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fast.

We can apply these words both every bit adjectives and as adverbs:

deep, early on, fast, hard, loftier, belatedly, long, low, well-nigh, right, directly, wrong (For hardly, nearly, etc, see C.

In informal English, the adjectives cheap, loud, quick and ho-hum tin can be adverbs.

They sell cheap clothes in the marketplace. They sell things cheap/cheaply there.

Back already! That was quick. Come up equally quick/quickly every bit you tin can.

C Difficult, hardly, near, nearly, etc

In that location are some pairs of adverbs like difficult and inappreciably which take different meanings.

Here are some examples.

/ tried hard, but I didn't succeed.

I've got hardly whatsoever money left, {hardly any = very little, near none)

Luckily I plant a phone box quite about. I nearly fell asleep in the meeting, {nearly = most)

Rachel arrived late, every bit usual. I've been very busy lately, {lately = in the last few days/weeks)

The plane flew high above the clouds. The cloth is highly radioactive, {highly = very)

We got into the concert free, {gratuitous = without paying)

The animals are allowed to wander freely, {freely = uncontrolled)

D Skilful and well

Good is an adjective, and well is its adverb. The opposites are bad and badly.

Natasha is a good violinist. She plays the violin very well.

Our exam results were skilful. We all did well in the test.

I had a bad night. I slept badly last night.

Well can also be an describing word meaning 'in proficient health', the contrary of ill.

My mother was very ill, but she'south quite well again now. How are you? ~ Very well, cheers.

109 Exercises

Friendly, hard, hardly, etc (A-C)

Decide if each

underlined word is an describing word or an adverb.

That new building is rather ugly. describing word
I'd like to arrive early on if I tin. adverb

ane oasis't seen you lot for a long time.
Why are you wearing that empty-headed hat?
Very young children travel free.
The temperature is quite loftier today.
We nearly missed the bus this morning
Do you have to play that music and so loud?

two Friendly, hard, hardly, etc (A-C)

Complete the conversation. Decide if y'all need ly with the words in brackets.

Mark: How did you go on with Henry today?

Sarah: Oh, we had a nice lunch and some (►) lively (live)chat. Henry was mannerly, as usual.

He gave me a lift back to the office, merely it was (1)………………. (difficult) worth risking our lives to

save a few minutes. He (ii) (well-nigh) killed us.

Mark: What exercise you lot mean?

Sarah: Well, we'd sat a bit too (3)………………... (long) over our meal, and nosotros were

(iv)……………………..(late) getting back to work. Henry drove very (5)………… (fast). I tried

(half-dozen) ………………..... (difficult) to keep calm, but I was quite scared. We went (7)…………… (incorrect)

and missed a left turn, and Henry got annoyed. Then a van came round the corner, and information technology was
coming (8)………. (direct) at u.s.. I don't know how nosotros missed it.

Mark: Well, I'1000 glad you did. And next time you'd better accept a taxi.

three Good and well (D)

Complete the chat. Put in good, well (x2), bad, desperately and sick.

Rachel: How did you and Daniel get on in your lawn tennis match?

Matthew: Nosotros lost. I'm afraid we didn't play very (►) well. Daniel made some (1)……………. mistakes.

It wasn't a very (2)…………… day for u.s.. Nosotros played really (3)………………………

Andrew: I heard Daniel's in bed at the moment because he isn't very (4)………………
Matthew: Yeah, I'm agape he's been (5)………….... for several days, but he's better now.

iv Friendly, hard, hardly, etc (A-D)

Complete the chat. Choose the correct form.

Daniel: Is it true you lot saw a ghost final nighttime?

Vicky: Yeah, I did. I went to bed (►)

late/lately, and I was sleeping (1) bad/badly. I suddenly woke up in

the centre of the night. I went to the window and saw the ghost walking across the lawn. Daniel: Was information technology a man or a adult female? Vicky: A woman in a white dress. I had a (2)

good/well view from the window, simply she walked very (3) fast/fastly. She wasn't there very (4) long/longly. I'd (5) hard/hardly caught sight of her before she'd gone. I (half dozen) well-nigh/well-nigh missed her. Daniel: Yous don't recall yous've been working also (7) hard/inappreciably? You've been looking a chip pale (8) late/lately.

Vicky: I saw her, I tell y'all. Daniel: It isn't very (9)

similar/probable that ghosts actually exist, you know. I expect you were imagining information technology.

Exam 18 Adjectives and adverbs (Units 104-109)

Exam 18A

Choose the correct word or phrase.

► We walked

stew/slowly back to the hotel.

We could walk gratuitous/freely around the aircraft during the flight.
The young/The young man with dark hair is my sister'southward boyfriend.
I'one thousand getting quite hungry/hungrily.
The man looked thoughtful/thoughtfully around the room.
Have I filled this grade in right/rightly?
I recollect Egypt is a fascinated/fascinating land.
The two sisters do alike/similar jobs.
I'm pleased the plan worked so good/goodly/well.
She invented a new kind of wheelchair for the disabled/the disabled people.
I'1000 very confused/confusing near what to practise.
They performed the experiment scientifically/scientificly.
The hostages must be very agape/frightened people.

Examination 18 B

Put the words in the correct club to form a statement.

► a / bought / coat/ I I new / blood-red
/ bought a new ruby coat.

a / is / nice / place / this
biscuit / can't / find /one / large / the / can
a / behaved / in / silly / Tessa / style
coffee / cold / getting / is / your
a / house / in / live / lovely / old / rock / they
for / hospital / ill / is / mentally / the / this

Exam 18C

Write the words in brackets and add ly, ing or ed merely if yous need to.

Janet: Is this the (►) new (new...) car you've just bought?

Nigel: That'due south right. Well, information technology's second-hand of class.

Janet: It's (►) exciting (excit...) buying a car, isn't it?

Nigel: Well, it was a chip of a problem actually considering I didn't have much money to spend. But I managed

to find one that wasn't very (1) (expensive...).

Janet: It looks very (two) (nice...), I must say.

Nigel: It'south x years onetime, so I was (3)……………………. (surpris...) what good condition it's in. The man

I bought it from is over fourscore, and he ever drove it very (four)……………………… (careful...),he

said. He never took it out if information technology was raining, which I discover (5)……………………. (amus...).

Janet: I think (6)……………………. (elder...) people look after their cars better than young people

Nigel: He was a (7)…………………….. (friend...) quondam chap. He fifty-fifty gave me all these maps

(8) (complimentary...).

Exam 18 D

Write a second judgement so that it has a like significant to the beginning. Use the discussion in brackets.

► Jonathan was stupid, (behaved)
Jonathan behaved stupidly.

The drink had a foreign gustation, (tasted)
Obviously, ill people need to be looked after, (the)
The domestic dog slept, (asleep)
The immature woman was polite, (spoke)
The train was late, (arrived)
The picture's ending is dramatic, (ends)
Polly gave an aroused shout, (shouted)
Billiards is a game for indoors, (indoor)
The clown amused people, (amusing)
There was almost no time left, (whatsoever)

Test eighteen E

Some of these sentences are correct, but nigh accept a mistake. If the sentence is correct, put a tick (/"). If it is incorrect, cross the sentence out and write information technology correctly.

Your friend looked rather ill. V
It was-a-steel long-pipe. It was a long steel pipe.

I tasted the soup careful.
It's a beautiful old English church building.
Are they asleep children?
It's a school for the deaf people.
Information technology's a leather new nice jacket.
The riches are very lucky.
You lot handled the situation well.
He used a dark-green newspaper thick towel.
Our future lies with the immature.
The course I started was bored.
I often talk to the two old next door.
The smoke rose highly into the air.
It feels warm in here.
We felt disappointing when we lost
Anybody seemed very nervously.
Tessa drives too fastly.
This scenery is really depressing.

110 Comparative and superlative forms

We form the comparative and top of short adjectives (due east.g. cheap) and long adjectives (e.g. expensive) in different ways.

Brusk word, east.yard. cheap: cheaper (the) cheapest

Long word, e.g. expensive: more expensive (the) most expensive

For less and least, see Unit 112A.

At that place are some less expensive ones hither, look.

B Short and long adjectives

I-syllable adjectives (e.g. small-scale, squeamish) usually have the er, est ending.

Your hi-fi is smaller. Emma needs a bigger figurer.

This is the nicest color. This room is the warmest. Only nosotros use more, well-nigh before words catastrophe in ed.

Anybody was pleased at the results, merely Vicky was the most pleased.

We also utilise more, nigh with three-syllable adjectives (east.g. ex-cit-ing) and with longer ones. The film was more exciting than the book. This dress is more elegant. We did the most interesting project. This machine is the well-nigh reliable.

Some two-syllable adjectives have er, est, and some have more, almost. Wait at this information.

Words ending in a consonant + y have er, est, east.one thousand. happy * happier, happiest.
Examples are: busy, dirty, easy, funny, happy, heavy, lovely, lucky, pretty, silly, tidy
Some words accept er, est or more, virtually, eastward.1000. narrow ► narrower, narrowest or more than narrow, most namt
Examples are: clever, common, cruel, gentle, narrow, pleasant, polite, repose, simple, stupid, tired
The post-obit words have more, about, e.g. useful * more useful, most useful.
a Words ending in ful or less, e.g. careful, helpful, useful; hopeless

b Words catastrophe in ing or ed, e.one thousand. boring, willing; bellyaching, surprised

c Many others, e.g. afraid, certain, correct, eager, exact, famous, foolish, frequent, modern, nervous, normal, recent

C Spelling

At that place are some special spelling rules for the er and est endings.

e -> er, est, e.g. overnice ~> nicer, nicest, large ~> larger, largest.
As well brave, fine, safe, etc
y-> ier, iest after a consonant, e.g. happy -> happier, happiest.
Also lovely, lucky, pretty, etc
Words catastrophe in a single vowel letter + single consonant letter -> double the consonant
eastward.g. hot -> hotter, hottest, big -> bigger, biggest.

Also fit, sad, thin, wet, etc (merely w does non modify, e.g. new -> newer)

For more details, come across page 371.

D The comparison of adverbs

Some adverbs take the same course every bit an describing word, east.g. early, fast, difficult, high, late, long, nearly. They form the comparative and meridian with er, est.

^ Note also the spelling of earlier and earliest.

Many adverbs are an adjective + ly, e.thousand. advisedly, easily, nicely, slowly. They course the comparative and superlative with more, most.

Nosotros could do this more easily with a figurer.

Of all the players it was Matthew who planned his tactics the virtually carefully.

In informal English nosotros utilise cheaper, cheapest, louder, loudest, quicker, quickest and slower, slowest rather than more cheaply, the almost loudly, etc. Melanie reacted the quickest. Y'all should drive slower in fog.

Note the forms sooner, soonest and more often, about oft.

Try to get abode sooner. I must practise more oft.

E Irregular forms

Good, well, bad, desperately and far have irregular forms.

practiced/well better best

bad/badly worse worst

far further/farther farthest/furthest

Y'all've got the best handwriting. How much farther are we going?

We can use elder, eldest + noun instead of older, oldest, but merely for people in the aforementioned family. My elder/older sister got married last year.

F Comparing quantities

Nosotros use more, most and their opposites less and to the lowest degree to compare quantities. I haven't got many books. You've got more than I have. The Hotel Bristol has the nigh rooms. Trevor spends less on dress than Laura does. Emma fabricated the least mistakes.

_{110 Exercises}

1 The comparison of adjectives (A-B)
Consummate the sentences. Use these adjectives: beautiful, expensive, high, interesting, tall

The giraffe is taller than the man.
The CD is more than expensive than the cassette.

Detective stories than algebra.
The top of the mount than the clouds.
The acrobat than the clown.

2 The comparison of adjectives (A-B)

Tom is a United fan. He never stops talking about them. Put in the top form of the adjectives.

Everyone's heard of United. They're the most famous (famous) squad in the world.
They've got a long history. They're the oldest (one-time) club in England.

They've got lots of money. They're the (rich) club in the country.
Their stadium is new. It's the (mod) stadium in Europe.
United are wonderful. They're the…………………………………. (great) guild in the world.
And what a team! It'southward the ………………………………………. (exciting) team e'er.
They've got lots of fans. They're the ………………….... (pop) team in the country.
United have won everything. They're the …………………(successful) team ever.
They're good to watch. They play the ……………….. (attractive) football.
United fans are happy. We're the ……………………… (happy) people in the world.

3 The comparison of adjectives (A-C)

Complete the advertisements with the comparative form of the describing word.

Use Get-It-Make clean and you'll get your floors cleaner
Elegant Wallpapers only look more elegant

Watch a Happy Video and y'all'll feel……………………………..
Wear a pair of Fast Shoes and you lot'll be a…………………….. runner.
Helpful Cookbooks are a ………. guide to cooking.
Wash your hair with Lovely Shampoo for …………… hair.
Try a Big-Big Burger and y'all'll have a ……………………. repast.
Restful Beds requite you lot a ………………… night.
Wear Modernistic Fashions for a look.

4 The comparison of adverbs (D)

Put in the comparative course of these adverbs: advisedly, early on, easily, high, long, loud, often, smartly

I was too nervous to go higher than halfway upwards the tower.
Nosotros could have establish the identify more easily with a map.

Do you take to wear those old jeans, Mike? Tin can't yous apparel ……………………. ... ?
Yous needn't go yet. You can stay a bit
There are lots of intermission-ins. They happen …………………………. nowadays.
If yous practice it again , you won't make and so many mistakes.

The film starts at eight, but we should get to the cinema a few
minutes …..

We can't hear. Could you lot speak a bit ……….. ?

5 Irregular forms (E)

Matthew and Emma are walking in the state. Put in further, furthest, better, best, worse and worst.

Emma: I'm non used to country walks. How much (►) further is it?

Matthew: Not far. And information technology gets better. Nosotros've done the (1) ………………… function. Look, the path gets

easier. It goes downhill from hither. I promise you're feeling (2)……………………… now, Emma.

Emma: I feel dreadful, actually, (iii) ……………………… than before.

Matthew: Oh, dear. Do yous want to have a residue?
Emma: No, the (four) ………………………. matter would exist to get home every bit shortly as we can. I'm not very fit,

yous know. This is the (5) ……………………… I've walked for a long fourth dimension.

6 Comparing quantities (F)

Put in more than, most, less (x2) and least.

Laura: Our new car is smaller, so it uses (►) less petrol. They tested some small cars, and this one costs

the (1)…………………… to run of all the cars in the test. It's very economic, then Trevor likes

it. He wants to spend (2) on motoring.

Harriet: Can you get three people in the back?

Laura: Non very hands. Nosotros had (3)………………………... room in our old car. (4)……………………..

cars accept five people, just not this ane.

7 Comparative and pinnacle forms (A-F)

Write the correct forms.

You're the lac-kyest person I know. luckiest
The situation is getting d~~ifficulter~~. more difficult

I was happyer in my former job.
I've got the ~~most sm~~all office.
This photo is the ~~good~~est.
Last week's meeting was mere-sheFt.
Money is the i~~mportantest~~ thing.
Is Rachel elder than Vicky?
This game is exciteger than the last one.
Of all the students, Andrew does the mere work.
This month has been weter than final month.
The prices are mere-low hither.
I experience mere-bad than I did yesterday.

111 Comparative and height patterns (1)

A Introduction

There are a number of dissimilar sentence patterns with comparative and superlative forms, eastward.g. older than me, the sweetest man in the earth.

B The comparative and than

We often use a phrase with than after a comparative. This restaurant is nicer than the Pizza Firm. I had a bigger repast than you. The steak is more expensive than the fish.

C The superlative

Nosotros normally use the before a height.

The quickest way is along this path. The last question is the most difficult. Note the pattern with one of.

Michael Jackson is one of the well-nigh famous pop singers always.

After a superlative nosotros tin use in or of. We employ in with places and with groups of people, e.thou.

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