c) Adjectives after certain verbs Some English verbs express what something or someone is like. Use an adjective after to be, to seem, to feel, to stay, to become and to get and after to look, to sound, to smell and to taste. These words are called copulative verbs. Be, seem, feel, stay Rhona was a little shy at first. Everything seemed so strange to her. But soon she felt better. And she stayed calm when they all started speaking Punjabi. Become, get Some bands have become famous in Manchester. I’m getting tired of this kind of music, though. Look, sound, smell, taste The Asian food looked interesting. Some of the names sounded unusual, but it smelled good and tasted great. d) Adjectives that have the same form as adverbs Adjective Adverb We rented a fast car when we were in the US. But you aren’t allowed to drive fast in America. It’s a long journey from Washington D.C. to L.A. It took very long to get to Chicago. On the way home we took an early flight. We had to get up terribly early to catch our plane. Further examples of adjectives that have the same form as adverbs are far, low, daily, monthly and weekly. e) Adverbs with two different forms Adverb without -ly Adverb with -ly We’ve all worked very hard. (hart/schwer) We can hardly wait for the Cup Final. (kaum) Our team always plays fair. (fair) We’re fairly sure that we’ll win next week. (ziemlich) We’ve just signed contracts with two promising young Brazilians. (gerade) In my opinion, the decision to let Ray Jones go was justly made. (zu Recht) Their players didn’t even get near our goal. (nah/in die Nähe) And the match was nearly over when they had their first real chance. (beinahe, fast) In the match on Saturday, United scored late. (spät) Have you seen any interesting matches on TV lately? (in letzter Zeit) f) The position and order of adverbs/adverbials in the sentence There are three positions in the sentence where adverbs/adverbials can be placed: • front position: before the subject • mid position: between the subject and the main verb or between auxiliary and main verb • end position: after the verb or after verb + object: Which position you decide on depends on the type of adverb/adverbial and the emphasis you want to give it. When two or more adverbs follow each other at the end of the sentence, they always occur in the same order: adverb of manner – adverb of place – adverb of time – adverb of frequency 169 Nur zu Prüfzwecken – Eigentum des Verlags öbv
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