Formation of
words
Day 2: Verbs and
Adverbs
What
is the difference between dangerously and
endanger
Verbs
Verbs are used to express an action or
to make a statement about a person or a thing. 動詞就是一個動作，或用來說出一個人或一件事的狀態。
To
express an action (表示動作):
walk, jump, differ, talk, move
To
make a statement (表示狀態):
verb to be(is, am, are, was, were, will be)
En or be may be added to form a verb, e.g.
endanger, blacken, befriend. Sometimes, the verb form of a word will be the same
as the noun form.
Verbs usually come after subject
nouns. There is only one verb in a simple sentence and this verb needs to have a
tense. We use infinitives or gerunds to indicate second and/or third verbs.
She brightens
my day.
Amy used
honey to sweeten the tea.
Adverbs
Adverbs are used to modify a verb, an
adjective or another adverb. 副詞是用來形容動詞，形容詞或副詞。
With a verb: A bus driver needs to drive
carefully.
With an adjective: Wendy is extremely hardworking.
With an adverb: A bus driver needs to drive extremely carefully.
Adverbs usually end with ly. We can
usually change an adjective into an
adverb
by adding ly to the word. If the adjective ends with
y we have to change y into i and then add ly.
beautiful --
beautifully
happy -- happily
Most adverbs come after the verbs
that they modify. They come before adjectives or adverbs if they are needed to
modify them.
A
bus driver needs to drive carefully.
Wendy
is extremely
hardworking.
A
bus driver needs to drive extremely carefully.
Let't see if you know the words in the
table.
|
Chinese
Meaning of the Verbs |
Verbs |
Chinese
Meaning of the Adverbs |
Adverbs |
|
令有能力 |
enable |
能幹地 |
ably |
|
2.
生氣 |
anger |
生氣地 |
angrily |
|
3.
留心 |
attend |
留心地 |
attentively |
|
4.
美化 |
beautify |
美麗地 |
beautifully |
|
5.
相信 |
believe |
可信地 |
believably |
|
6.
打敗 |
brave |
勇敢地 |
bravely |
|
7.
關心 |
care |
小心地 |
carefully |
|
8.
變成 |
change |
可轉變地 |
changeably |
|
9.
選擇 |
choose |
挑剔地 |
-------- |
|
10.
上色 |
colour |
色彩繽紛地 |
colourfully |
|
11.
鼓勵 |
encourage |
有勇氣地 |
courageously |
|
12.
危害 |
endanger |
危險地 |
dangerously |
|
13.
死 |
die |
|
deadly |
|
14.
決定 |
decide |
決定性地/果斷地 |
decisively |
|
15.
令不同 |
differ |
不同地 |
differently |
|
16.
--------- |
-------- |
困難地 |
difficultly |
|
17.
做得優秀 |
excel |
優秀地 |
excellently |
|
18.
令自由/免費 |
free |
自由地 |
freely |
|
19.
----------- |
-------- |
快樂地 |
happily |
|
20.
醫治 |
heal |
健康地 |
healthily |
|
21.
------------ |
-------- |
幸運地 |
luckily |
|
22.
------------ |
-------- |
嘈吵地 |
noisily |
|
23.
服從 |
obey |
服從地 |
obediently |
|
24.
----------- |
--------- |
驕傲地 |
proudly |
|
25.
加快 |
quicken |
快地 |
quickly |
|
26.
救 |
save |
安全地 |
safely |
|
27.
加強 |
strengthen |
強地 |
strongly |
|
28.
成功 |
succeed |
成功地 |
successfully |
|
29.
令變甜 |
sweeten |
甜蜜地 |
sweetly |
|
30.
溫暖 |
warm |
溫暖地 |
warmly |