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Supplementary Material

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 exercisea young manpopularsports(*)

They look worriedShe 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 quicklycareful 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 farfast fastlow lowhigh high

late latenear near

hard hardbad 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)

ADJECTIVES & ADVERBS(Supplementary Material for Gamma Lower Module)

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Supplementary Material5. 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/carefullydriver.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 adjectiveand the corresponding adverb.

For example:(beautiful-beautifully) She is singing a beautifulsong.She sings beautifully.

1. (quick - quickly)

2. (happy - happily)

3. (easy - easily)

4. (complete - completely)

5. (correct - correctly)

6. (slow - slowly)

6. rapidly7. beautifully8. terrible9. nearly10. hard

1. late2. highly3. near4. well5. loud

1. careful2. slowly3. angry4. well

EXERCISE 3.

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5. fast6. suddenly7. quiet

EXERCISE 2.EXERCISE 1.

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