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Star-Wars themed

The Star-Wars fighters are dangerous. (gefährlich) ->adjective

They are fighting dangerously. ->adverb

The difference between an adverb and an adjective is pretty easy and we bet you already noticed it while reading the example senteces above. But when to use which form?

Adjective: As you already know, an adjective describes the thing or the person (marked orange) in the sentence that is doing something. (For example: The Star-Wars fighters are dangerous.<-The adjective `dangerous` is describing the Star-Wars fighters.

Adverb: On the other hand, an adverb describes the action (how the person or the thing is doing) in the sentence (marked orange). (They are fighting dangerously.) You built it with whichever adjective you like, and add `ly`as an ending. But unfortunately there are some irregular forms of adverbs…

1. some adjectives, like `hard` don´t need the `ly`to become an adverb. (adjective: John is a very fast runner. Adverb: John runs fast.)

2. If the adjective has an `y`at the end, like happy, the `y` turns into an ‘i`and the `ly`is added normally to the adjective: (happy -> happi -> happily)

3. good -> well – In some cases the adverb of the verb is something totally different.

Exercise: Choose the adjective or the adverb in the following sentences.

1. Yoda always stands really (calm/calmly), except when he is fighting.

2.  Princess Leia is (beautiful/beautifully).

3. The (amazing/amazingly) Starwars series is loved by many fans all over the world.

Answers: (read from the right to the left)

1. ylmlac

2.lufituaeb

3. gnizama