Adjectives & AdverbsBIntermediate

Adverbs vs. Adjectives

The Linking Verb Trap

A common error is using an adverb after a linking verb. Linking verbs (be, seem, appear, feel, look, sound, smell, taste, become, get) are followed by adjectives, not adverbs. "I feel bad about it." ✓ (not "badly") "She looks tired." ✓ (not "tiredly") BUT: "She looked at me angrily." ✓ — here "looked" is not a linking verb but an action verb, so an adverb is correct.

The Linking Verb Trap

A common error is using an adverb after a linking verb. Linking verbs (be, seem, appear, feel, look, sound, smell, taste, become, get) are followed by adjectives, not adverbs. "I feel bad about it." ✓ (not "badly") "She looks tired." ✓ (not "tiredly") BUT: "She looked at me angrily." ✓ — here "looked" is not a linking verb but an action verb, so an adverb is correct.

Practice

He felt ___ after hearing the news.

The new perfume smells.

Put the words in the correct order:

Click words from the bank to place them here

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