“She plays the piano beautiful.”
What's wrong? Choose the right one.
An adjective describes a person or thing (a beautiful song); an adverb describes how you do something (she sings beautifully).
Not: She plays the piano beautiful.
Say: She plays the piano beautifully.
Try 6 like it
Questions where people make this mistake.
THE QUESTIONS
- Our teacher gave us some very ______ advice about how to organise our study time.helping · helpful · help · helpfully
- Ella plays the piano so ______ that everyone stops to listen.beautiful · beauty · beautifully · beautify
- My brother is very ______ at weekends; he plays football and goes swimming.active · action · actively · acting
- My brother is very ______, so he spends his free time painting and making models.creation · creatively · creating · creative
- Working in a café is a very ______ occupation for students who want some extra money.popularly · popular · popularise · popularity
- Maria is ______ of running a marathon because she trains so hard.capable · capabilities · capability · capably
Show the answers
- helpfulnot help: the noun and the adjective mixed upnot helpfully: the adjective and the adverb mixed up
- beautifullynot beautiful: the adjective and the adverb mixed up
- activenot action: the noun and the adjective mixed upnot actively: the adjective and the adverb mixed up
- creativenot creation: the noun and the adjective mixed upnot creatively: the adjective and the adverb mixed up
- popularnot popularly: the adjective and the adverb mixed upnot popularity: the noun and the adjective mixed up
- capablenot capably: the adjective and the adverb mixed upnot capability: the noun and the adjective mixed up