Adjectives and adverbs (English exercise n°5052 - Please quote this number when contacting us)Other English exercises on the same topicAdjectives and adverbs 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 in 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 è (adverb + adjective) - terribly sorry è (adverb + adjective)- incredibly quickly è (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: English exercise "" created by felin (01-12-2005) with The test builderClick here to see the current stats of this English test1. The driver of the car was 0seriouslyserious injured. 2. I think you behaved very selfishly0selfish . 3. Rose is terribleterribly0 upset about losing her job. 4. There was a 0suddenlysudden change in the weather. 5. Everybody at the party was colourfulcolourfully0 dressed. 6. She fell and hurt herself quite badbadly0 . 7. I cooked this meal special0specially for you, so I hope you like it. 8. Don't go up that ladder. It doesn't look safesafely0 . 9. He looked at me angrilyangry0 when I interrupted him. 10. Our holiday was too short. The time passed very 0quicklyquick . 11. Sue works continuous0continously . She never seems to stop. 12. Alice and Stan are very happilyhappy0 married. 13. Monica's English is very fluentlyfluent0 although she makes quite a lot of mistakes. 14. I would like to buy a car but it's 0financialfinancially impossible for me at the moment. 15. I tried on the shoes and they fitted me perfectly0perfect . End of the learn English: Adjectives and adverbs (21.06.2008 21:51)A free English exercise to learn English.
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:
quick
serious
careful
quiet
bad
heavy
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 in 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 è (adverb + adjective) - terribly sorry è (adverb + adjective)- incredibly quickly è (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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