LANGAUGE
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ADJECTIVE AND ADVERB
Adjectiv Adverb
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(a) Ann is a careful driver. careful carefully An adjective describes a noun.
(b) Ann drives carefully. slow slowly In (a): careful describes driver.
quick quickly
easy easily A adverb describes the action of
a verb.
In (b): carefully describes drives.
Most adverbs are formed by
adding –ly to an adjective.
(c) John is a fast driver fast fast The adjective form and the
(d) John drives fast. hard hard adverb form are the same for
early early fast, hard, early, late.
late late
(e) Linda is a good writer. good well Well is the adverb form of good.
(f) Linda writes well. Well can also be used as an
adjective to mean ‘not sick’.
Example: Paula was sick last
week, but now he’s well.
EXERCISE
1. Put the adjectives in brackets in the correct position.
Example: a beautiful table (wooden round) a beautiful round wooden table
a. An unusual ring (gold) __________________________________
b. An old lady (nice) __________________________________
c. A good-looking man (young) __________________________________
d. A modern house (attractive) __________________________________
e. Black gloves (leather) __________________________________
f. An American film (old) __________________________________
g. A large nose (red) __________________________________
h. A sunny day (lovely) __________________________________
i. A hot bath (nice) __________________________________
j. An ugly dress (orange) __________________________________
2. Which is right?
a. Don’t eat so quick/quickly. It’s not good for you. Quickly is right.
b. Why are you angry/angrily? I haven’t done anything.
c. Can you speak slow/slowly, please?
d. Come on, Dave! Why are you always so slow/slowly?
e. Bill is a very careful/carefully driver.
f. Jane is studying hard/hardly for her examinations.
g. ‘Where’s Diane?’ ‘She was here but she left sudden/suddenly.’
h. Please be quite/quietly. I’m studying.
i. Some companies pay their workers very bad/badly.
j. Those oranges look nice/nicely. Can I have one?
3. In this exercise you have to decide whether the underlined words are right or wrong.
Correct those which are wrong.
Examples: The driver of the car was serious injured. WRONG – seriously
Be quite, please! I’m trying to concentrate. RIGHT
a. I waited nervous in the waiting-room before the interview. __________
b. Why were you so unfriendly when I saw you yesterday? __________
c. It rained continuous for three days. __________
d. Alice and Stan are very happy married. __________
e. Tom’s French is not very good but his German is almost fluent. __________
f. Eva lived in America for five years, so she speaks very well English.__________
g. Everybody at the party was very colorful dressed. __________
h. Ann likes wearing colorful clothes. __________
i. Sue is terrible upset about losing her job. __________
4. Choose two words (one from each box) to complete each sentence.
absolutely reasonabl badly cheap enormous planned
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completel seriously fully changed ill quite
y
extremely unusually slightly damaged insured sorry
a. I thought the restaurant would be expensive but it was reasonably cheap.
b. George’s mother is _____ in hospital.
c. The fire destroyed our house but luckily we were _____.
d. What a big house! It’s _____.
e. It wasn’t a serious accident. The car was only _____.
f. A lot of things went wrong during our holiday because it was _____.
g. The children are normally very lively but they’re _____ today.
h. When I returned home after 20 years, everything had _____.
i. I’m _____ about losing your book. I’ll buy you another one.
5. Choose a verb (Box A) + an adverb (Box B) to complete the sentences.
A come know sleep win +B carefully clearl hard well
y
explai listen think work carefully easily quickly well
n
a. I’m going to tell you something very important, so please listen carefully.
b. Ann! I need your help. _____!
c. They _____. At the end of the day they’re always tired.
d. I’m tired this morning. I didn’t _____ last night.
e. You’re a much better tennis player than me. When we play, you always _____.
f. _____ before you answer the question.
g. I’ve met Alice a few times but I don’t ____ her very _____.
h. Our teacher isn’t very good. Sometimes he doesn’t _____ things very _____.
