NOT A DOG'S DINNER!!

________________________________________ (shoes leather Italian expensive handmade); these are my pride and joy. I own _______________ _____________ (old beautiful pair) - or I did until yesterday, when I discovered that one of the shoes was missing. I had left the shoes on my __________ (doorstep back) to do some gardening. My neighbour has ___________________ (dog friendly large) called Sam. When I saw that one of my shoes had disappeared, I knew that Sam had taken it. I can't say he behaved _________ (bad/badly). He just behaved like a dog. Leather looks _________ (good/well) and tastes (good/ well) too. I unwillingly gave Sam the __________________________ (remaining shoe Italian) and then followed him. I not only found ____________________ (Italian unchewed my shoe) but also a pile of things Sam had been borrowing, including my ____________________ (slippers wife's fur-lined red) which Sam had tried to have for dinner!

**TASK 9. Choose the right adverb in each sentence.

1. Farm workers have to work very hard/ hardly during the harvest. But they hard/ hardly earn enough money to pay their bills.

2. I got off first in the race but managed to come last/ latest/ lastly.

3. Last/lastly I'd like to thank all those who made my success possible.

4. We've been receiving a lot of junk mail later/ lately.

5. The postman brings my mail so late/lately I rarely see it before I go to work.

6. I'm sure the boss thinks very high/highly of you.

7. If you want to succeed, you should aim high/highly.

8. I don't think you were treated very just/justly.

9. I asked him not to go too near/nearly the edge of the platform, but he didn’t listen to me and fell oft the edge.

10. The boss was angry because the secretary arrived late/ lately.

11. I haven’t seen much of my best friend late/ lately.

12. Are we flying direct/ directly or via Vienna?

13. Mr. Stuart is direct/ directly responsible to the Managing Director.

14. As soon as I find out all the details, I’ll tell you direct/ directly.

15. The dancer leapt so high/ highly that the audience cried out with admiration.

16. I am surprised that he is so high/ highly thought of.

17. I like diving deep/ deeply.

18. You’ve got it all wrong/ wrongly!

19. The letter was wrong/ wrongly addressed.

20. Let’s meet at twelve sharp/ sharply.

21. The boy was sharp/ sharply reprimanded for being late for the class.

22. Mr. Grant got a dead/ deadly disease in Africa.

23. The little man hit the big man as hard/ hardly as he could.

24. Lady Charlotte travelled wide/ widely.

25. Don’t worry, we’ll be home short/ shortly.

26. These animals live deep/ deeply in the Amazon forest.

**TASK 10. Change the adjectives into adverbs or adverbial phrases. Follow the rule and the example.

Rule: In Modern English some adjectives like friendly, lovely, lonely, likely, ugly, deadly, lively, cowardly, silly, etc cannot be used as adverbs. Instead adverbial phrases are used.

Example. Meg is friendly girl. – She always acts in a friendly way.

That was a quick response. She responded quickly.

1. That was a cowardly thing to do You acted …

2. The music was very loud. The band played far too …

3. That was a silly thing to do You acted …

4. The orchestra gave a lively performance. They performed …

5. She's a stow runner. She runs …

6. The singers gave a bad performance. They performed …

7. She can't control her motherly feelings. Even though he's 40, she looks after him …

8. She's a lovely teacher. She handles young children …

9. She delivered a careful speech. She spoke …

10. He looks pale and sickly. He always greets me …

11. You don't have to be so unfriendly! You needn't look at me …

**TASK 11. Fill in the gaps with adjectives and adverbs from the box. Add the suffix -ly or make other changes where you need to.

beautiful best (2) careful cheap early far last

full hurried important last new past silly

quick rapid soon

A SPLASH OF COLOUR

_________ (1) Thursday I had a most __________ (2) interview for a job. I got up _________ (3) and dressed _________ (4). I put on my _________ (5) jacket and trousers, to look my _________ (6). I had to travel by train, so I walked to the station which isn't _________ (7) from my house. I was walking quite _________ (8) when I saw a man just ahead painting his fence with red paint. He didn't notice me as I walked _________ (9). Then he turned suddenly and splashed my _________ (10) trousers! He had acted _________ (11) and he apologized, but the damage was done. There was a big store on the corner, so I decided to buy a new pair _________ (12). I thought that could change on the train. I _________ (13) found a nice pair, which I bought quite _________ (14). The shop was _________ (15) so I paid _________ (16) grabbed my shopping-bag and left. On the train, I went to the toilet to change. I took off my stained trousers and threw them out of the window. Then I opened the bag to get my _________ (17) ones, but all I found was a pink woollen sweater!

**TASK 12. Read through the notes given below. Then do the task by uunderlining the correct word.

$ 200 $ 400 $ 750 $ 1000

a fairly quite an a rather/ a pretty a very expensive

expensive dress expensive dress expensive dress dress

1. Fairly is the weakest of the four attributes. If you say that somebody is fairly nice or fairly pretty, it is not much of a compliment. If the film is fairly good, it may be worth seeing but not worth going a long way to see. If somebody speaks fairly good English, he/she can communicate successfully on everyday subjects but might not be able to take part in a difficult discussion.

a/an + fairly

e.g. This is a fairly good CD, but it's not the best they've made.

2. Quite is a little stronger than fairly. If you say that the film is quite good, you are recommending it; though it is not the best film ever made, it is worth seeing. A person who speaks English quite well might even manage a difficult discussion.

quite + a/an (= enough)

e.g. This is quite a good CD, you ought to buy it.

Usually the following adjectives are used in expressions of this kind:

horrible

ridiculous

brilliant

amazing

extraordinary

useless

impossible

exhausted

certain

true

e.g. This machine is quite useless.

I'm quite certain about this.

3. Rather and pretty are stronger than the first two attributes. They mean “more than is usual” or “more than you expected» or even “more than you want”. If you say that the film is rather good, it is better than most. A person who speaks English rather well is a good linguist. If you say that a person is rather nice, you sound a bit surprised – perhaps you didn’t expect that. If you say that it is rather hot, you may feel a bit uncomfortable. Pretty is mostly used in informal style.

a rather + noun or rather a + noun

e.g. She has rather a soft voice. = She has a rather soft voice.

I expected the book to be boring, but it was rather interesting.

rather + comparative form/too

e.g. Ted is rather more experienced than Alec.

She spends rather too much money on clothes.

a/an + pretty (= usually in everyday English)

e.g. He had a pretty nasty accident the other day.

Special notes:

· Only rather can be used with adjectives in comparative and superlative degrees. E.g. David is rather older than his wife.

· Only rather can be used with the particle too. E.g. He is rather too shy for his age.

· Rather is often used in the so-called “parallel constructions”, rather … than

e.g. I’d prefer to go to the Crimea rather in August than in July. I always prefer starting early rather than leaving everything to the last minute.

· Quite has another meaning of completely = absolutely. In this meaning it is mainly found with relative adjectives or verbs. E.g. He is quite alone. The work is quite finished. I quite forgot.

Underline the correct word.

1. Being a nurse is a quite/ pretty stressful job.

2. He has rather/fairly a funny name.

3. Jane is rather/quite more athletic than Susan.

4. She stayed out rather/fairly too late last night.

5. That story was quite/rather true.

6. She is quite/fairly a friendly woman.

7. I didn't expect to enjoy the film, but it was fairly/rather brilliant.

8. He is rather/fairly good at his job, but he sometimes makes mistakes.

9. It was a fairly/quite interesting book, but it wasn't the best I've read.

10. This tin opener doesn't work. It's fairly/quite useless.

11. It was pretty/rather a long way from the station to the hotel.

12. It was rather/pretty a waste of time watering the plants. It's raining now.

**TASK 13. Explain the difference between the pairs of adjectives given below. Write one sentence or situation to show their difference in context. Follow the example.

Example. afraid – frightened

afraid – feeling fear, frightened; used as a predicative only;

frightened – afraid, feeling fear; used both as a predicative and as an attribute.

e.g. Fred started to feel afraid/ frightened of going out alone at night.

I looked at the frightened child encouragingly.

1. alike – similar

2. manly - mankind

3. skilful - skilled

4. alone – lonely

5. worthy - worthwhile

6. childish – childlike

7. confident – confidential

8. dead – deadly

9. drunk – drunken

10. former – previous

11. gold – golden

12. graceful – gracious

13. healthy – well

14. imaginary – imaginative

15. ill – sick

16. inner – inward

17. silk – silky – silken

18. silver – silvery

19. swelled – swollen

20. sensitive – sensible

21. outer – outward

22. wooden – wooded

23. worthless – unworthy

24. lively – alive

25. especial – special

26. shrunk – shrunken

27. neighbouring – neighbourhood

28. needful – needy

29. effective – efficient

30. economic – economical

31. politic – political

***TASK 14. Revision: adjectives and adverbs. Choose the right option.

Part 1

My (eldest/ oldest) sister's only child is a boy. His name is Tim. Even when he was very young he was a (manly/ mankind) little fellow, a (skilful/ skilled) and (confident/ confidential) horseman, and a (dead/deadly) marksman with an air rifle. He was (a lively/ an alive) child.

Throughout his (awake/waking) hours he was engaged in (worthy/ worthwhile) activities, and even when he was (asleep/ sleeping), his (imaginary/ imaginative) brain seemed to be at work, because often he would wake up with some (sensitive/sensible) idea. He was always a (healthy/ fit) boy. When any of his (ill/sick) friends asked him for help with their homework he was always (sorry/sympathetic) and did his best to help them.

Tim had one (especial/special) friend - Dick, a much (elder/ older) boy, who had one (shrunk/shrunken) leg and who lived in one of the (wooden/wooded) (neighbouring/ neighbourhood) houses.

Dick's father was always (drunk/ drunken), so the family lived in (needful/ needy) circumstances. Dick's mother was very (sensible/ sensitive), so when Tim went to the house, he often found her with her eyes (swelled/swollen) with tears. He used to try to comfort her in his (childish/childlike) way, but he could not be of any (effective/efficient) help to her, because his own family's (economic/ economical) position was not a very good one. His father worked for a (politic/ political) party, but he had no (official/ officious) position in it.

Part 2

There was a ring at my door late yesterday evening and when I opened it there was (an ashamed/a shamefaced) girl standing outside. She seemed (afraid/ frightened) of something and not at all (confident/ confidential) that I would welcome her at that late hour. She had rosy cheeks, long (gold/golden) hair and a slim (graceful/gracious) figure. She had long (silk/ silken/ silky) eyelashes but her eyes looked (swelled/ swollen) as if she had been crying.

‘May I come in?" she said. Her voice was (silver/silvery) and, although she couldn’t have been less than 18 years old, there was something sweetly (childish/ childlike) about her when she spoke. I am very (sensible/ sensitive) to personality and I felt that this girl and I had very (alike/ similar) characters. She seemed to sense my (inner/inward) sympathy for her, and suddenly her (afraid/frightened) air disappeared and her control, which had only been (outer/outward), vanished. She became a very (alone/lonely) girl in need of comfort and reassurance. She told me that her father was (drunk/ drunken) and was threatening to kill her and her (ill/sick) (older/elder) sister. They had just moved into a hut on a (wooded/wooden) hill which was (neighbouring/ in our neighbourhood), and she knew nobody here. Their (former/previous) home had been a hundred miles away. I gathered that her father was (a worthless/ an unworthy) actor whose (drunk/ drunken) habits had led him to (economic/ economical) ruin and constant (sick/ ill) health. The girl's mother committed suicide because her (sensible/sensitive) soul could no longer stand the degradation of her lot.

I am a reasonably (imaginary/ imaginative) woman, and I shuddered as I contemplated that desperation that must have driven her to take her own life.

**TASK 15. Use the words given in brackets in the right form. Give two variants if possible. Follow the example.

Example. On a clear moonless evening, the starts shine very (bright) - bright = brightly

Teachers like students who answer questions (bright) - brightly

1. Patrick bought his last car (dear), and sold it (cheap).

2. Simon had his new car repaired quite (cheap).

3. The train always goes very (slow) along this part of the track.

4. I took a mouthful of mash and chewed it (slow).

5. Please, cut the next slice of cheese (thin).

6. I wish you wouldn't play this awful music so (loud).

7. I suddenly heard someone shouting (loud) for help.

8. For weeks two detectives watched the house (close).

9. We came very (close) to an accident this time!

10. The pie was cut (clean) in two.

11. The sale of the house was completed very (clean) in about four days.

12. Thank you for explaining the situation so (clear)

13. The outline of the castle could be seen (clear) against the sky.

**TASK 16. Place the adverbs given in brackets in two different positions. For each sentence write a situation which explains the use of the adverb. Follow the example.

Example. He expressed his thanks. (naturally)

a) They were very kind to him. Naturally, he expressed his thanks.

b) He expressed his thanks naturally. They were impressed by his command of English.

b)

1. The teacher thought the student was not intelligent. (obviously)

2. There were a few passengers on the bus on weekdays. (only)

3. The speaker had not argued his case at all. (clearly)

4. I remember his being able to play football. (well)

5. I don't want to put myself under an obligation to him by asking a favour. (particularly)

6. Frank has decided to spend a few days in Austria on his way to Switzerland, (also)

7. Do you think you’ll have enough money at the end of the month to take a short holiday? (still)

8. I should ask him what he meant by his statement, (personally)

9. Have you made up your mind about what you want to do when you leave university? (really)

10. He had the grace to admit that he was partly in the wrong. (at least)

11. He will explain quite clearly what he intends to do. (in future)

12. The student overheard the teacher saying that his last piece of homework was better. (distinctly)

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