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Complete the sentences with adverbs. The first letter(s) of each adverb are given.1. We didn't go out because it was raining hea__________. 2. Our team lost the game because we played very ba______________. 3. I had little difficulty finding a place to live. I found a flat quite ea___________________. 4. We had to wait for a long time but we didn't complain. We waited pa______________________. 5. Nobody knew George was coming to see us. He arrived unex_____________________________. 6. Mike keeps fit by playing tennis reg_____________________. Put in the right word. 1. The driver of the car was __________________________injured. (serious/seriously) 2. The driver of the car had __________________________ injuries. (serious/seriously) 3. I think you behaved very __________________________ (selfish/selfishly) 4. Rose is ___________________________ I upset about losing her job. (terrible/terribly) 5. There was a __________________________ change in the weather. (sudden/suddenly) 6. Everybody at the party was __________________________dressed. (colourful/colourfully) 7. Linda likes wearing _______________________________ clothes. (colourful/colourfully) 8. She fell and hurt herself quite ________________________. (bad/badly) 9. He says he didn't do well at school because he was _______________________ taught. (bad/badly) 10. Don't go up that ladder. It doesn't look __________________________________. (safe/safely) 11. He looked at me ______________________________ when I interrupted him. (angry/angrily) Complete each sentence using a word from the list. Sometimes you need the adjective (careful etc.) and sometimes the adverb (carefully etc.). careful(ly) complete(ly) continuous(ly) financial(ly) fluent(ly) happy/happily nervous(ly) perfect(ly) quick(ly) special(1y) 1. Our holiday was too short. The time passed very ____________________________. 2. Tom doesn't take risks when he's driving. He's always ________________________. 3. Sue works ______________________________ She never seems to stop. 4. Alice and Stan are very _______________________ married. 5. Monica's English is very ______________________________ although she makes quite a lot of mistakes. 6. I cooked this meal ___________________________________ for you, so I hope you like it. 7. Everything was very quiet. There was ____________________________________silence. 8. I tried on the shoes and they fitted me __________________________________. 9. Do you usually feel ________________________________ before examinations? 10. I'd like to buy a car but it's _____________________________ impossible for me at the moment. Choose two words (one from each box) to complete each sentence. Adjective: absolutely reasonably unusually badly seriously unnecessarily completely slightly Adverb: cheap enormous planned changed ill quiet damaged long 1. I thought the restaurant would be expensive but it was ___________________________________. 2. George's mother is ________________________________ in hospital. 3. What a big house! It's ____________________________. 4. It wasn't a serious accident. The car was only____________________________________. 5. The children are normally very lively but they're ________________________________ today. 6, When I returned home after 20 years, everything had _______________________________. 7. The film was _____________________________________. It could have been much shorter. 8. A lot went wrong during our holiday because it was ______________________________________.
Adjectives and adverbs (2) (well/fast/late, hard/hardly) A. Good/well Good is an adjective. The adverb is well: * Your English is good. but You speak English well. * Susan is a good pianist. but Susan plays the piano well. We use well (not 'good') with past participles (dressed/known etc.): well-dressed well-known well-educated well-paid But well is also an adjective with the meaning 'in good health': * 'How are you today?', 'I'm very well, thanks.' (not 'I'm very good') B. Fast/hard/late These words are both adjectives and adverbs: adjective: * Jack is a very fast runner. * Ann is a hard worker. * The train was late. adverb: * Jack can run very fast. * Ann works hard. (not 'works hardly') * I got up late this morning. Lately = 'recently' * Have you seen Tom lately? C. Hardly Hardly = very little, almost not. Study these examples: * Sarah was rather unfriendly to me at the party. She hardly spoke to me. (= she spoke to me very little, almost not at all) * George and Hilda want to get married but they've only known each other for a few days. I don't think they should get married yet. They hardly know each other. (= they know each other very little) Hard and hardly are completely different. Compare: * He tried hard to find a job but he had no luck. (= he tried a lot, with a lot of effort) * I'm not surprised he didn't find a job. He hardly tried to find one. (= he tried very little) We often use hardly + any/anybody/anyone/anything/anywhere: * A: How much money have you got? B: Hardly any. (= very little, almost none) * I'll have to go shopping. We've got hardly any food. * The exam results were very bad. Hardly anybody in our class passed. (= very few students passed, almost nobody passed) * She ate hardly anything. She wasn't feeling hungry. (= she ate very little, almost nothing) Note the position of hardly. You can say: * She ate hardly anything. or She hardly ate anything. * We've got hardly any food. or We've hardly got any food. We often use can/could + hardly. I can hardly do something = it's almost impossible for me to do it: * Your writing is terrible. I can hardly read it. (= it is almost impossible for me to read it) * My leg was hurting me. I could hardly walk. Hardly ever = almost never * I'm nearly always at home in the evenings. I hardly ever go out.
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