Adjectives v/s Adverbs

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Hey! we always get confused in the use of adjective and adverbs. so let's end it today. What you need to remember ? Let's have a look...….

Adjectives -  Adjectives are those words which describes a noun or a pronoun.

1) "Riya is a good belly dancer."

2) "That dog is so cute."

3) "They are so stubborn."

In sentence 1, adjective good is describing about the noun riya, in sentence 2, adjective cute is describing about the noun dog, and in sentence 3 adjective stubborn is describing about the pronoun they.

ADVERB - An adverb describes about a verb, an adjective or                       an adverb. Or we can define it  that an adverb is a word which add more information about manner, time, place, cause, or degree to a verb , an adjective, the whole sentence ,or another adverb.

1) "Tom has arrived 12mins early."

2) "The rooms in hotel are almost fully booked." 

3) "Generally, They don't go by bus."

In sentence 1, adverb early describes  the verb arrived, in sentence 2, adverb almost  describes  another adverb fully , and in sentence3, adverb generally describes the whole sentence.

The confusion creates because we have some words which are used as an adjective and an adverb also .

Here is the list of some words which are used as an adjective and an adverb also with examples:- Green colour denotes adverb and yellow adjective.

Adjectives      Adverbs                           Examples

Daily               Daily               1. Marry jogs 2miles a daily.
                                                2. Marry follows her father 
                                                    daily routine.                 

Fast               Fast                   1. She loves fast cars.
                                                 2. She cooks fast.

Late              late                     1.  Rohan is the latecomer.
                                                 2.  He comes late in the school.


Hard            hard                    1.  The bed was hard to sleep.
                                                 2. I worked hard to reach here.

High            high                    1.The mountain is high to climb.                                                     2. She jumped high to get balloons.

Free            free                     1. This cooking book is free of cost.
                                               2.  We can talk freely here.

Long         long                      1. She cuts her sister's longhair.
                                               2. How long will she work?

Fair           fair                      1. Children are fairly treated in the                                                           debate competition.
                                               2. It was fair decision taken by the                                                      judges.  

Live            live                     1. I performed live in reality shows.                                               2.  Live shows are fun to watch. 

Early         early                    1. Mohit began to write novels as                                                         early as in 1989. 
                                               2. Early risers have healthy life.