PROBLEMS WITH ADJECTIVES AND ADVERBS

Many different problems with adjectives and adverbs are possible in written expression questions on the TOEFL test. To identify these problems, you must first be able to recognize adjectives and adverbs.

Often adverbs are formed by adding -ly to adjectives, and these -ly adverbs are very easy to recognize. The following examples show adverbs that are formed by adding -ly to adjectives:

• Adjective: recent, Adverb: recently
• Adjective: public, Adverb: publicly
• Adjective: evident, Adverb: evidently

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However, there are many adverbs in English that do not end in -ly. These adverbs can be recognized from their meanings. They can describe when something happens (often, soon, later), how something happens (fast, hard, well), or where something happens (here, there, nowhere).

There are three skills involving adjectives and adverbs that will help you on written expression questions on the TOEFL test: (1) knowing when to use adjectives and adverbs, (2) using adjectives rather than adverbs after linking verbs, and (3) positioning adjectives and adverbs correctly.