Unit

85 old/nice/interesting etc (adjectives)

adjective + noun (nice day / blue eyes etc.)

adjective + noun

It's a nice day today.

Laura has brown eyes.
There's a very old bridge in this village.
Do you like Italian food?
1don't speak any foreign languages.
There are some beautiful yellow flowers in the garden.

H ie adjective is before the noun:

Tliey live in a modern house. (not a house modern)
O Have you met any famous people? (not people famous)

The ending of an adjective is always the same:

a different place different places (not differents)

be (am/is/was etc.) + adjective

Q m hungry)
O The weather is nice today.
O These flowers are very beautiful.
O Are you cold? Shall I close the window?
I'm hungry. Can I have something to eat?
The film wasn't very good. It was boring.
O Please be quiet. I'm reading.

look/feel/smell/taste/sound + adjective

You look tired7^ (You sound happy7 It smells good.')

I tired.
It ta stes good.

O a : Y o u look tired.
b: Yes, I feel tired.
Joe told me about his new job. It sounds very interesting.
I'm not going to eat this fish. It doesn't smell good.

Compare:

is are is
He feels tired. They look happy. It smells good.
looks sound tastes

( get + adjective (get hungry/tired etc.) Unit 56 something/anybody + adjective Unit 79

Exercises
Put the words in the right order.
1 (new / live in / house / they / a)
2 (like / jacket / 1/ that / green) i.
3 (music / like / do / classical / you?) Do.
4 (had / wonderful / a / 1/ holiday)
5 (went to / restaurant / a / Japanese / we)

The words in the box are adjectives (black/foreign etc.) or nouns (air/job etc.). Use an adjective
and a noun to complete each sentence.

air clouds foreign holiday job languages sharp

black dangerous fresh hot knife long water

1 Do you speak a n y fprai^n languages ?

2 Look at th o se......................................................................................... It's going to rain.
3 Sue works very hard, and she's very tired. She needs a ........................................................
4 I would like to have a shower, but there's n o ..............................................................................
5 Can you open the window? We need so m e .............................................................................
6 I need a .......................................................................................to cut these onions.
7 Fire-fighting is a .........................................................................................

Write sentences for the pictures. Choose from the boxes.

feel(s) look(s) sound(s) happy ill nice

look(s) smell(s) taste(s) horrible new surprised

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( y o u .... sound happy ...... ) o ..................................................... ) 0 .......................................................)

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A and B don't agree. Complete B's sentences. Use feel/look etc.

A w ___________________________________ SL B

You look tired. Do I? I don’t feel tire d . (feel)

This is a new coat. Is it? It doesn't ....................... (look)
I'm American. Are you? Y o u ......................... (sound)
You look cold. Do I? I ......................................... (feel)
These bags are heavy. Are they? T h e y ..................... (look)
That soup looks good. Maybe, but i t .......................... (taste)
 Unit
86 quickly/badly/suddenly etc. (adverbs)

He ate his dinner very quickly. Suddenly the shelf fell down.

Q uickly and suddenly are adverbs.

adjective + -ly —> adverb:

adjective quick bad sudden careful heavy

adverb quickly badly suddenly carefully heavily etc.

Spelling (-> Appendix 5): easy —> easily heavy —> heavily

Adverbs tell you how something happens or how somebody does something:

The train stopped suddenly.

O I opened the door slowly.
Please listen carefully. \ |
I understand you perfectly.

Compare: It's raining heavily

adjective adverb
O Sue is very quiet. Sue speaks very quietly. (not speaks very quiet)
O Be careful! O Listen carefully! (not listen careful)
O It was a bad game. O O ur team played badly. (not played bad)
O I felt nervous. I waited nervously.
(= I was nervous)

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hard fast late early

These words are adjectives and adverbs:

O Sue's job is very hard. O Sue works very hard, (not hardly)
O Ben is a fast runner. O Ben can run fast.
O The bus was late/early. O I went to bed late/early.

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D good (adjective) —>well (adverb)

Your English is very good. O You speak English very well, (not very good)
) It was a good game. O ur team played well.

But well is also an adjective (= not ill, in good health):

'How are you?' 'I'm very well, thank you. And you?'

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Exercises
H H Look at the pictures and complete the sentences with these adverbs:

angrily badly dangerously fast heavily quietly

1 It's raining heavily.......................................................... 4 She shouted at m e .

2 He sings v e ry ........................................................................ 5 She can run v e ry .....
3 They came in ....................................................................... 6 He was d riving .........

Complete the sentences. Choose from the boxes.

come know sleep win carefully clearly hard well

explain listen think work carefully easily quickly well

1 I'm going to tell you something very important, so please li.stan.canefujjy

2 T h e y ................................................................................ A t the end of the day they're always tired.
3 I'm tired this morning. I did n't................................................................................last night.
4 You play tennis much better than me. When we play, you always

5 ................................................................................before you answer the question.

6 I've met Alice a few times, but I d o n't herv e ry .......................................
7 O ur teacher doesn't ........................................ things v e ry ......................................... We never understand him.
8 Helen! I need your help......................................................................................!

W hich is right?
1 Don't eat so quick- /quickly. It's not good for you. (quickly is right)
2 W hy are you angry/angrily? I haven't done anything.
3 Can you speak slow/slowly, please?
4 Come on, Dave! W hy are you always so slow/slowly?
5 Sam is a very careful/carefully driver.
6 Am y is studying hard/hardly for her examinations.
7 'Where's Anna?' 'She was here, but she left sudden/suddenly.'
8 Please be quiet/quietly. I'm studying.
9 Some companies pay their workers very bad/badly.
10 Those oranges look nice/nicely. Can I have one?
11 I don't remember much about the accident. Everything happened quick/quickly.

C9 W rite good or well.

1 Your English is v e ry good You speak it v e ry wajj.......

2 Jackie did v e ry .........................in her exams.
3 The party was v e ry ........................... Ienjoyed it very much.
4 M ark has a difficult job, but he does i t .........................
5 How are your parents? Are th e y .........................?
6 Did you have a .........................holiday? Was the w eather.........................?