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Some sentences may be correct and yet something is still missing:
Some sentences may be correct and yet something is still missing:


''I was walking throught the forest. I saw a fox.''
<div style="font-style:italic;color:navy;margin:1em;">I was walking throught the forest. I saw a fox.</div>
 
''There was a house.''


They sound boring and lifeless.   
They sound boring and lifeless.   
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Give more background information with attributes:
Give more background information with attributes:


''I was walking <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: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 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>
 
<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>
 
Here's another example:


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 style="font-style:italic;color:navy;margin:1em;">There was a house.</div>


''There was an old house.''
<div style="font-style:italic;color:navy;margin:1em;">There was an old house.</div>
   
   
''There was a really old house with a sagging roof and some broken windows in the attic. ''
<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>




'''''Adjectives''''' describe nouns and '''''adverbs''''' describe verbs or other adjectives /adverbs:
'''''Adjectives''''' describe nouns and '''''adverbs''''' describe verbs or other adjectives /adverbs:


''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 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>


* [[Englisch/Grammatik/Adverb_or_Adjective%3F|Adverb or Adjective?]]
* [[Englisch/Grammatik/Adverb_or_Adjective%3F|Adverb or Adjective?]]

Version vom 29. April 2020, 15:50 Uhr

Some sentences may be correct and yet something is still missing:

I was walking throught the forest. I saw a fox.

They sound boring and lifeless.

Give more background information with attributes:

I was walking slowlythrough the dark and peaceful forest.
Then I suddenly saw a small red fox.

Here's another example:

There was a house.
There was an old house.
There was a really old house with a sagging roof and some broken windows in the attic.


Adjectives describe nouns and adverbs describe verbs or other adjectives /adverbs:

I was walking quite carefully and slowlythrough the really dark and peaceful forest.

Adverbs of degree

Adverbs of degree are used to modify verbs, adverbs and adjectives. They tell us the intensity to which something happens.

  • barely
  • hardly
  • narrowly
  • scarcely

  • fairly
  • pretty
  • quite
  • rather
  • somewhat

  • absolutely
  • completely
  • deeply
  • decidedly
  • entirely
  • extremely
  • incredibly
  • really
  • very

Tip
Don't overdo it! Don't give every adjective its own adverb of degree but sprinkle it into your guided writing!

Inversion

Sometimes you want to strenghten your point of view by putting the adverb first:

Little did I know ...

Never have I seen such wildlife.

Rarely do foxes show themselves.

Not only did she do ...

Tip
These sentence structures are only used in writing, never in conversation!

Interactive Exercises

The Test

We had an English test. I was almost finished when I saw a bird outside the window.

Its colorful feathers looked absolutely wonderful.

The bird was sitting on the window sill and I was barely moving.

I felt incredibly lucky to see such a beautiful creature but my teacher was terribly grumpy today.