Adjectives & adverbs
Using Adverbs
Adverbs modify verbs. They tell you How something is done.
E.g.
How does he she sing? - She sings beautifully.
Rule: Adverbs are often formed by adding -ly to an adjective
E.g. beautiful - beautifully, careful - carefully
Note 1
Some adjs don`t change in the adv form
E.g. fast - fast, hard - hard
good => well
He plays tennis good. (common mistake that many Americans make)
Rule: Advs can also modify an adj. In this case, the adv is placed before the adj.
E.g.
She is extremely happy. They are absolutely sure.
Note 2
Do not use `very` with adjs that express an increased quality of a basic adj
E.g.: good - fantastic
NOT!!: She is a very beautiful woman.
Rule: Advs of frequency (always, never, sometimes, often, etc.) usually come before the main V
E.g.
He is often late for class. Do you always eat in a restaurant? They don`t usually travel on Fridays.
Note 3
Advs of frequency expressing infrequency are not usually used in the negative or question form.
NOT!!: Does she rarely eat fish? They don`t seldom go to the cinema.
Advs of frequency are often placed at the beginning of a sentence.
E.g. Sometimes, he likes to go to museums.
Advs of frequency follow - come after - the verb `to be`.
E.g. He is sometimes late for work.
Ex: Complete the following sentences
1. We didn’t go out because it was raining (heavy).
Heavily
2. Our team lost the game because we played very (good).
Badly
3. I had little difficulty finding a place to live. I found a flat quite (easy).
Easily
4. We had to wait for a long time but we didn’t complain. We waited (patient).
Patiently
5. Nobody knew George was coming to see us. He arrived (unexpected).
Unexpectedly
6. Mike keeps fit by playing tennis (regular).
Regularly
Put in the right word.
1. The driver of the car was … injured. (serious/ seriously)
Seriously
2. I think you behaved very … (selfish/ selfishly)
Selfishly
3. Rose is … upset about losing her job. (terrible/ terribly)
Terribly
4. There was a … change in the weather. (sudden/ suddenly)
Sudden
5. Everybody at the party was … dressed. (colorful/ colorfully)
Colorfully
6. Linda likes wearing … clothes. (colorful/ colorfully)
Colorful
7. She fell and hurt herself quite … (bad/ badly)
Badly
8. He says he didn’t do well at school because he was … taught. (bad/ badly)
Badly
9. Don’t go up that ladder. It doesn’t look … (safe/ safely)
Safe
10. He looked at me … when I interrupted him. (angry/ angrily)
angrily