Adverbs: He drivescarefully. He walks slowly.

Adjective + ly = adverb

dangerous – dangerous ly

quick – quick ly

gentle - gent ly (le, -e changes to –y)

horrible - horrib ly

easy – eas ily (consonant +y, the –y changes to –ily)

lazy- laz ily

wonderful – wonderful ly (final –l doubles)

Irregular adjectives & adverbs:

Adjective Adverb

good well

fast fast

hard hard

early early

late late

 

Exercise 1. Put the words from the list below into the correct column.

Good, nicely, well, monthly, sadly, cheap, tall, strongly, fast, cold, early, softly, wide, carefully, late, pretty, loudly, hard

 

Adjective Adverb Adjective and adverb

 

 

 

 

Exercise 2. Write the adverbs.

Example: polite – politely

1. nice _________________ 10. beautiful_____________

2. easy_________________ 11. soft_________________

3. dangerous____________ 12. early________________

4. good ________________ 13. noisy _______________

5. cheap ________________ 14. careful ______________

6. safe _________________ 15. happy ______________

7. hard _________________ 16. terrible ______________

8. comfortable ___________ 17. awful _______________

9. fast __________________ 18. fluent ______________

 

Exercise 3. Is the word in bold an adjective or an adverb?

Example: He is a good student. Adjective (adj.) прилагательное

She speaks loudly. Adverb (adv.) наречие

1. They arrived early. _________ 2. He works hard. _________

3. She is a pretty girl._________4. He drives carefully. ________ 5. You dance very well. _______6. She learns quickly. ________ 7.The film was sad. _______ 8. She always looked miserable. ______ 9.It was an easy exam._______

Exercise 4. Underline the correct word.

Example: My bedroom is tidy / tidily.

1. It is snowing heavy / heavily. 2. Cross the road carefully / careful. 3. My father was angry / angrily yesterday. 4. Get ready for school quick / quickly. 5. The test was very easy / easily. 6. Your perfume smells nice / nicely. 7. Susan is smiling happy / happily. 8. He sings beautiful / beautifully. 9. It is very warm / warmly today. 10. She looks beautiful / beautifully tonight. 11. My boss is in a very bad / badly mood all day.

UNIT 8

Degrees of comparison

(Степени сравнения имен прилагательных и наречий)

Comparative and Superlative Adjectives / Adverbs

Adjective Comparative Superlative

Сравнительная Превосходная

One-syllable old old er/ eld er the old est /the elde st

adjectives safe saf er the saf est

big big ger the bigg est

hot hot ter the hott est

 

Adjectives ending noisy nois ier the nois iest

in -y dirty dirt ier the dirt iest

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Adjectives with two boring more boring the most boring

or more syllables. beautiful more beautiful the most beautiful

 

 

Irregular good /well better the best

adjectives bad /badly worse the worst

and adverbs far farther/ further the farthest/ furthest

little less the least

much/many/(a)lot of more the most

 

Exercise 1. Write the comparative and superlative forms of the following adjectives and adverbs.

1. long longer the longest

2. expensive _______________ _________________

3. strong _______________ _________________

4. difficult _______________ _________________

5.intelligent ________________ _________________

6. close ________________ _________________

7. popular ________________ _________________

8. safe ________________ _________________

9. important ________________ _________________

10. loud ________________ _________________

Exercise 2. Write the comparative and superlative forms of the following adjectives and adverbs.

1. weak ________________ _________________

2. tasty ________________ _________________

3. comfortable ________________ _________________

4.delicious ________________ _________________

5. responsibly ________________ _________________

6. hard ________________ _________________

7. fast ________________ __________________

8. noisily ________________ __________________

9. early ________________ __________________

10. satisfactory ________________ __________________

Exercise 3. Fill in the gaps with the comparative form of the adverbs or adjectives in brackets.

Example: My motorbike goes faster (fast) than yours.

1. I work ______ (hard) than Paul. 2. Today it is _____ (hot) than yesterday. 3. I’m _______ (old) than you. 4. English is _______ (little) difficult than Japanese. 5. The last bus was _______________ (crowded) than the first bus. 6. I need a _______ (big) bag than this. 7. Travelling by train is _______________ (expensive) than travelling by bus. 8. Vegetables are _______ (good) for your health than crisps.

Exercise 4. Fill in the gaps with the superlative form of the adverbs or adjectives in brackets.

Example: Sarah is the youngest (young) person in my family.

1. That is __________________ (horrible) dress I have ever seen.

2. Roses are the flowers which have ______________ (nice) smell.

3. January is ____________ (cold) month of the year. 4. She is ____________________ (beautiful) woman I’ve ever met. 5. Mrs Green is _______________________ (interesting) person I know.6.This is ____________ (bad) song I’ve ever heard.

Exercise 5. Translate into English.

1. Том выше Ричарда. 2. Россия больше Австралии. 3. Мои часы дороже твоих. 4. Это самое высокое здание в центре нашего города. 5. Я на 5 лет младше моего брата. 6. Это самая хорошая телевизионная программа. 7. Мой друг – самый умный студент в группе. 8. У меня намного меньше денег, чем у моей сестры.

UNIT 9