Supplementary Material

ADJECTIVES & ADVERBS

(Supplementary Material for Lower Intermediate Module)
Adjectives are used to describe or make more definite the meaning of a word such as a noun (things, people,
places, etc.) or a pronoun.

e.g.: a difficult exercise

a young man
popular sports(*)
They look worried
She is intelligent

(*) Adjectives do not take plural forms in English.

Adverbs are words which may modify:

- A verb. e.g.: They listened carefully.

- An adjective. e.g.: Last night, it was terribly cold.
- A past participle. e.g.: The letter was badly written.
- Another adverb. e.g.: My brother ran unusually fast.

Most adverbs in English are formed by adding '-ly' to an adjective.

e.g.: quick quickly

careful carefully
hungry hungrily (note that -y changes to -i before -ly)
complete completely

Some adverbs do not end in -ly, but keep the same form as the adjective. See the examples below:

adjective adverb
far far
fast fast
low low
high high
late late
near near
hard hard
bad bad

Note that the adverb "well" does not end in '-ly', but it does not keep the same form as the adjective "good".

There are other adverbs ending in '-ly' , but their meaning is different from the original adjective:

badly means "very much" . e.g. She badly needed that money.
highly means "very". e.g. The new secretary is highly qualified.
lately means "recently". e.g. What have you been doing lately?
nearly means "almost". e.g. He was nearly dead when they found him.
hardly means "seldom, rarely". e.g. I hardly go to the cinema.

EXERCISE 1. Fill in the blanks using the correct adverb or adjective in parentheses.
1. You shouldn't arrive at work. You may get in trouble. (late/lately)
2. The President is a respected person. (high/highly)
3. Joyce lives us. (near/nearly)
4. Tim didn't do very in his examination. (good/well)

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5. I like music. (loud/loudly)
6. Ferraris and Porsches run very . (rapid/rapidly)
7. It is a good and decorated restaurant. (beautiful/beautifully)
8. I've had this toothache for a week or so. (terrible/terribly)
9. He broke his leg skating last Saturday. (near/nearly)
10. Many dictionaries have a cover. (hard/hardly)

EXERCISE 2. Choose the correct word. Cross out the wrong alternative.
For example: She opened the door slow / slowly.

1. Roy is a careful/carefully driver.

2. Can you spell your name slow/slowly, please?
3. Why are you so angry/angrily? I haven't done anything.
4. I am tired this morning. I didn't sleep good/well.
5. Please, do not speak so fast/fastly. I'm trying to take notes.
6. Tracy was here but she left sudden/suddenly. I couldn't talk to her.
7. I'm trying to read. Please, be quiet/quietly.

EXERCISE 3. Write sentences using both the adjective and the corresponding adverb.
For example: (beautiful-beautifully) She is singing a beautiful song.
She sings beautifully.
1. (quick - quickly)

2. (happy - happily)

3. (easy - easily)

4. (complete - completely)

5. (correct - correctly)

6. (slow - slowly)

KEY CHECK

EXERCISE 1. EXERCISE 2.
1. late 6. rapidly 1. careful 5. fast
2. highly 7. beautifully 2. slowly 6. suddenly
3. near 8. terrible 3. angry 7. quiet
4. well 9. nearly 4. well
5. loud 10. hard

EXERCISE 3.
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