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Choose the correct words to complete the sentence.
She is a _________________________ student. She did _________________________ on the test.

The correct answer is "good, well". "Good" is an adjective that describes the noun "student," while "well" is an adverb that modifies the verb "did."

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Adjective

  • a tall building — ❌ a tally building
  • The soup is hot — ❌ The soup is hotly
  • a lovely small old table — ❌ a small lovely old table
  • She seems tired — ❌ She seems tiredly

These bolded words are adjectives — words that describe nouns or pronouns. They sit before a noun (a tall building) or after a linking verb (The soup is hot).

Pattern: if a word can slot between a/the and a noun (a ___ thing) and can take -er/-est, it's almost certainly an adjective.

Adverb

  • She sings beautifully — ❌ She sings beautiful
  • He drives carefully — ❌ He drives careful
  • They arrived late — ✅ a late train (same form, both roles)
  • She works hard — ❌ She works hardly (different meaning!)

The -ly words are adverbs — they modify verbs, adjectives, or other adverbs, telling you how, when, where, or to what degree.

Pattern: most adjectives become adverbs by adding -ly, but watch the exceptions — fast, hard, late, well — that keep the same shape or change meaning entirely.

Adjective and adverb

  • a quick response — ❌ a quickly response
  • she spoke quietly — ❌ she spoke quiet
  • the food tastes good — ❌ the food tastes well
  • he runs fast — ✅ a fast car (same word, both roles)

Adjectives modify nouns; adverbs modify verbs, adjectives, or other adverbs. Most adverbs add -ly to the adjective (slow → slowly), but some words — fast, hard, late — serve as both without changing form.

Rule: if the word describes a noun → adjective. If it describes an action or degree → adverb.

A1 | Elementary | Beginners

  • My name is Anna. — present simple of be
  • Where is the station? — basic *wh-*question
  • I have two brothers. — possession with have
  • She likes coffee. — third-person -s

These are A1 sentences — the starting level of the CEFR framework. At A1 you can introduce yourself, ask and answer simple personal questions, and handle basic everyday transactions using present tense, be/have/do, and core vocabulary.

If you can say these but freeze at normal speaking speed, you're solidly A1 — and that's exactly where to start.

Easy

  • She is a teacher. — one verb form, one rule
  • I have two cats. — basic possession, short sentence
  • He doesn't like coffee. — simple negation with do-support
  • Only one answer is clearly correct; distractors are obviously wrong.

Easy marks beginner-level challenges: A1–early A2, one rule at a time, everyday vocabulary, no trick questions.

Use "Easy" when you want to build confidence on a specific rule without interference from other grammar or tricky contexts.