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!

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