Some adverbs have the same from as the adjective: FAST- He is a fast runner – He runs very fast HARD- It was a hard day – She worked very hard.. LATE- He is always late- The train arrive[r]
Trang 1Adverbs are usually formed by
adding –ly to an adjective,
although there are sometimes
some changes in spelling.
“-le” changes to “-ly” gentle gently
“-y” changes to “-ily” easy easily
“-ic” changes to “-ically” automatic automatically
“-ue” changes to “-uly” true truly
“-ll” changes to “-lly” full fully
When an adjective ends in –ly you
can´t form the adverb adding –ly
You have to use a prepositional
phrase instead
He smiled at me in a friendly way
She did it in the right way
Some adverbs have the same from as the adjective:
FAST- He is a fast runner – He runs very fast HARD- It was a hard day – She worked very hard.
LATE- He is always late- The train arrived late
The adverb of the adjective “good” is “well”
She is a good singer –She sings well
“Hardly” and “lately” are not adverbs of manner
They have a different meaning from hard and late -She can hardly see the street – Has it rained lately?
With some verbs like “be”,
“become”, “feel”, “get”, “look” and “seem” you must use an adjective instead of an adverb She looked very happy
They felt really tired
She got very angry when she found out what had happened during her absence
Choose the right word in brackets to complete the following sentences Then match them with the pictures.
1 Bob trained very _ at the gym yesterday (hard / hardly)
2 It´s the second time he has been for school this week (late / lately)
3 Harry always brushes his teeth (quick / quickly)
4 Henry memorises his lessons _ He´s a learner (slow / slowly)
5 Tom felt very _ while he was waiting to see the director (nervous / nervously)
6 Jimmy listened to the teacher _ (attentive / attentively)
7 John is a naughty boy He often behaves _ at school (bad / badly)
8 Lydia had to take her umbrella as it was raining _ (heavy / heavily)
9 The wind blew so yesterday that we had to stay in (strong / strongly)
10 The sun shone _ yesterday so Tom was at the beach all day (bright / brightly)
11 Lara likes tennis but she doesn´t play very _ (good / well)
12 She had to drive _ as the road was icy ( careful / carefully)
13 It wasn’t an _ test It took Paul a long time to finish it (easy / easily)
14 The girls sang at the party (beautiful / beautifully)
15 Ben ran when he saw the snake Fortunately he is a runner (quick / quickly)
16 His mobile rang _ in the middle of his class ( loud / loudly)
17 The lorry driver shouted at Paul _ (angry / angrily)
18.The little boy kissed his mother (tender / tenderly)