PROBLEMS
WITH
ADJECTIVES & ADVERBS
Longman Preparation Course For The TOEFL Test
Often adverbs are formed by adding –ly to adjectives.
Examples below show adverbs that are formed by
adding –ly to adjectives.
ADJECTIVE
ADVERB
Recent →
Recently
Public →
Publicly
Evident →
Evidently
Many adverbs in English do not end in –ly.
They can be recognized from their meanings.
Describing when something happens
often, soon, later
Describing how something happens
fast, hard, well
Describing where something happens
here, there, nowhere
USE BASIC ADJECTIVES &
ADVERBS CORRECTLY
!!! Sometimes in the Written Expression
section of the TOEFL, adjectives are used
in place of adverbs, or adverbs are used in
place of adjectives.
!!! Adjectives and adverbs have very
different uses.
ADJECTIVES
TO DESCRIBE (PRO)NOUNS
She is a beautiful woman
Adj.
N.
She is beautiful
Pro.
Adj.
ADVERBS TO DESCRIBE
VERB, ADJECTIVE,
OTHER ADVERBS
She sings beautifully
Verb
Adv.
She is a beautifully dressed woman
Adv.
Adj.
N.
She is a truly beautifully dressed woman
Adv.
Adv.
Adj.
N.
INCORRECT SENTENCES AS
ON THE TOEFL TEST
They were seated at a largely table
The child talked quick to her
mother
We read an extreme long story