Adjectives and Adverbs

INTERMEDIATE ______________________________________________________________ ADVERBS
ADJECTIVES AND ADVERBS

Tell us about a noun (something Tell us about a verb (how
or somebody) somebody does something or how
a) Adjective before a noun. something happens)
b) Adjective after copulative + LY a) Adverb after a verb
verbs: be, look, seem, b) Adverb before an adjective
feel, smell, taste, sound. c) Adverb before another adv
IRREGULAR ADVERBS
Good well
Fast fast
Hard hard
Late late
a) It rained heavily
a) We didn’t go because of the heavy rain. John drove carefully
John is a careful driver
b) I’m terribly sorry
b) This cake tastes good He was seriously injured
It sounds great.
c) Ann learns languages incredibly
quickly
- 1 - USE THE ADJECTIVE IN BRACKETS OR MAKE AN ADVERB (ADJ+LY) AS NECESSARY
1. (careful) You must read the instructions _______________ before you use the machine.
2. (noisy) Children are always very _______________
3. (angry) Something had happened to him. He had an _______________ look.
4. (beautiful) Don’t you think she paints _______________ ?
5. (free) She will understand anything you tell her. You can talk to her _______________
6. (clear) It’s important that you write all the details _______________
7. (hungry/economical) The population in many African countries are _______________ because they
have a lot of _______________ problems.
8. (good) He plays tennis very _______________
9. (quiet) The boys were so _______________ that I thought they were planning something.
10. (sure) I was _______________ that I had left the camera on the table.
11. (slow) I have to buy a new car. This one is very _______________
12. (warm) They gave us a very _______________ welcome.
13. (comfortable) When I arrived he was sitting _______________ in an armchair.
14. (hard) We worked _______________ all day.
15. (fast) Don’t drive so _______________! It’s dangerous.
16. (easy) It wasn’t _______________ to find their house in the middle of the night.
17. Can I use your phone, please? / (certain) Yes, _______________
18. (happy) When I gave him the present, he looked at me _______________
- 2 - CHOOSE THE CORRECT CHOICE
1.- Our team lost the march because we played (bad/badly)

I feel (bad/badly) about losing the match.
2.- I didn’t any problem to find lodging. I found a flat (easy/easily)

This is too (easy/easily) . I need something more challenging.
3.- Your proposal sounds a bit (selfish/selfishly)

You behaved (selfish/selfishly)
4.- The house was (terrible/terribly) damaged by the hurricane.

That’s (terrible/terribly)!
5.- There was a (sudden/suddenly) change in the weather.

The weather has changed (sudden/suddenly)
6.- Everybody at the party was (colourful/colourfully) dressed.

Everybody was wearing (colourful/colourfully) clothes.
7.- I hurt myself (bad/badly) with that edge.

The firm wasn’t successful because it was (bad/badly) managed.
8.- Don’t stand on that stool. It doesn’t look (safe/safely)

Fortunately he sheltered (safe/safely) at home during the storm.
9.- we waited (impatient/impatiently) until they arrived.

She sounded (impatient/impatiently) on the phone.
10.- She speaks French (good/well)

She speak (good/well) French.
- 3 – CHOOSE TWO WORDS (ONE FROM EACH BOX TO COMPLETE THE SENTENCES
Absolutely reasonably badly Changed enormous ill

Seriously slightly unusually Planned cheap damaged
unnecessarily Completely Quiet long
1.- The party went wrong because it was _______________ __________________
2.- I thought it would be expensive but it was _________________ _________________
3- My grandmother is ______________ __________________ in hospital.
4.- What a huge ship! It is ______________ ________________
5.- Fortunately, my car was only ______________ ______________ in the accident.
6.- My dog is always barking but today it is ______________ _______________
7.- After the redecoration, my flat was _______________ _______________ It looked new!
8.- Don’t make their wait ___________________ _________________ . They’re so impatient!

KEY
EXERCISE 1
1. carefully
2. noisy
3. angry
4. beautifully
5. freely
6. clearly
7. hungry/economical
8. well
9. quiet
10. sure
11. slow
12. warm
13. comfortably
14. hard
15. fast
16. easy
17. certainly
18. happily
EXERCISE 2
1. badly bad
2. easily easy
3. selfish selfishly
4. terribly terrible
5. sudden suddenly
6. colourfully colourful
7. badly badly
8. safe safely
9. impatiently impatient
10. well good
EXERCISE 3
1. badly planned
2. reasonably cheap
3. badly ill
4. absolutely enormous
5. slightly damaged
6. unusually quiet
7. completely changed
8. unnecessarily long

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INTERMEDIATE ______________________________________________________________ ADVERBS

- 1 - USE THE ADJECTIVE IN BRACKETS OR MAKE AN ADVERB (ADJ+LY) AS NECESSARY

- 2 - CHOOSE THE CORRECT CHOICE

1.- Our team lost the march because we played (bad/badly)

2.- I didn’t any problem to find lodging. I found a flat (easy/easily)

3.- Your proposal sounds a bit (selfish/selfishly)

4.- The house was (terrible/terribly) damaged by the hurricane.

5.- There was a (sudden/suddenly) change in the weather.

6.- Everybody at the party was (colourful/colourfully) dressed.

7.- I hurt myself (bad/badly) with that edge.

8.- Don’t stand on that stool. It doesn’t look (safe/safely)

9.- we waited (impatient/impatiently) until they arrived.

10.- She speaks French (good/well)

Absolutely reasonably badly Changed enormous ill

1.- The party went wrong because it was _______________ __________________

2.- I thought it would be expensive but it was _________________ _________________

3- My grandmother is ______________ __________________ in hospital.

4.- What a huge ship! It is ______________ ________________

5.- Fortunately, my car was only ______________ ______________ in the accident.

6.- My dog is always barking but today it is ______________ _______________

8.- Don’t make their wait ___________________ _________________ . They’re so impatient!

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1.- The party went wrong because it was _ ____

2.- I thought it would be expensive but it was _ _

3- My grandmother is ____ in hospital.

4.- What a huge ship! It is __

5.- Fortunately, my car was only in the accident.

6.- My dog is always barking but today it is _

8.- Don’t make their wait ___ _ . They’re so impatient!