Use of Adjectives and Adverbs in English
Adjectives and adverbs are actually very easy to understand. An adjective describes a noun, and an adverb (as the name suggests) describes a verb. So if we use the noun, ‘car’, then we can use the adjectives, ‘red’ car, ‘brown’ car, ‘blue’ car, and so on, to describe the car (which is the noun). If we use the verb, ‘runs’ then we can use the adverbs, ‘slowly’, ‘quickly’, or ‘feebly,’ to describe how a person runs.
A very easy way to remember which is which is that the adverb describes a ‘doing’ word in a sentence, whereas the adjective is used to describe a ‘thing’ in a sentence. So in the sentence, ‘He slowly turned his head and looked towards the dark, grey cloud,’ then the adverb is, ‘slowly,’ since it describes how the action was carried out and the adjectives are ‘dark’ and ‘grey,’ describing the noun, which is the ‘cloud.’
Often people who are learning English find it hard to remember which is the adjective and which is an adverb. If the rule above is not enough to help you remember this clearly then you should consider using some kind of online punctuation or grammar checker, just to ascertain that you have used the right adverb or adjective. Then you will naturally start to get a feel for which is correct and where each should be used. Very soon you will find that you are able to get it right all the time, without any assistance.
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