English Summary 2.2
Word order
Wie Doet Wat / Wie Waar Wanneer
Onderwerp Gezegde / Lijdend / Plaatsbepaling Tijdsbepaling
Werkwoorden Meewerkend
voorwerp
Billy went to his friend next door five minutes ago
I drink a glass of coca at school every day
cola
1. Rule: place before time.
Adverbs of time: Yesterday, a few minutes ago, last year, at the beginning of a sentence and at the
end (never in between).
General adverbs: Never, always, often, rarely, already, sometimes, usually, soon etc.
! Never at the beginning put in the middle of the sentence !
Adverbs that says something about a verb should be put before a verb.
Example: She suddenly stood up.
Exception to that rule: With the verb from of to be. Example: she is often late.
2. Rule at the end of sentence:
First adverbs of how
Then adverbs of place
Last adverbs of time
For example: I worked hard at the ranch yesterday.
,Use these skill words in your job application, resumé & cover
letter.
, Adjectives / Adverbs (bijvoeglijke naamwoorden / bijwoorden).
• We’re going to review adjectives and adverbs, and look at some common mistakes that you might
be making with them.
• Common mistakes with English Adjectives and Adverbs.
• What’s an adjective?
An adjective describes a noun or a pronoun (someone or something).
An adjective comes before the noun:
Example: We made slow progress. / He is an amazing cook.
It can also come after verbs that describe someone or something e.g. ‘be’, ‘get’, ‘become’ etc. (called
linking verbs) or a sense verb (smell, taste, feel, look, seem etc.)
Example: Our progress was/seemed/felt slow.
Example: His food tastes/smells/looks amazing.
• Participle (participial) Adjectives
Some adjectives are formed out of the present and past participles of verbs.
To amaze (verb) amazing (present participle) / amazed (past participle) both are adjectives.
To interest (verb) interesting / interested (adjectives)
‘ing’ adjectives describe the person or object.
Example: He is an interesting person. His stories are interesting.
‘ed’ adjectives describe feelings and attitudes:
Example: We are interested in him and his stories.
• What’s an adverb?
An adverb describes a verb (an action), an adjective, another adverb or a whole sentence.
Examples:
We progressed slowly. (Slowly describes progressed – describing a verb).
He is an incredibly amazing cook. (Incredibly is an adverb who tells us more about the
adjective ‘amazing’ – describing an adjective).
He cooks really amazingly. (Really is an adverb telling us more about another adverb
‘amazingly’ – describing an adverb).
Interestingly, he comes from England. (interestingly relates to the whole sentence, he comes
from England – Describing a whole sentence).
• Formulation
As you can see, to change an adjective into an adverb we usually add ‘ly’ to it.
Slow slowly
Interesting interestingly
If the adjective ends in ‘y’, change it to ‘I’ before adding the ‘ly’.
Happy happily
Lucky luckily
Word order
Wie Doet Wat / Wie Waar Wanneer
Onderwerp Gezegde / Lijdend / Plaatsbepaling Tijdsbepaling
Werkwoorden Meewerkend
voorwerp
Billy went to his friend next door five minutes ago
I drink a glass of coca at school every day
cola
1. Rule: place before time.
Adverbs of time: Yesterday, a few minutes ago, last year, at the beginning of a sentence and at the
end (never in between).
General adverbs: Never, always, often, rarely, already, sometimes, usually, soon etc.
! Never at the beginning put in the middle of the sentence !
Adverbs that says something about a verb should be put before a verb.
Example: She suddenly stood up.
Exception to that rule: With the verb from of to be. Example: she is often late.
2. Rule at the end of sentence:
First adverbs of how
Then adverbs of place
Last adverbs of time
For example: I worked hard at the ranch yesterday.
,Use these skill words in your job application, resumé & cover
letter.
, Adjectives / Adverbs (bijvoeglijke naamwoorden / bijwoorden).
• We’re going to review adjectives and adverbs, and look at some common mistakes that you might
be making with them.
• Common mistakes with English Adjectives and Adverbs.
• What’s an adjective?
An adjective describes a noun or a pronoun (someone or something).
An adjective comes before the noun:
Example: We made slow progress. / He is an amazing cook.
It can also come after verbs that describe someone or something e.g. ‘be’, ‘get’, ‘become’ etc. (called
linking verbs) or a sense verb (smell, taste, feel, look, seem etc.)
Example: Our progress was/seemed/felt slow.
Example: His food tastes/smells/looks amazing.
• Participle (participial) Adjectives
Some adjectives are formed out of the present and past participles of verbs.
To amaze (verb) amazing (present participle) / amazed (past participle) both are adjectives.
To interest (verb) interesting / interested (adjectives)
‘ing’ adjectives describe the person or object.
Example: He is an interesting person. His stories are interesting.
‘ed’ adjectives describe feelings and attitudes:
Example: We are interested in him and his stories.
• What’s an adverb?
An adverb describes a verb (an action), an adjective, another adverb or a whole sentence.
Examples:
We progressed slowly. (Slowly describes progressed – describing a verb).
He is an incredibly amazing cook. (Incredibly is an adverb who tells us more about the
adjective ‘amazing’ – describing an adjective).
He cooks really amazingly. (Really is an adverb telling us more about another adverb
‘amazingly’ – describing an adverb).
Interestingly, he comes from England. (interestingly relates to the whole sentence, he comes
from England – Describing a whole sentence).
• Formulation
As you can see, to change an adjective into an adverb we usually add ‘ly’ to it.
Slow slowly
Interesting interestingly
If the adjective ends in ‘y’, change it to ‘I’ before adding the ‘ly’.
Happy happily
Lucky luckily
