PRACTICE EXERCISEs

Adjective oR adverb? (slow on slowly?)He,sá slow driver. He drives slowly. 5he3 a fast runner.She runs fast. Sheb a good player. Íhe plays well.

1 Write True or False after these statements'

1 An adjective tel ls you more about a person, place or thing.

2 An adjective usuallY ends in -/Y.

3 An adverb is a word which tel ls us how someone does something'

4 Good and fast are both adjectives and adverbs. I' i " ""

2 fwo stude¡:.ii-;;-¡: waiting to take a history exam. Underline the correct alternative. /

seN: How do You feel?

rou: l'm (1 fine I finely). How about you?

BEN: I'm feeling 12 nervous t nervousty).I'm (3 terrible I terribly) at rememberinq dates.

I try (4 hard I hardly) to remember them, but I can't, especially when I'm {5 tired I tiredly).

ror¡: You fook (6 tired I tiredly) now'

eeN: yes, I went to bed (7 /ate t latetyl last night and I slept (B bad / badly) so now I can't think

(9 c/ear / clearlYl.

roM: l 'm (10 g/ad lgladly\ this is our last exam.'

sex: Yes. it's (11 wonderlul lwonderful/y)' isn't it.

3 Two parents are looking at their son's school report.

MQTHER:

FATHER:

MOTH€R:

FATIIER:

MOTHER:

4 A foreign businessman is in London for the f irst t ime. He's tel l ing a col league about his problems'

" g*toú+the mistakes he makes and.write the correct form'

Complete the sentences, choosing the correct words from the box'

It says he's quite (1) .......9.999.. at rhaihs but l 'm afraid lre didn't do (2) '.""""""'

in the test at the md of the term'

How about historY?

fhey say he tr ies (3) . . . . . . . . . ' . ' . . . : ' . . . . ' . . . . " . and he didn' t do (4) . . ' . - . ' - . """ ' in the exam

although he arr ived ten minutes (5) . ' . . . . . , . . . . . . .

And French? lwas always real ly (6) . . . . . . . - at French and lhated i t .

They say he learns (7) ............... but he makes a lot of mistakes because he's very

(8) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . so he must t ry to be more (9)

underground trains are guite fast but it isn,t-easily.to understand the

Underground system - it seems very confusingly. 5o I usually go by

taxi - it's much easier. Taxis are expensive and they go quite slow

because the traffic's so badly. 5o I practise my English with the taxi

drivers. The problem is, they l isten polite for a few m¡nutes but then

they get impatiently and they gtart talking - very fast' My Enqlish is

quite good and I l isten careful and I try hard to undefstand them but

I f ind it very diff icult sQmetimes. 5o I ask them to speak clear and

carefully but they speak just as fast, but more loud'

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E. : WHAT'S THE RULE?

A Anna's having a driving lesson.fNsrRucroR: Are you nen¡ous?

aNNa: No, I'm fíne.tNstRucroR: OK, now drive carefully to the end of the road.

Don't drive quickly. Drive very slowly.

An adjective describes a noun (a person, place or thing).An adverb describes a verb. lt tells you how something is done.Answer the questions,

1 Do the words nervous and fine tell you about

a Anna on b how she drives? El

2 Are nervous and fine adjeetives or adverbs? .......,.::: i .::.y.r...........

3 Do the words carefully, quickly aod slowly tell you aboutra

a Anna oR b how she drives? LJ

RETUEMBER!Complete these rules,

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Adjective oR adverb? (sloiry on slowly?)He's a slow driven He drives slowly. 5he3 a fast runner. She runs fast 5he3 a good player She plays well.

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B r¡¡srnucroR: OK. that was good. You're driving well. But you're driving too fasi.Remember, fasf drivers are dangerous drivers.

r¡¡¡¡¡: l'm trying hard to d.rive slowly.

In the sentences above, is good an adjective.'or,an adverb? .l+:i l ,;y.:.! i :t i ........,..

ls wel l an adject ive or an adverb here? . . : . . . . . . . . . ¡ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Some words are both adjectives and adverbs. fhe most common are fast, hVrd, gprty and /ate.Answer the questions, ¡3 ln the sentence You're driving too fast, is fasf an acljective or an adverb? ..,....- ,.*..............

4 lnthephrasefastdr ivers, isfastanadject iveoranadverb?.. i . .*¡ . , . . . . : . . . Í . . . . . . . . . .

C r¡¡srnucron: You seem very relaxed. How do you feel?ANNA: I'm fine- l.don't feel newous now. l'm getting more confidenf. ¡

We use adiectives, not aclverbs, after these verbs: seem, look, fee!, get (become), sound, taste, smell.Underline the correct alternative.

Anna dídn't feel (1 confide nt / confidentlyl at the beginning of the driving lesson but now she's drivíng quite

(2 confident I confidently) and she doesn't seem (3 nervous I nervously).

1 An . . . . , ' . . . . . . i ; ; .1. . . . ¡ . . . . , . . , . . . . . te l ls you more about a noun.

2 An . . . . . , . , . . . . . . . . . . . , . . . . . . . . . . . . . . te l ls you more about a verb.

3 An adverb usual ly ends in . . , . .1. . . , . . , , . , , . . . .

4 . . . . . . . . . . . : . ' is the adverb from the adjective good.

5 Hard, fast , ear ly and /ate are both . . . . , r 4. . . . . . . ; : . . . . . .^and.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . , . . . . .

6 After some verbs l ike see¡n, feel, look we use .. . ' . . ." . :r". i : :""; . : : ' : . ' . . . . , oot adverbs.

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