complete the blank spaces with appropriate adverbs formed from the adjectives given below
patient, slow, bright, soft, bright, quick, quiet,
fluent, careful, eager, expensive
Mr Vinod could not reach his destination on time because the bus travelled so
The sun shone
and he felt very hot. He was helpless and could not
do anything. He could only wait
and
for the journey to get over
When he reached the bus stop.be
took a taxi and reached the meeting point
Miss Meenu was waiting
and spoke
for him. She was dressed
English
She spoke very
and Mr Vinod was listening
They were speaking
because it was a private meeting.
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Complete the blank spaces with appropriate adverbs formed from the
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Answer:
Adjectives and adverbs
A- Look at these examples:
• Our holiday was too short - the time went very quickly.
• The driver of the car was seriously injured in the accident.
Quickly and seriously are adverbs. Many adverbs are made from an adjective + -ly:
Adjective
quick
serious
careful
quiet
bad
heavy
Adverb
quickly
seriously
carefully
quietly
badly
heavily
Not all words ending in -ly are adverbs. Some adjectives end in -ly too, for example:
Friendly / lively / elderly / lonely / silly / lovely
B- Adjective or adverb
Adjectives (quick/careful etc.) tell us about a noun. We use adjectives before nouns and after some verbs, especially be:
• Tom is a careful driver, (not 'a carefully driver')
• We didn't go out because of the heavy rain.
• Please be quiet.
• I was disappointed that my exam results were so bad.
We also use adjectives after the verbs look/ feel/ sound etc.
• Why do you always look so serious?
Compare:
She speaks perfect English
Adjective + noun
Compare these sentences with look:
• Tom looked sad when I saw him. (= he seemed sad, his expression was sad)
Adverbs (quickly/carefully etc.) tell us about a verb. An adverb tells us how somebody does something or how something happens:
• Tom drove carefully along the narrow road, (not 'drove careful')
• We didn't go out because it was raining heavily, (not 'raining heavy')
• Please speak quietly, (not 'speak quiet')
• I was disappointed that I did so badly on the exam, (not 'did so bad')
• Why do you never take me seriously?
She speaks English perfectly.
Verb + object + adverb
Tom looked at me sadly. (= he looked at me in a sad way)
C- W e also use adverbs before adjectives and other adverbs. For example:
- reasonably cheap » (adverb + adjective)
- terribly sorry » (adverb + adjective)
- incredibly quickly » (adverb + adverb)
• It's a reasonably cheap restaurant and the food is extremely good.
• Oh, I'm terribly sorry. I didn't mean to push you. (not 'terrible sorry')
• Maria learns languages incredibly quickly.
• The examination was surprisingly easy.
You can also use an adverb before a past participle (injured/ organised/ written etc.):
• Two people were seriously injured in the accident, (not 'serious injured')
• The meeting was very badly organised.
Put in the right word:
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1. The driver of the car was
seriously
injured.
2. I think you behaved very
selfishly
.
3. Rose is
0
upset about losing her job.
4. There was a
0
change in the weather.
5. Everybody at the party was
colourful
dressed.
6. She fell and hurt herself quite
0
.
7. I cooked this meal
special
for you, so I hope you like it.
8. Don't go up that ladder. It doesn't look
safely
.
9. He looked at me
angry
when I interrupted him.
10. Our holiday was too short. The time passed very
quickly
.
11. Sue works
continuously
. She never seems to stop.
12. Alice and Stan are very
happily
married.
13. Monica's English is very
fluently
although she makes quite a lot of mistakes.
14. I would like to buy a car but it's
financially
impossible for me at the moment.
15. I tried on the shoes and they fitted me
0
.
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