Word bank of adjectives and adverbs

List of Verbs, Nouns, Adjectives and Adverbs

 It is very important to know how the words will change from one part of speech to another. For example, a noun beauty can be written as beautiful in adjective form beautifully in adverb form and beautify in the verb form. This kind of change will take place when we add suffixes and prefixes to the root word. Here, you will find a huge list of Verbs, Nouns, Adjectives, and Adverbs with the added prefixes and suffixes for the modification.

A suffix is a letter or group of letters added at the end of a word to make a new word. Suffix changes a word from one part of speech to another like a noun to an adjective.

A prefix is a letter or group of letters placed at the beginning of a word to modify or change its meaning.

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 Apart from this list of Verbs, Nouns, Adjectives and Adverbs, you can also refer to the following topics.

• Proper Adjectives
• Adjectives of Quality (Qualitative Adjectives/Descriptive Adjectives)
• Adjectives of Quantity (Quantitative Adjectives)
• Adjectives of Number (Numeral Adjectives)
• Demonstrative Adjectives
• Interrogative Adjectives
• Distributive Adjectives
• Possessive Adjectives (Pronominal)
• Emphasizing Adjectives
• Exclamatory Adjectives
• Participle Adjectives
• Relative Adjectives
• Compound Adjectives
• Formation of Adjectives

Good/well
Good is an adjective. The adverb is well:
* Your English is good. but You speak English well.
* Susan is a good pianist. but Susan plays the piano well.

We use well (not ‘good’) with past participles (dressed/known etc.):
well-dressed well-known well-educated well-paid

But well is also an adjective with the meaning ‘in good health’:
* ‘How are you today?’, ‘I’m very well, thanks.’ (not ‘I’m very good’)

Fast/hard/late
These words are both adjectives and adverbs:
adjective:
* Jack is a very fast runner.
* Ann is a hard worker.
* The train was late.
adverb:
* Jack can run very fast.
* Ann works hard. (not ‘works hardly’)
* I got up late this morning.
Lately = ‘recently’
* Have you seen Tom lately?

Hardly
Hardly = very little, almost not. Study these examples:
* Sarah was rather unfriendly to me at the party. She hardly spoke to me. (= she spoke to me very little, almost not at all)
* George and Hilda want to get married but they’ve only known each other for a few
days. I don’t think they should get married yet. They hardly know each other. (= they know each other very little)

Hard and hardly are completely different. Compare:
* He tried hard to find a job but he had no luck. (= he tried a lot, with a lot of effort)
* I’m not surprised he didn’t find a job. He hardly tried to find one. (= he tried very little)

We often use hardly + any/anybody/anyone/anything/anywhere:
* A: How much money have you got?
B: Hardly any. (= very little, almost none)
* I’ll have to go shopping. We’ve got hardly any food.
* The exam results were very bad. Hardly anybody in our class passed. (= very few students passed, almost nobody passed)
* She ate hardly anything. She wasn’t feeling hungry. (= she ate very little, almost nothing)

Note the position of hardly. You can say:
* She ate hardly anything. or She hardly ate anything.
* We’ve got hardly any food. or We’ve hardly got any food. We often use can/could + hardly.

I can hardly do something = it’s almost impossible for me to do it:
* Your writing is terrible. I can hardly read it. (= it is almost impossible for me to read it)
* My leg was hurting me. I could hardly walk. Hardly ever = almost never
* I’m nearly always at home in the evenings. I hardly ever go out.

EXERCISES
100.1 Put in good or well.
1. I play tennis but I’m not very _good._
2. Your exam results were very —.
3. You did very — in your exams.
4. The weather was very — while we-were on holiday.
5. 1 didn’t sleep very — last night.
6. How are you? Are you —?
7. George speaks German very —.
8. George’s German is very —.
9. Our new business is going very — at the moment.
10. I like your jacket. It looks — on you.
11. I’ve met her a few times but I don’t know her very —.

100.2 Complete these sentences using well + one of the following words: balanced behaved done dressed informed kept known paid
1. The children were very good. They were _well-behaved._
2. I’m surprised you haven’t heard of her. She is quite —.
3. Our neighbours’ garden is neat and tidy. It is very —.
4. You should eat different types of food. Your diet should be —.
5. Ann knows a lot about many things. She is quite —.
6. His clothes are always smart. He is always —.
7. Jill has a lot of responsibility in her job but she isn’t very —.
8. Congratulations on passing your examinations —!

100.3 Are the underlined words right or wrong? Correct the ones that are wrong.
1. I’m tired because I’ve been working _hard._ _RIGHT_
2. I tried _hard_ to remember her name but I couldn’t.
3. This coat is practically unused. I’ve _hardly_ worn it.
4. She’s a good tennis player. She hits the ball _hardly._
5. Don’t walk so _fast!_ I can’t keep up with you.
6. Why are you walking so _slow?_ Are you tired?

100.4 Write sentences with hardly. Use one of the following verbs (in the correct form):
change hear know recognise say sleep speak
1. George and Hilda have only met once before. They _hardly know_ each other.
2. You’re speaking very quietly. I can — you.
3. I’m very tired this morning. I — last night.
4. We were so shocked when we heard the news, we could —.
5. Kate was very quiet this evening. She — a word.
6. You look the same now as you looked 15 years ago. You’ve —.
7. I met Keith a few days ago. I hadn’t seen him for a long time and he looks very different now. I — him.

100.5 Complete these sentences with hardly + any/anybody/anything/anywhere/ever.
1. I’ll have to go shopping. We’ve got _hardly any_ food.
2. It was a very warm day and there was — wind
3. ‘Do you know much about computers?’ ‘No —.’
4. The hotel was almost empty. There was — staying there.
5. I listen to the radio quite often but I — watch television.
6. Our new boss is not very popular. — likes her.
7. It was very crowded in the room. There was — to sit.
8. We used to be good friends but we — see each other now.
9. It was nice driving this morning. There was — traffic.
10. 1 hate this town. There’s — to do and — to go.

100.1

2 good 3 well 4 good

5 well 6 well 7 well

8 good 9 well 10 good

11 well

100.2

2 well-known

3 well-kept

4 well-balanced

5 well-informed

6 well-dressed

7 well-paid

8 Well done! (2 separate words)

100.3

2 right 3 right 4 wrong-hard

5 right 6 wrong-slowly

100.4

2 hardly hear

3 hardly slept

4 hardly speak

5 hardly said

6 hardly changed

7 hardly recognised

100.5

2 hardly any

3 hardly anything

4 hardly anybody/hardly anyone

5 hardly ever

6 Hardly anybody/Hardly anyone

7 hardly anywhere

8 hardly ever

9 hardly any

10 hardly anything … hardly anywhere