Adverbs. Formation. Degrees of Comparison.

1. Form adverbs from the adjectives.

active - actively short –___________ cheap – ___________ quiet – ___________ quick - ___________ traditional – __________________ beautiful – __________________ wonderful – __________________ careful – __________________

easy – ___________ necessary – __________________ lucky – ___________ happy – ___________ heavy - ___________   active – ___________ polite – ___________ safe – ___________ nice – ___________ exceptions: true – __________________ whole – ___________________

comfortable – ___________________ comfortable – ___________________ probable – ___________________ reasonable – ___________________ sensible – __________ terrible - ___________   dramatic – dramatically automatic – ___________________ scientific – ___________________

fortunate – ________________ urgent – ________________ possible – ________________ angry – ________________ fast - ___________ early - __________ often - __________ deep ___________ hard ___________ late ____________ long ___________ low ___________ wrong _________ straight ________

 

2. Put in adverbs formed from these adjectives:

bright, careful, fluent, immediate, patient, punctual, quiet, safe, secret, slow

 

1. The journey took a long time because the train travelled so slowly.

2. It was hot, and the sun shone (1) ___________ from a clear sky.

3. He could only wait (2) _______________ for the journey to end.

4. When the train finally arrived, he had no time to spare, so he (3)____________ took a taxi to the hotel.

5. She was on time. She arrived (4) ________________ at three.

6. No one else knew about the meeting – it was important to meet (5) _____________________.

7. “I had a terrible journey,” said she. “But luckily the pilot managed to land (6) ____________.

8. Her English was good, and she spoke very  (7) _________________________.

9. He was listening (8) ______________________ to every word.

10. They were speaking very (9) __________________ in case the room was bugged.

 

3. Look at the information in brackets and put in the adverbs.

1. (Emma’s toothache was terrible.) Emma’s tooth ached terribly.

2. (Henry was angry.) Henry shouted ______________ at the waiter.

3. (I’m happy sitting here.) I can sit here ______________ for hours.

4. (The switch is automatic.). The machine switches itself off _____________________.

5. (Everyone was enthusiastic.) Everyone discussed the idea _______________________.

6. (We should be reasonable.) Can’t we discuss the problem _______________________?

7. (The building has to be secure.) Did you lock all the doors ______________________?

8. (Tom was hungry.) Tom ate _______________________.

9. (The children seemed happy.) The children played _____________________.

10. (My soup has got cold.) The man stared ______________ at us.

11. (Mike looked angry). He looked _______________ at us.

12. (The medicine tasted awful.) – Emma tasted the drink (nervous) ________________.

13. (The man appeared drunk). – A waiter appeared (sudden) __________________.

14. (I felt bad.) – I felt (careful) ___________ the ground. 

 

4. Adverb or Adjective?

A.

1. I had a strange/strangely dream last night.

2. I was in a garden. It was getting dark/darly, and it was terrible/terribly cold.

3. My head was aching bad/badly.

4. I was walking out of the garden when sudden/suddenly I saw a man.

5. He was sitting quiet/quietly on a seat.

6. He seemed very unhappy/unhappily.

7. He looked up and smiled sad/sadly at me.

8. I don’t know why, but I felt curious/curiously about him.

9. I wanted to talk to him, but I couldn’t think what to say. I just stood there foolish/foolishly.

 

5. Good/Well

1. She is a __________ violinist.  She plays the violin very ___________

2. Our test results were ____________. We all did ___________ in the test.

3. I had a ____________ night. I slept _____________ last night.

 

6. Pair of adverbs with different meaning.

Hard/hardly,

near/nearly,

high/highly,

free/freely,

late/lately

1. I tried ________, but I didn’t succeed.

2. I have got __________ any money left.

3. I found a phone box quiet ____________.

4. It was __________ 4 p.m.

5. I _________ fell asleep in the meeting.

6. The plane flew _________ above the clouds.

7. The material is ___________ radioactive. (very)

8. We got into the concert __________. (without paying)

9. The animals are allowed to wander ___________ (uncontrolled).

10 She arrived ________, as usual.

11. I’ve been very busy ____________ (in the last few days).

 

7. Friendly, lively, lovely, elderly, likely, lonely, silly, ugly – adjectives !

Decide if each underlined word is an adjective or an adverb.

1. That new building is rather ugly. – adjective.

2. I’d like to arrive early if I can. -

3. I haven’t seen you for a long time. –

4. Why are you wearing that silly hat? –

5. Very young children travel free. –

6. The temperature is quite high today.

7. We nearly missed the bus this morning.

 

8. Form the degrees of comparison from the adverbs:

quietly – more quietly than – most quietly of all

comfortably –

quickly –

heavily –

beautifully –

fully –

actively –

closely –

well –

badly –

little –

much –

late –

early –

 

9. Supply the correct forms of the adverbs.

1. I got to the office (quickly) __________________ than yesterday.

2. Sam bought some furniture (cheaply) _____________ than he planned.

3. You can get to any place by Underground (quickly) _______________ than by bus.

4. I can buy (cheaply) ___________ in a supermarket than in a small shop.

5. It snows (heavily) _______________ in winter in Siberia.

6. You will get to the airport (quickly) __________ by taxi than by a shuttle bus.

7. He speaks English (well) __________________ than the other students.

8. He swims (well) __________ of all.

9. What TV programme to you like (little) __________ of all?

10. On Monday I came home (late) ___________ than on the other days.

11. I will stay in London a big (long) ______________.

12. Jane usually arrives at the office (early) _____________ than the other people of the company.

13. They sometimes stay in the office (late) ___________ than usual.