English Proficiency Training - The Proper Use of Well and Good
1. When to Use "Well" and
"Good"
an English proficiency lesson on the
proper use of well and good in creating
essays and sentences
jroozreview.com/business-english-proficiency
2. Good
This is an adjective. As we all know, adjectives
are used to describe a noun. Hence, the word
"good" can be in different positions in a sentence.
1. It can be placed before the noun it
modifies.
2. It can be placed after be verbs.
3. It can be placed after state verbs (look, smell,
taste, feel)
jroozreview.com/business-english-proficiency
3. Good
(sample sentences)
1. It can be placed before the noun it
modifies.
Good people always find themselves lucky both in career and in their
relationship.
I need to get good grades in my IELTS
examination.
jroozreview.com/business-english-proficiency
4. Good
(sample sentences)
2. It can be placed after be verbs.
The driver is good.
The chicken that you prepared last night was so
good.
jroozreview.com/business-english-proficiency
5. Good
(sample sentences)
3. It can be placed after state verbs (look, smell, taste,
feel)
Joel smells really good today.
The coffee tasted good.
jroozreview.com/business-english-proficiency
6. Well
The word "well" is an adverb. As a review,
adverbs are words that modify a verb, an
adjective, another adverb or even the whole idea
of the sentence.
We use well when we refer to health.
exam
ples
You did well today. (In this sentence, the word “well”
is modifying the verb “did”.)
It was a well-explained essay. (It describes the word
“explained” functioning as an adjective.)
jroozreview.com/business-english-proficiency