Adverbs
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Adverbs of manner (answer the question how?)
Many adverbs of manner are made from adjectives + -ly:
quick - quickly; wide - widely; bad - badly
BUT: Irregular form : good - well
She is a good singer. She sings well.
To form adverbs from adjectives ending in -ly (friendly, cowardly, lonely, lovely, etc.) we use adverbial phrases: in a ... way/manner/fashion
Meg always greets me in a friendly way.
Some adverbs have the same form as adjectives: fast, little, early, far
He's got a fast car. - He drives fast.
My sister is a little girl. - He knows little of other countries.
She's in her early teens. - He gets up early.
He comes from the far north of Scotland. - Does he live far?
Some adverbs have two forms and different meanings:
a) without -ly
hard, late, high, near;
He works hard. (= He works a lot.)
They usually come home late. (= They come home near the end of the day.)
I can jump high. (= I can jump at a height of about 1 metre.)
He lives quite near. (= He lives not far from here.)
b) with -ly
hardly, lately, highly, nearly (adverb of degree).
He hardly earns any money. (= He doesn't earn enough money.)
He is a highly successful salesman. (= He is a very successful salesman.)
lately = recently (is used in the Present Perfect Tense)
I'm nearly ready. (I'm almost ready.)
Exercise 13. Write the adverbs.
| slow | slowly | smart | __ | early | __ |
| fast | __ | little | __ | lazy | __ |
| careful | __ | bad | __ | full | __ |
| quiet | __ | intelligent | __ | deep | __ |
| wide | __ | gentle | __ | new | __ |
| good | __ | true | __ | terrible | __ |
| far | __ | serious | __ | warm | __ |
Exercise 14. Choose the correct word (adjective or adverb).
Example: You speak German perfect /perfectly - just like a native.
You speak German perfectly - just like a native.
1. Please talk quiet/quietly. I don't want to wake up the baby.
2. Don't drive so quick/quickly. It's dangerous.
3. In summer it hard/hardly rains at all in this part of the country.
4. Please don't be angry/angrily with me.
5. It's about midnight and I'm near/nearly asleep.
6. He plays the guitar good /well.
7. The music is too loud/loudly. We can't talk.
8. His English is very good/well.
9. It'sdangerous /dangerously to swim in the sea here.
10. Her friend's brother lives near/nearly, in the same neighborhood.
Exercise 15. Change the adjectives into adverbs or adverbial phrases in the following sentences.
Example: He's a bad driver. He drives badly.
1. She's a hard worker. She works __.
2. My sister is a good cook. She cooks __.
3. He's a fast runner. He runs __.
4. She's glad to help. She helps __.
5. That restaurant isn't far away from here. We don't have to go __.
6. Don't be so unfriendly! Don't look at me __.
7. He's a quick thinker. He thinks __.
8. Be careful! Act __.
Adverbs of place (answer the question where?)
They work here.
His house is situated at the end of the street.
Exercise 16. Complete the sentences with the prepositions of place: at, in, on.
1. He lives ___ the corner of Green Street and Links Road.
2. My uncle and aunt live ___ Milan now.
3. We usually meet ___ the station.
4. There's some tea ___ the shelf ___ the cupboard.
5. Turin is ___ the north of Italy, ___ the river Po.
6. My brother isn't ___ work today, it's his day off.
7. We meet ___ town every Sunday morning.
Adverbs of time (answer the question when?)
He gets up at 7 o'clock in the morning.
The conference starts on the 10th of October.
Exercise 17. Read the text and complete it with the prepositions of time: at, in, on.
Kevin works as a receptionist in a big hotel. He gets up ___ (1) seven every day and then goes jogging in the park before breakfast. He has his lunch in the hotel ___ (2) noon almost every day, but ___ (3) Wednesdays he meets a group of friends at a restaurant. He trains a youth-club volleyball team two evenings a week ___ (4) winter. It starts ___ (5) September and ends ___ (6) May. They play in a league.
It's different___ (7) weekends. He usually stays in bed late and gets up ___ (8) nine or nine-thirty. He's always busy ___ (9) Saturdays ___ (10) winter. His volleyball team often have their matches ___ (11) Saturday mornings and ___ (12) the afternoons he usually watches his old school team's basketball matches. He often has friends in for dinner ___ (13) Saturday evenings. ___ (14) Sundays his elder daughter, Helen, usually cooks lunch, and it's very nice to get home___ (15) lunch-time, and find a delicious meal ready. ___ (16) the evening Kevin and his family go out to the theatre or to the cinema. Of course,___(17) Christmas they are all together at home but ___ (18) New Year's Day they go to his parents' house.
Kevin's birthday is ___ (19) the 1st of November and they usually eat out in the city center.
Kevin and his wife, Kelly, are interested in flower arranging. ___ (20) Wednesday they go to flower arranging classes.
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