Grammar Brief

A – AN
If you have to use a or an depends on the sound the word begins with.
If the first sound is a consonant you have to use a.

banana

a
sandwich


toffee

If the first sound is a vowel you have to use an.

orange

an
apple


ice - cream


A – AN – SOME
Singular : a or an
a banana
a cat
a monkey
a football
a door
a window

an apple
an egg
an orange
an ice – cream
an umbrella
an eagle

Plural : some
some bananas
some monkeys
some oranges
some eggs

some doors
some apples
some umbrellas
some eagles


ADJECTIVE OR ADVERB
THE DIFFERENCE
An adjective tells us more about a noun. Example: an expensive car, a clever girl
An adverb tells us more about a verb. Example: He talked nervously.
THE ADVERB
HOW TO FORM
Adjective + ly
sad
sadly
quiet
quietly

nervous
nervously
soft
softly

Adjectives ending in -y »»» ily
happy
happily
angry
angrily

Adjectives ending in le »»» ly
terrible
terribly
capable
capably

Adjectives ending in ly
friendly
in a friendly way / manner
daily
daily

lively
in a lively way / manner
early
early

lonely
in a lonely way / manner
monthly
monthly

lovely
in a lovely way / manner
weekly
weekly

silly
in a silly way / manner
yearly
yearly

Irregular forms
good
well
low
low

fast
fast
straight
straight

hard
hard
extra
extra

long
long
doubtless
doubtless

Double forms
hard
hard
hardly = hiếm khi

near
near
nearly = hầu như

late
late
lately = gần đây

HOW TO USE THE ADVERB
Verb + adverb
The adverb describes a verb
Example:
He
drove
carefully.





verb
adverb




She
sold
her
house
quickly



verb


adverb

Adjective + adverb
The adverb describes an adjective
Example:
Her
necklace
was
horribly
expensive.





adverb
adjective



She
was
terribly
sorry.





adverb
adjective

Adverb + adverb
The adverb describes an adverb.
Example:
They
played
terribly
badly.




adverb
adverb


He did his homework
absolutely
correctly.




adverb
adverb

No adverb with the following verbs
forms of to be:
am, is, are, was, were, will be, have been, had been

seem
get
turn
grow
sound


look
feel
taste
become
smell



ADJECTIVE + PREPOSITION
1) nice / kind / good / stupid / silly / intelligent / clever / sensible (1) / (im)polite / rude (2) / unreasonable (3) OF someone (to do something):
Thank you it was very nice / kind of you to help me.
It`s stupid of her to go out without a coat.
2) nice / kind / good / (im)polite / rude / (un)pleasant (4) / (un)friendly / cruel TO someone:
She has always been very nice / kind to me.
Why are you so rude / unfriendly to Ann?
3) angry / furious (5) ABOUT something // WITH someone FOR something:
Why are you so angry about it?
They were furious with me for not inviting them to my party.
4) pleased (6) / disappointed (7) / satisfied (8) WITH something:
I was pleased with the present you gave me.
Were you disappointed with your examination results?
5) bored / fed up (9) WITH something:
You get bored / fed up with doing the same thing every day.
6) surprised (10) / shocked / amazed (11) / astonished (12) AT / BY something:
Everyone was surprised by /at the news.
7) exited / worried / upset (13) ABOUT something:
Are you exited about going on holiday next week?
8) afraid / scared (14) / frightened / terrified OF someone / something
Are you afraid of dogs?
9) proud / ashamed (15) OF someone / something:
I`m not ashamed of what I did.
good / bad / excellent / brilliant / hopeless (16) AT (doing) something: