we to the Olympic Hall where an exhibition was held.
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| Oh, that sounds ''extremely/incredibly/really/very(★★★)'' interesting.
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| But Josie was ''a bit/a little(★)'' bored, so we didn't stay long. }}
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| == Inversion ==
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| Sometimes you want to strenghten your point of view by putting the adverb first:
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| '''''Little''' did I know ...''
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| '''''Never''' have I seen such wildlife.''
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| '''''Rarely''' do foxes show themselves.
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| '''''Not only''' did she do ...''
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| {{Box|Tip|These sentence structures are only used in writing, never in conversation!|Hervorhebung}}
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| == Interactive Exercises ==
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| === The Test ===
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| <div class="lueckentext-quiz" lang="en">
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| We had an English test. I was ''almost'' finished when I saw a bird outside the window.
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| Its colorful feathers looked ''absolutely'' wonderful.
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| I felt ''incredibly'' lucky to see such a beautiful creature but my teacher was ''terribly'' grumpy today.
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| {{Fortsetzung|vorher=Building up a word pool|vorherlink=Building up a word pool|
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| weiter=Synonyms|weiterlink=Building up a word pool/Synonyms}}
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| {{Building up a word pool}}
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