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ADVERBS
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EXERCISE I.
Fill in adverbs or adjectives where necessary:
1. This roof looks (dangerous, dangerously) broken. We are repair-ing it.
2. She came (quiet, quietly) in and tiptoed to the baby.
3. John is a (careful, carefully) driver.
4. She laughed (happy, happily) when she heard it.
5. They miss their Motherland (terrible, terribly).
6. The car was damaged (bad, badly).
7. Mary is (serious, seriously) ill.
8. The doctor came (immediate, immediately).
9. She is always (quickly, quick) in taking decisions.
10. The day is really dull. It is raining (heavy, heavily).
EXERCISE II.
Here we have sentence adverbs, which give an opinion or atti-tude.
Fortunately, luckily, possibly, probably, actually, of course, in fact, surely, obviously, in my opinion, perhaps, evidently, maybe, undoubt-edly, clearly, frankly, honestly, naturally, officially, to my mind, ac-cordingly.
Use them in the sentences below.
1. … he came in t he time to get on the train.
2. … she won’t return the money so I need to borrow some.
3. … they brought the dictionaries and it was easy to translate the texts.
4. … you buy these stamps for his new collection and he won’t need buying the same ones.
5. … he is lying. He is always lying.
6. … they are to come in time there.
7. … Bob and I have been true friends for 20 years.
8. … it is the best view I’ve ever seen.
9. … she will bring all the necessary materials and cards.
10. … he will bring the kids home in time.
EXERCISE III.
Here we have the adverbs which have the same form as adjec-tives.
Fast, hard, high, low, deep, long, late, straight, early, well, often, daily, hourly, weekly, monthly, yearly, enough, far, ill, little, pretty, right, still, wrong.
Best, better, big, cheap, clean, close, cold, dead, deep, direct, dirty, easy, extra, far, fine, free, farther, inside, kindly, past, quick, quiet, slow, sure, thin, thick, tight, well, wide, etc.
Those adverbs, which are underlined can be found with — ly ending without a difference in meaning, but then they are more formal.
Example: Walk slow! (informal).
Walk slowly! (formal).
Choose the adjective or adverb:
1. We know Tom is always a … driver (fast, fastly).
2. He feels very … (good, well).
3. They always look … (fine, finely).
4. The flowers smell … (wonderfully, wonderful).
5. This dinner tastes … (awful, awfully).
6. He was … impressed (deep, deeply).
7. The meeting lasted too … (long, longly).
8. It was a … magazine (monthly, month).
9. She was in a … spirit (low, lowly).
10. It was … for them to do this (hard, hardly).
11. This music sounds too … ( loud, loudly). Will you be so kind to stop it, please.
12. Marion looks … (good, well). She has been dieting for three months.
13. The painting seems … ( beautiful, beautifully). Will you buy it?
14. Our children get … ( angry, angrily), when they see this mess.
15. Mrs. Jameson became … ( sad, sadly) hearing that.
Note! The verbs to feel, to look, to taste, to appeal, to be, to be-come, to go, to get, to seem, to stay, to sound and to smell always take adjectives and never take adverbs.
EXERCISE IV.
Some adverbs change the meaning completely when they have –ly forms.
Short — shortly = soon; direct — directly = very soon, immediately; high — highly = very; most — mostly = mainly; near — nearly = almost; late — lately = recently; hardly ever = almost never; pretty = very; hardly, barely = almost not; deep — deeply = greatly; easy — easily = without difficulties; free — freely = without restrictions; complete — com-pletely = absolutely; last — lastly = finally; pretty — prettily = in a pretty way; sure — surely = without doubt; wrong — wrongly = unjustly;
Chose the adverb or adjective.
1. We can … see this spot so far (hard, hardly).
2. Tom has learnt it … (late, lately).
3. She is a qualified engineer (high, highly).
4. Children worked … learning this text (hardly, hard).
5. That lady lives … my house (near, nearly).
6. Be careful. The dog came too … (close, closely).
7. The sun is now … up in the sky (high, highly).
8. He likes that cafe … of all (most, mostly).
9. My train has been … that is why I am here at this hour (lately, late).
10. When Tom comes to Paris he is … at the races (most, mostly).
11. They have been to Paris with their friends … (late, lately).
12. You can … meet him at this time here (hard, hardly).
13. We … had the accident last night (near, nearly).
14. This hockey team is the best. They are … qualified players (high, highly).
15. She was one of the … talented singers of the world (most, mostly).
16. Nora’s husband goes to bed … after dinner ( direct, directly).
17. Benson left … after your arrival. ( short, shortly)
18. When Anna refused to marry Dennis, he was … insulted (deep, deeply).
19. The jury was … sure that Jerry was innocent (complete, com-pletely).
20. The children could visit his zoo … ( free, freely).
EXERCISE V.
Fill in the correct word.
1. Solovianenko was the world best singer. He sang … (wonderful, wonderfully).
2. That cake tasted … (delicious, deliciously).
3. She sipped her tea … (slow, slowly).
4. They ate their meal … (hungry, hungrily).
5. Sidney Sheldon became … as soon as his books has become popular (famous, famously).
6. He came in … not to wake up the baby (quiet, quietly).
7. This silk feels … and she wants to buy it (good, well).
8. They … had a car accident last week (near, nearly).
9. Have you seen your parents … (late, lately)?
10. He always speaks … and wakes everybody in the house (noisy, noisily).
11. The soup tasted … and we really enjoyed it (delicious, deli-ciously).
12. This music sounds … I should like to buy this cassette (nice, nicely).
13. What happened in here? The room is full of smoke and it smells … (awful, awfully).
14. Through all her years of troubles she stays … (beautiful, beauti-fully).
15. ‘It is … good’ — he said, turning to his sister (pretty, prettily).
EXERCISE VI.
Translate the following sentences into English.
1. Ìîæëèâî, âîíè ïðèíåñóòü ö³ ìàòåð³àëè çàâòðà.
2. Î÷åâèäíî, â³í íå ïðèéäå ñüîãîäí³.
3. Íà ìîþ äóìêó, òè ïîâèíåí öå çðîáèòè ñàì.
4. Íà ùàñòÿ, âîíè çðîçóì³ëè öå äî òîãî, ÿê â³í ï³øîâ.
5. Ôàêòè÷íî, öå áóëà ¿¿ ïîìèëêà.
6. ³í ðóõàâñÿ øâèäêî ³ òàê ñàìî øâèäêî ãîâîðèâ, ïîâåðòà¬þ÷èñü äî êîæíîãî.
7. Òîì ïðàöþº âàæêî ³ç ñàìîãî ðàíêó.
8. ³í óñòàâàâ äîñèòü ï³çíî ³ äîâãî äóìàâ.
9. Ìè ëåäâå ïîì³òèëè öþ ïîìèëêó ó òâîð³.
10. ̳ñòåð Ãð³í — îäèí ³ç íàéêâàë³ô³êîâàí³øèõ õ³ðóðã³â.
11. ³í íåäàâíî ä³çíàâñÿ ïðî öå ³ áóâ äóæå ðîç÷àðîâàíèé.
12. Ìè â÷îðà ìàéæå ïðîñïàëè.
13. Êîëè ì³é äðóã ïðè¿æäæຠäî Êèºâà, â³í á³ëüø³ñòü ÷àñó ïðî¬âîäèòü â îïåðíîìó òåàòð³.
14. Öåé ñí³äàíîê äóæå ñìàêóº.
15. ³í ìàëþº æàõëèâî, ó íüîãî çîâñ³ì íåìຠòàëàíòó.
16. Ïàâàðîòò³ ñï³âຠïðåêðàñíî.
17. Äàí³åëà Ñò³ë ñòàëà â³äîìîþ â³äòîä³, ÿê âèéøëè íà åêðàíè ô³ëüìè, çíÿò³ çà ¿¿ êíèæêàìè.
18. Àëàí ãðàâ ÷óäîâî íà â÷îðàøíüîìó òóðí³ð³.
19. Óñ³ çíàþòü, ùî Óëàíîâà òàíöþâàëà ÷óäîâî.
20. ³í çàâæäè õîäèòü øóìíî ³ áóäèòü ³íøèõ.
EXERCISE VII.
Here you have adverbs of place.
Everywhere, here, nowhere, somewhere, there, here, away, down, in, off, over, anywhere, round.
Fill in the right adverbs in the following sentences:
1. I know exactly that I have seen this man...
2. Can you see my wallet...?
3. He was looking for his credit card but it was...
4. … you will find better flowers than in this shop.
5. … comes the tram you are waiting for.
6. If you are looking for fresh roses … they are.
7. The competition was over … went the runners.
8. He was surprised very much … fell a dozen apples.
9. The sky was bright and clear … flew the plane.
10. … the doorway stood a man with a gun.
11. … you are! I have been looking for you for twenty minutes.
12. The books were … on the shelf.
EXERCISE VIII.
Here you have some adverbs of time.
Afterwards, eventually, lately, now, recently, soon, then, today, tomorrow, since, ever since, before, early, immediately, yet, still.
Use these adverbs in the following sentences:
1. It’s too late but she is … in bed.
2. He hasn’t come … and we are … waiting for him.
3. They will run there … as soon as you call them.
4. We have had two meals …
5. They hope they will do it … morning.
6. She doesn’t like to get up … but she must get used to it.
7. If she doesn’t do it now she will be sorry about it …
8. … you know better about it.
9. Tom hasn’t seen her … October.
10. I know she will come …
11. The train had left … you came.
12. They have discussed that …
EXERCISE IX.
Here you are given some adverbs of frequency.
Always, continually, frequently, occasionally, often, once, twice, periodically, repeatedly, sometimes, usually, ever, never, rarely, hardly ever, scarcely ever.
Choose the right adverbs for the sentences below.
1. She is so smart. She … understands everything.
2. I met him … or … last year at the parties.
3. They … cook meals themselves.
4. You’ve known George for years. He … smiles.
5. Have you … seen big grapes like those?
6. We visit them … and they are … glad to see us.
7. He … has left his pens and pencils and asks me for mine.
8. Jane brought the cake … and we were really pleased with it.
9. The magazine was edited … and had its customers.
10. I could … see him. He was always busy.
EXERCISE X.
Translate the following sentences into English:
1. ß íå ìîæó í³äå çíàéòè ñâî¿ êëþ÷³. Äå òè ¿õ ïîêëàâ?
2. Ìè âñå îãëÿíóëè íàâêðóãè, àëå íå çíàéøëè ¿¿.
3. ³í äåñü òóò íåäàëåêî. ß çàðàç éîãî ïîêëè÷ó.
4. Óñ³ ãðóø³ ïîïàäàëè âíèç íà çåìëþ.
5. Ò³ëüêè òóò âè çíàéäåòå íàéêðàù³ îâî÷³.
6. Âèêëè÷òå íåãàéíî ïîë³ö³þ. Ó êâàðòèð³ çëîä³é.
7. Ìè ñüîãîäí³ ïèñàëè äâ³ êîíòðîëüí³.
8. Âîíè íåäàâíî îòðèìàëè íîâó êâàðòèðó.
9. ³í óñå ùå á³ãຠïî äâîðó.
10. ß íå ëþáëþ âñòàâàòè ðàíî-âðàíö³, àëå ìóøó.
11. Äèðåêòîð ùå íå ïðè¿õàâ, àëå ÿ ñïîä³âàþñü, â³í ñêîðî ïðè¿äå.
12. Ìè ð³äêî áà÷èìîñÿ îñòàíí³ì ÷àñîì.
13. Âîíè ìàéæå í³êîëè íå ðîçìîâëÿþòü, îñê³ëüêè âîíè çàâæäè íå ìàþòü ÷àñó.
14. Âîíà çàõîäèëà ðàç ÷è äâà, àëå í³êîëè í³÷îãî íå ãîâîðèëà.
15. Ìè ³íîä³ çáèðàºìîñü ³ òàíöþºìî.
EXERCISE XI.
Adverbs which have the same form as adjectives, like fast, hard etc. form comparatives and superlatives with the help of sufixes -er;
-est; adverbs, which have the ending — ly form comparatives and su-perlatives with the help of the words more and the most;
Write the relevant adverbs in their comparative or superlative forms:
Fast, hard, soon, often, high, low, deep, long, late, early, near, carefully, stupidly, beautifully, terribly, nicely, happily, specifically, quickly, politely, clearly, seriously, nervously, perfectly, slowly, im-politely, carelessly;
EXERCISE XII.
Here you have some irregular comparisons of adverbs:
well — better — the best
badly — worse — the worst
little — less — the least
much — more — most
far — farther — the farthest (only for distance)
far — further — the furthest
Fill in the missing adjectives or adverbs:
1. Will you come … tomorrow (early)? We shall catch the 7 o’clock train.
2. Can you talk … I cannot concentrate (quiet).
3. He will stay here … than I thought (long).
4. The more he works the … he becomes (thin).
5. The children are working … than last week (hard).
6. He lives a little … than we (far).
7. Do you run … than you used to (little)?
8. She started to study … than all the other students (efficient).
9. When he gets anxious he starts speaking … and … (fast).
10. The newspapers wrote that she danced … (beautiful).
EXERCISE XIII.
Take the adverbs from the box and complete these sentences, using the adverbs from the box:
Fluently, painfully, carefully, seriously, perfectly, badly, completely, seldom, lately, wrongly, nearly, directly, kindly, foolishly, generously, nervously, well, suspiciously, beautifully, secretly, carefully, angrily
1. He started speaking French … than he did last year.
2. It really hurts … than it seems.
3. I hope you’ll watch her … than the others.
4. She looks … for her age.
5. The car was damaged … so they had to stop at the motel.
6. She was so … impressed that she couldn’t speak.
7. I have … seen them … .
8. You were … informed.
9. When Jane heard it she … fainted.
10. He goes to bed … after dinner.
11. She looked at me … and smiled.
12. I don’t like people like him. He always behaves … .
13. All the waiters were paid … for the catering at that party.
14. He smiled … and flushed. She looked at him with a kind under-standing smile.
15. We hoped that he would be a nice guide because he knew the town … .
16. Rachel is a rather strange girl. She looks at people … .
17. Adam is the best dancer in our class. He always dances … .
18. They decided to leave the house … because they didn’t want anybody to know about that.
19. I’d like to go with Susan. She always drives … .
20. He … denied that he had lost the money.
EXERCISE XIV.
Here you have adverbs of place.
Away, everywhere, here, nowhere, somewhere, round, down, over, out.
Fill in the gaps with the correct adverbs:
1. It’s not the solution of this thorny problem. It’ll lead to …
2. Her face seems very familiar. I think I have seen here …
3. He is shaving. Is he going … ?
4. If you want to contact me you can find me …
5. The horizon seemed a thin line and … went the runners.
6. We cannot find her … Have you seen her?
7. Where did you go? …. I was … all the time.
8. You can these ants …. It’s a real problem to get rid of them.
9. … fell a piece of cake. What a mess!
10. We all looked up into the sky … and … flew the plane.
11. … you will find better ice cream than in Dunoon.
12. He looked lost turning … and …
13. You can find him … else, not in …
14. Can you see my key …? I might have lost it. — ?
15. You’ll come … and we’ll go …
16. Ask him to go …. I cannot see him.
17. These ants are …. What should I do?
18. We can go … else. It will be interesting to go …
19. … and … the fox moved and Jack was staring at it.
20. He looked … than came up to her and they left.
EXERCISE XV.
Here you have adverbs of time as once, twice, afterwards, even-tually, lately, now, recently, soon, then, today, tomorrow, before, early, immediately, late, since, ever since, still, yet, just, nowadays.
Fill in the gaps with the necessary adverbs.
1. I promise I’ll ring you …
2. We left the hotel … and went to London.
3. He turned around and saw that the girl was … crying.
4. I have … had a call from Siberia.
5. She flushed and … started laughing.
6. We have seen them often …
7. The children have been playing … morning.
8. They haven’t come … and we are worried.
9. Come as … as you can.
10. She doesn’t like to get up … but she must.
11. The doctor was sent for … and the patient was taken to the hos-pital.
12. He always comes home … at night and his parents worry about him.
13. They arrived at the station too … The train had left.
14. I cannot tell you about it … I’ll tell about it …
15. I’ll visit him once or … I really promised.
16. … he started running and Sheila looked puzzled.
17. … it is a real problem. Humanity will solve this problem I hope.
18. As I learnt he is … in hospital. We are going to visit him …
19. They always play … 2 … 9 and we can see them out of the win-dow.
20. He visited them … or … but … decided not to do it.
EXERCISE XVI.
Here you are given the following adverbs of manner.
Shyly, cordially, busily, carefully, carelessly, tactfully, tactlessly, nobly, fantastically, systematically, dryly, basically, hurriedly, coldly, warmly, heavily, curiously, angrily, foolishly, naturally, quietly and many others.
Fill in these adverbs into the sentences below:
1. When we came in he was talking …
2. She always smiles so …
3. I’d like to go in Bob’s car. He always drives …
4. It sounds …
5. Jane studies … and she always gets «fives».
6. He writes so … and his handwriting is so small.
7. Joan laugh … She is so ill mannered.
8. He always behaves ...
9. They ran in … and picked up all the papers.
10. She sings … and is always invited to La Scala.
11. He answered … We felt that he was offended.
12. Ann came in … not to wake up the baby.
13. … he was glad to see her in his house.
14. They talked … coming up to us.
15. He greeted us … and smiled …
16. Ann always looks … and her curiosity makes me smile.
17. She answered … and went out.
18. He looked … when he said it and everybody smiled.
19. It had been snowing ...
20. He always looks so … like a real duke.
EXERCISE XVII.
Correct the mistakes:
1. Della came very quiet not to wake up the baby.
2. We escaped luckily this accident and now we can tell about it.
3. George likes to drive fastly and I don’t like to go somewhere with him.
4. This music sounds wonderfully and I feel relaxed.
5. The stars are highly up in the sky.
6. ‘Spice Girls’ sing wonderful and young people enjoy them.
7. They have met him oncely or twicely this year.
8. This choir sings weller than that one.
9. Be quiet! This quarrel will lead to somewhere.
10. Alice smiled shy and left the room.
EXERCISE XVIII.
Translate the following senteences into English.
1. ß éîãî íåäàâíî çóñòð³â ³ íå âï³çíàâ.
2. Âîíà ùåäðî îáäàðóâàëà ïëåì³ííèêà ïåðåä âè¿çäîì äî Êà¬íàäè.
3. Ìè ìàéæå íå áà÷èìîñü îñòàíí³ì ÷àñîì.
4. ³í áóâ ãëèáîêî âðàæåíèé òèì, ùî ñòàëîñÿ.
5. ijâ÷èíêà íåðâîâî çàñì³ÿëàñÿ ³ ïðîñòÿãíóëà ëÿëüêó ïîäðóç³.
6. Âîíè ñèä³ëè ìîâ÷êè ³ ï³äîçð³ëî äèâèëèñÿ îäíå íà îäíîãî.
7. Êàæó÷è ñåðéîçíî, ÿ äóìàâ ïîì³íÿòè öþ ìàøèíó ùå òîð³ê.
8. Âîíà ðîáèòü óêîëè äóæå îáåðåæíî, ³ ÿ ¿é äîâ³ðÿþ.
9. ³í â³ëüíî âîëî䳺 í³ìåöüêîþ.
10. ß ñüîãîäí³ í³êóäè íå ï³äó, áî ÿ äóæå ñòîìëåíèé.
11. Ïîøóêàé öåé êëþ÷ äå-íåáóäü ùå, ³, ìîæå, òè çíàéäåø éîãî.
12. Îãëÿíüñÿ íàâêðóãè, ³ òè ïîáà÷èø áàãàòî êâ³ò³â òà äåðåâ.
13. Áäæîëè áóëè âñþäè, íàâ³òü ïîêð³âë³ áóäèíê³â áóëè âêðèò³ áäæîëàìè.
14. Çà ë³êàðåì íåãàéíî ïîñëàëè.
15. Ìè ñüîãîäí³ ïèñàëè äâà òåñòè.
16. Äåéâ ïðèí³ñ ïàïåðè äî òîãî, ÿê ìè ïðèéøëè.
17. ˳íäà çàâæäè âñòຠðàíî-âðàíö³.
18. ijòè âñå ùå ó ê³ìíàò³.
19. Äæåê óñå ùå íå ïðèéøîâ.
20. Ó íàø³ äí³ ðîê-ìóçèêà äóæå ïîïóëÿðíà.
21. Êàòÿ ñîðîì’ÿçëèâî óñì³õíóëàñü ³ çàêðèëà êíèæêó.
22. Ñòóäåíòè â÷àòü ³ñïàíñüêó ñèñòåìàòè÷íî ³ ãîâîðÿòü ³ñïàíñü¬êîþ äîñèòü øâèäêî.
23. Ïàâëî ïîâ³â ñåáå íåòàêòîâíî ³ îáðàçèâ óñ³õ.
24. Ò³òêà ñåðäå÷íî ïðèâ³òàëà íàñ.
25. ̳é êóçåí ñóõî â³äïîâ³â ³ âèéøîâ ³ç ê³ìíàòè.
26. Ñåðäèòî ðîçìîâëÿþ÷è, âîíè ï³øëè âçäîâæ áåðåãà ð³÷êè.
27. ²øîâ ñèëüíèé äîù, ³ ìè çìîêëè.
28. Îëüãà ãëÿíóëà çàö³êàâëåíî ³ ïðîñòÿãíóëà äîêóìåíòè.
29. Äæîðäæ ïîñï³õîì âèëåò³â ç ê³ìíàòè, íå ñêàçàâøè í³ ñëîâà.
30. Êîðîëåâà õîëîäíî ãëÿíóëà íà ðàäíèêà ³ ïîêàçàëà éîìó íà ñò³ëåöü.
31. Ó÷åí³ îáåðåæíî âçÿëè öåé ìàíóñêðèïò ³ çàãîðíóëè éîãî â ïàï³ð.
EXERCISE XIX.
Put in the necessary words from the box:
Happily, carefully, there, quietly, comfortably, suspiciously, quickly, soon, hurriedly, around
Leaving the house (1) … Ted looked (2) … He saw nobody and sighed with relief turning to the corner (3) … Ted knew he would be followed (4) … So he took the taxi and went to the airport
(5) … There he again turned around (6) … and boarded the pla-
ne. He placed himself (7) … in the chair and closed his eyes.
Soon he slept (8) … having fastened his seat belts on his way
to Brazil. (9) … he would live (10) … and nobody would ever bother him.
EXERCISE XX.
Choose the correct answer:
1. He always dives very … and I’m afraid of it.
a) high; b) straight; c) deep.
2. Jane runs … and is supposed to be the best runner.
a) soon; b) late; c) fast.
3. … there was nobody there when the bomb exploded.
a) in fact; b) frankly; c) fortunately.
4. They visit the swimming pool … to keep fit.
a) low; b) fast; c) weekly.
5. We could … see that tiny spot on her evening dress.
a) lately; b) hardly; c) mostly.
6. All the players of this hockey team are … trained players.
a) lately; b) hardly; c) highly.
7. Pavarotti sings … and it is a real pleasure to listen to him.
a) quietly; b) noisily; c) wonderfully.
8. He always comes in … and wakes the baby.
a) quietly; b) slowly; c) noisily.
9. Have you seen her … ? I cannot find her.
a) nowhere; b) somewhere; c) anywhere.
10. You will be able to study … than before.
a) sooner; b) more carefully; c) more efficiently.

ADVERBS
TEST I
TASK I.
Fill in the adverbs where necessary:
1. … he will come tomorrow if all the documents are brought in time.
2. … they had his address and could find him easily.
3. … I don’t like people like him. He is always boasting.
4. … she is absolutely right being angry with him.
5. … we have all the materials ready to print.
6. … they were right. Everything was ready to publish and he spoilt it.
6. … the overturned lorry didn’t block the road.
7. … the investigation is conducted by a famous detective.
8. … it will rain in the afternoon. The sky is too cloudy.
9. … he is lying. Just look into his eyes.
10. … she will come back. She really loves him so much.
TASK II.
Fill in the gaps with the correct form of adverbs or adjectives:
1. This cake tastes … I advise you to take a slice of it (delicious, deliciously).
2. This symphony sounds … Shall we listen to it again (perfect, perfectly)?
3. Look at this fish! It looks … (wonderful, wonderfully).
4. The dinner which is on the table smells … (nice, nicely).
5. This silk feels … Will you buy it (soft, softly)?
6. Your broth always tastes … Will you give me the recipe (good, well)?
7. This music sounds … Will you turn the radio off ( awful, aw-fully)?
8. The cloth you bought yesterday feels … (smooth, smoothly).
9. She looks … When did you meet her before (pretty, prettily)?
10. This custard smells … Will you give me a bit of it (tasty, tastily).
TASK III.
Fill in the correct form:
1. He always works … He is so industrious (hard, hardly).
2. We usually return home … (late, lately).
3. They … rewrite their homework twice (often, oftenly).
4. Our children like to climb … in the mountains (high, highly).
5. As a rule Charles drives … I don’t like to go with him (fast, fastly).
6. He likes to dive … Can you do the same (deep, deeply)?
7. Jane always gets up … She is a hard — working girl (early, ear-lily).
8. The trees bend … in the strong wind (low, lowly).
9. Look at him! He goes … without turning back (straight, straightly).
10. He always visits his cousins … (weekly, weeklily).
TASK IV.
Choose the correct form of adverbs or adjectives:
1. When she comes to Kyiv she spends her time … in the theatres (most, mostly).
2. I was worried in the morning. I … overslept (near, nearly).
3. We can … believe our eyes. This is John Lennon (hard, hardly).
4. These footballers are always … trained players (high, highly).
5. They are to meet … after dinner (direct, directly).
6. Tom could … see this bird at a height of ten metres (bare, barely).
7. Have the children met … (late, lately)?
8. He left … after our arrival without any explanation (short, shortly).
9. Alice … ever comes here because she is in quarrel with all her relatives (hard, hardly).
10. Galina is a … educated person. She is always very smart (high, highly).
TASK V.
Choose the necessary adverbs or adjectives:
1. Mother left the room … and closed the door (quiet, quietly).
2. She turned her head and answered … (dry, dryly).
3. George always behaves so … (tactlessly, tactless).
4. They miss their lessons … (systematical, systematically).
5. She always spoke … to everybody (cordial, cordially).
6. This gentleman usually behaves very (noble, nobly).
7. When we tasted this pie it was … delicious (fantastic, fantastically).
8. He felt rather offended and answered … (cold, coldly).
9. Jane smiled … and started to speak (warm, warmly).
10. It always rains … at this time of the year (heavy, heavily).
TASK VI.
Fill in the gaps with the necessary adverbs from the box:
Frequently, occasionally, once, twice, sometimes, usually, often, rarely, never, periodically, always, repeatedly, hardly ever
1. We have no time to visit our relatives …
2. … he met her in the theatre that evening.
3. They saw Tom … or … at the parties.
4. She … gets up at seven o’clock.
5. The children have … been there before.
6. Dad and I … go to the cinema on Sundays.
7. You could … see her there. She never comes there.
8. Jane … visits her aunts. She loves them dearly.
9. Gosh … watches TV. He prefers going to the cinemas.
10. We … come to the Zoo with our children.
TASK VII.
Form the comparative and the superlative degrees of the following adverbs:
Slowly, fast, clearly, well, badly, high, soon, carefully, little, far, efficiently, a lot, hard, low, deep, long, beautifully, late, early, noisily, politely, wonderfully.
TASK VIII.
Choose the correct answer.
1. We think he started to work … than he did last year.
a) hard; b) harder; c) the hardest.
2. He operated … this time and performed the operation success-fully.
a) more carefully; b) careful; c) the most careful.
3. She tried to dive … but it was too hard.
a) deep; b) deeper; c) the deepest.
4. Galina Vishnevskaia sang … and the audience admired her.
a) wonderfully; b) the most won-derfully; c) more wonderfully.
5. They climbed … because they wanted to see the river from the top of the hill.
a) high; b) higher; c) the highest.
6. Don’ worry, he will come back … or …
a) soon, late; b) sooner, later; c) the soonest, the latest.
7. The children played … than ever.
a) noisily; b) more noisily; c) the most noisily.
8. She walked … than before. What happened to her?
a) slowly; b) more slowly; c) the most slowly.
9. He lives … than I thought. Let’s take a taxi.
a) far; b) farther; c) the farthest.
10. Put this log … It will be more comfortable.
a) low; b) lower; c) the lowest.
TASK IX.
Fill in the blanks with the words from the box:
Really, hardly, safely, soon, there, fast, immediately, luckily, obvi-ously, horror, peacefully, merrily, all the time, very much, suspi-ciously, quietly

Dan left the house (1) … and went to the park. On his way there he looked around (2) … but he saw nobody. He was worried (3) … For the last two days he had been followed (4) … but today he saw nobody. Dan relaxed and went into the park whistling (5) … He saw his partner sitting on the bench and dozing (6) … Dan came up to him and stiffened in horror. (7) … the partner was dead. (8) … there was nobody around so Dan ran out of the park and decided to change the place of living (9) … So in the evening he was driving (10) … to Salt Lake City. Coming there Dan decided to change his documents and leave the country. (11) … he was on board the plane flying to Argentina. He got there (12) … and was glad that his mission was over. He could (13) … believe that but it was (14) … so.
TASK X.
Translate the following sentences into English:
1. Î÷åâèäíî, â³í íå ïðèéäå.
2. Âîíà, áåç ñóìí³âó, çðîáèòü öå äëÿ áðàòà.
3. Ìè çàâæäè õîäèìî âèñîêî â ãîðè.
4. ijòè ÷àñòî ãðàþòü ó ôóòáîë íà ñòàä³îí³.
5. Íà ìîþ äóìêó, â³í íàéêðàùèé õ³ðóðã.
6. Âîíà ëåäâå ïîì³òèëà öþ ïîìèëêó.
7. Ìè ìàéæå ïðîñïàëè ñüîãîäí³.
8. ³í ë³ã ñïàòè îäðàçó æ ï³ñëÿ îá³äó.
9. Âîíà ÷óäîâî ãîòóº ò³ñòå÷êà.
10. ijòè, ãàëàñóþ÷è, âá³ãëè â ê³ìíàòó ³ ðîçáóäèëè áàòüêà.
11. ß í³äå íå ìîæó éîãî çíàéòè. Êóäè â³í ï³øîâ?
12. Ïîäèâ³òüñÿ âñþäè ³ çíàéä³òü öþ êíèæêó.
13. Òîì ÷àñòî â³äâ³äóº ñâîþ áàáóñþ.
14. ³í ãîâîðèòü çàðàç ïðî öå á³ëüø ñïîê³éíî.
15. Äæåéí æèâå äàëüøå çà âñ³õ.
16. Äæîí ñóõî â³äïîâ³â ³ âèéøîâ ç ê³ìíàòè.
17. Âîíè ñèñòåìàòè÷íî ïðîïóñêàþòü çàíÿòòÿ.
18. Âîíà ñîðîì’ÿçëèâî óñì³õíóëàñü ³ ïîòèñíóëà éîãî ðóêó.
19. Âåäè àâòî îáåðåæíî, äèâèñü çà äîðîãîþ.
20. Âîíà ñåðäèòî â³äïîâ³ëà ³ â³äâåðíóëà ãîëîâó.
ADVERBS
TEST I²
TASK I.
Fill in the sentence adverbs where necessary:
1. … we were at home when it happened.
2. … they will come to see us today.
3. … the boy is lying and everybody understands it.
4. … she will do it but I doubt if it is so.
5. … she is the best ballet dancer in this theatre.
6. … George found this information in his file.
7. … speaking I really don’t want to go there.
8. … they will bring all the materials tomorrow.
9. … he is his stepfather and he is responsible for his stepson.
10. … we shall help you in this situation.
TASK II.
Fill in the gaps with the correct form of the adjectives or adverbs:
1. This pear tastes … I advise you to taste it (nice, nicely).
2. This cloth feels … Let’s buy two metres (smooth, smoothly).
3. This piece of meat looks … Will you buy it (fresh, freshly)?
4. The dinner on the table smells … I feel so hungry (tasty, tastily).
5. He looks rather … , doesn’t he (handsome, handsomely)?
6. Just listen! This sounds …, doesn’t it ( wonderful, wonderfully)?
7. The velvet feels … Will you buy it (soft, softly)?
8. This girl looks so … as a very famous model ( pretty, prettily).
9. This soup tastes … I even cannot smell it (awful, awfully).
10. This cake tastes … I’ll have one more slice (delicious, deli-ciously).
TASK III.
Fill in the gaps with the correct form of the adjectives or adverbs:
1. Linda is a very industrious girl. She always works … (hard, hardly).
2. As a rule Jim comes home … (late, lately).
3. He … makes a lot of mistakes in his dictations (often, of-tenly).
4. Randy always likes to dive … So doe John (deep, deeply).
5. I shan’t go with him. He drives too … (fast, fastly).
6. They climbed … in the mountains on their weekends (high, highly).
7. We don’t like to wake up … We wake up rather late (early, earlily).
8. I visit my relatives … (weekly, weeklily).
9. Go … and then turn to the right ( straight, straightly).
10. This tree always bends … in the strong wind (low, lowly).
TASK IV.
Choose the correct form of the adjectives or the adverbs:
1. His uncle was a … educated person (high, highly).
2. You can … see him out of there ( hard, hardly).
3. She arrived … after your departure ( short, shortly).
4. Have you seen them … (late, lately)?
5. You can … see birds in winter here (bare, barely).
6. He goes to bed … after dinner (direct, directly).
7. These players are … trained (high, highly).
8. They could … believe their eyes. This was Julia Roberts (hard, hardly).
9. I … fell in the morning. I didn’t see that box (near, nearly).
10. When she comes to Moscow she spends her time … in the thea-tres (most, mostly).
TASK V.
Fill in the necessary adverbs:
1. She answered … and left the room (dry, dryly).
2. I don’t like his manners. He behaves … (tactless, tactlessly).
3. Judith greeted him … and shook his hand (cordial, cordially).
4. When we returned home it was raining … (heavy, heavily).
5. Ann smiled … and turned her head (warm, warmly).
6. They work … and have very nice results (systematical, system-atically).
7. He tasted the cake. It was … tasty (fantastical, fantastically).
8. She left the room … without saying good bye (quiet, quietly).
9. Josh was very angry and answered … (cold, coldly).
10. He always behaves … as if he were a duke (noble, nobly).
TASK VI.
Fill in the gaps with the necessary adverbs:
Repeatedly, hardly, usually, sometimes, frequently, once, twice, often, rarely, never, periodically, always, ever.
1. … he went there once or twice and left the books there.
2. We … meet her at the Greens at their parties.
3. Nancy … gets up very early in the morning.
4. Our children … go to the cinema. They prefer video.
5. I … go to the Zoo at my weekends because I love animals.
6. The students go to the library … to prepare for their exams.
7. George … visits his relatives. He is a very kind hearted fel-low.
8. You can … see him there. He doesn’t like this club.
9. They … take bus 5 or tram 6 to get to the university.
10. We … take our daughter with us. She is too small.
TASK VII.
Form the comparative and the superlative degrees of the following adverbs:
A lot, clearly, fast, soon, slowly, high, well, badly, carefully, po-litely, late, early, little, far, efficiently, low, deep, long, wonderfully, beautifully, noisily.
TASK VIII.
Choose the correct answer:
1. Look! She is running … than that runner.
a) fast; b) faster; c) the fastest.
2. The children climbed … and … on the hill.
a) high; b) higher; c) the highest.
3. The footballers finished the game and the fans shouted …
a) noisily; b) more noisily; c) the most noisily.
4. Helen lives … . We can take a taxi.
a) far; b) farther; c) the farthest.
5. Put this plank … . It will be better.
a) low; b) lower; c) the lowest.
6. He worked … than she and she finished the work first.
a) slowly; b) more slowly; c) the most slowly.
7. Dan dived … than Tom and he was happy about it.
a) deep; b) deeper; c) the deepest.
8. Galina Ulanova danced … than all the ballet dancers of that time.
a) wonderfully; b) more wonderfully; c) the most wonderfully.
9. She cut the slices … than the previous time.
a) carefully; b) more carefully; c) the most carefully.
10. That student started to work … this year.
a) hard; b) harder; c) the hardest.
TASK IX.
Put in the words from the box:
Very much, on, easily, soon, quietly, fast, happily, merrily, early, there, brightly, quietly, slowly
Lauren left the house (1) … and went to the station. She bought a ticket and smiling (2) … got on a train. ‘I am going (3) … holidays’ she thought (4) … (5) … she fell asleep. The train was going (6) … and Lauren was sleeping. In the morning she woke up (7) … and looked out of the window. (8) … she saw the sea shore at a distance. The day was nice and the sun shone (9) … The train stopped at a small resort town and (10) … Lauren was at a hotel. It was a quiet place where the life passed (11) … and (12) … Next day Lauren went to the beach and (13) … she was lying (14) … in the sun. She enjoyed the holidays (15) … and felt relaxed.
TASK X.
Translate the following sentences into English:
1. Ôàêòè÷íî, â³í íå âèêîíàâ æîäíîãî çàâäàííÿ.
2. Âîíè ÷àñòî ãðàþòü ó øàõè ç³ ñòàðøèì áðàòîì.
3. ³í ìàéæå ðîçâ’ÿçàâ öþ çàäà÷ó (sum) ó÷îðà.
4. ß ëåäâå ïîì³òèâ öþ ïîìèëêó â êîíòðîëüí³é ðîáîò³.
5. Áåòò³ ÷óäîâî ñï³âຠ³ â³çüìå ó÷àñòü ó òóðí³ð³.
6. Âîíà éäå ñïàòè îäðàçó æ ï³ñëÿ îá³äó.
7. Ìîÿ ò³òêà òàíöþº ÷óäîâî, ³ ÿ ÷àñòî õîäæó íà ¿¿ êîíöåðòè.
8. Äåí ïðîïóñêຠçàíÿòòÿ ñèñòåìàòè÷íî.
9. Âîíà â³äïîâ³ëà õîëîäíî ³ âèéøëà ç ê³ìíàòè.
10. ³í í³êîëè íå áóâ ó Êàíàä³.
11. Öÿ ï³ñíÿ çâó÷èòü ôàíòàñòè÷íî.
12. Áóëî õîëîäíî, ³ éøîâ ñèëüíèé äîù.
13. ̳é äÿäüêî äóæå îñâ³÷åíà ëþäèíà.
14. Âè áà÷èëè Íåäà íà äíÿõ?
15. Âîíè çóñòð³ëèñÿ äâ³÷³ ³ ï³äïèñàëè ïàïåðè.
16. Åíí ìàéæå í³êîëè íå ðîáèòü ïîìèëîê.
17. Ìè ³íîä³ çáèðàºìîñÿ ðàçîì ³ ñï³âàºìî.
18. ³í ñï³âàâ òàê ïîãàíî, ùî í³õòî íå õîò³â éîãî ñëóõàòè.
19. Âîíà òàêòîâíî íàãàäàëà ïðî öå ³ âèéøëà ç ê³ìíàòè.
20. Õëîï÷èê óâ³éøîâ òèõî ³ âçÿâ êíèæêó.


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