Model: His answer was very quick. He answered very quickly.
1. They gave a beautiful performance. 2. She gave me a formal answer. 3. His was a heroic action. 4. He gave an accurate description of the incident. 5. We heard their happy laugh in the room. 6. The actors got a warm greeting from the audience.
Ex. 4. (A, B) Give the comparative and superlative degrees of the following adverbs:
early, often, hard, easily, well, little, near, far, late, clearly, slowly, fast, quickly, strongly, much, closely, close, long.
Ex. 5. (A, B) Open the brackets, give the comparative or superlative forms of the adverbs.
1. I like this dress (well) than the black one. 2. Now she visits them (frequently) than last year. 3. Our new car is (fast) than the old one. 4. Which of all these books did you enjoy (much)? 5. Now I can hear you (clearly) than before. 6. You ought to have told me (much). 7. Who works (hard), Mike, Pete or Jack? 8. The fire was put out (quickly) than we expected. 9. He speaks English (fluently) of all in my class.
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Ex. 6. (А, В) Give the correct forms of the adverbs in brackets.
1. The (hard) you work the (soon) you make progress. 2. Is the sound loud enough or shall I make it (loud)? 3. Yesterday they finished work (late) than usual. 4. The woman said she had been treated (badly) than a slave. 5. The little girl sang far (well) than her sister. 6. The boy's greatest ambition was to become a pilot and fly (high) and (fast) of all. 7.1 could see very far from my place, but Ben climbed a tree and saw even (far) beyond the field. 8. We envied John, for he lived (near) of all; it took him the least time to get to the office. 9. Our horses ran pretty fast, but Serena's Arrow ran (quick) than my White Star, and Ivo's Lightning - (fast), as usual. 10.1 like this picture (well) of all. 11.1 missed our walks together, but those long evening conversations by the fireplace I missed (much) of all. 12. He stepped (close) and saw that they were playing with little kittens.
Ex. 7. (В, С) Choose the correct form of the words given in brackets.
I. He certainly has done (good, well) in his studies this year. 2. It is not (good, well) for you
to smoke. 3.1 was (angry, angrily) at what he did. 4. He stormed (angry, angrily) out of the
room. 5. It isn't (bad, badly). 6. To the parents' disgust, the child behaved very (bad,
badly) at table. 7. He dreamed of acting (brave, bravely) in emergency. 8. He is a (brave,
bravely) man. 9. This is quite (clear, clearly). 10.1 can see (clear, clearly) what you mean.
II. She looked at him (cold, coldly). 12. The weather is (cold, coldly) today. 13. This is a
(comfortable, comfortably) desk. 14. The English like to live (comfortable, comfortably).
15. He is (dangerous, dangerously) calm. 16. This road is (dangerous, dangerously).
17. Let's look at it from (different, differently) angles. 18. The two sisters always reacted
(different, differently). 19. This definition is not quite (exact, exactly). 20. Can you tell me
(exact, exactly) when he will come? 21. He seems to be not very (happy, happily) about it.
22. They smiled (happy, happily). 23. The girl was (heavy, heavily) painted. 24. The case
is too (heavy, heavily). 25. She sighed (helpless, helplessly). 26. She is quite (helpless,
helplessly) with the child. 27. The work was done (perfect, perfectly). 28. The weather
during the last few days has been (perfect, perfectly). 29. Walk (quiet, quietly), or you will
wake the patient. 30. His voice was (quiet, quietly). 31. Your geography is (sad, sadly) at
fault. 32. It is (sad, sadly) that you have been ill such a long time. 33. She looked at me
(sad, sadly). 34. The answer was not (satisfactory, satisfactorily). 35. You performed
(satisfactory, satisfactorily). 36. Do you (serious, seriously) wish to go there? 37. Are you
(serious, seriously) about going there? 38. The explanation was quite (simple, simply).
39. The problem can be solved quite (simple, simply).
Ex. 8. (A, B) Translate into English, paying attention to the italicized words. Choose the right word in the brackets.
1. Вы часто пропускаете занятия в последнее время. Они поздно ложатся спать. В том году была поздняя весна, (late, lately)
2. Что-то было не так . Он набрал не тот номер телефона. Он дал неправильный ответ. Она неправильно с ним поступила, (wrong, wrongly)
3. Мы едва знаем друг друга. Они упорно работали. Она упорный работник, (hard, hardly)
4. Мы почти опоздали на поезд. Рядом с нашим домом есть небольшое озеро. Он всегда интересовался историей Ближнего Востока, (near, nearly)
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Ex. 9, (В, С) Translate into English.
1. Какой из его фильмов вам больше всего нравится? 2. Сделайте звук громче!