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Adverbs and adjectives with the same form.



Back Hard* Little Right*
Deep* High* Long Short*
Direct* Ill Low Still
Early Just* Much/more/most* Straight
Enough Kindly Near* Well
Far Late* Pretty* Wrong*
Fast Left    

                     

* see below

Used as an adverbs Used as an adjectives
Come back soon The back door
You can dial Rome direct The most direct route
The train went fast A fast train
They worked hard (energetically) The work is hard
An ill-made road You look ill/well
Turn right here The right answer
She went straight home A straight line
He led us wrong This is the wrong way

B. Starred words above also have ly forms. Note the meanings.                                                                                     deeply is used chiefly of feelings: He was deeply offended.                                                                                                                            directly can be used of time or connection: He'll be here directly. (very soon)

The new regulations will affect us directly/indirectly.                                                                                                              highly is used only in an abstract sense:

He was a highly paid official.  They spoke very highly of him.                                                                                      

nearly = almost: I'm nearly ready                                                                                                                                                      prettily corresponds to the adjective pretty (attractive):

Her little girls are always prettily dressed.

 But pretty can also be an adverb of degree meaning “very”:

The exam was pretty difficult.

  rightly can be used with a past participle to mean justly or correctly:

He was rightly/justly punished. I was rightly/correctly informed.

wrongly can be used with a past participle: You were wrongly (incorrectly) informed.

But He acted wrongly could mean that his action was either incorrect or morally wrong.

 

 

Adverbs with differences in form and meaning

 

Direct- without stopping We flew direct to China. Directly- immediately. Don’t go. I’ll be with you directly. - straight. She looked directly at us. - with no one else in between.  You’ll be directly responsible to me.
Late – not early/not on time The plane arrived late due to bad weather. Lately – recently She’s been rather ill lately.
High – to a great height He lifted it high over his head. Highly – extremely             - very favourably Arsenic is highly toxic.         I think highly of you.
Hard-with a lot of effort/severely He braked hard when he saw the cat. It was raining hard. Hardly- scarcely, almost not We hardly know our neighbours.
Right – direction/correctly Turn right at the crossroads. Try to do right this time. Rightly – correctly in my opinion The tribunal rightly condemned the war criminals.
Free – without paying We got into the concert free! Freely- without limitation or control Sheep roam freely over the hill.
Deep – to a great depth/distance We explored deep into the jungle. Deeply – thoroughly I’m deeply ashamed of my behaviour.
Near – close He lives quite near. Nearly – almost It is nearly five o’clock.
Last –after all the others He came last in the race. Lastly – finally Lastly, I’d like to say…
Wide – completely Open your mouth wide. Widely – to many places She has traveled widely.

 

Underline the correct option in italics.

1 He slapped him friendly/in a friendly way on the back.

2 Does that flight go direct/directly or is there a stopover?

3 Many of the senior staff are right/rightly concerned about their pensions.

4 There's been a lot of talk about European integration late/lately.

5 Our new cellphone fits easy/easily into the average-sized pocket.

6 The path leads straight/straightly to the front door.

7 Animals are now able to wander free/freely throughout the game reserve.

8 In late spring the gulls nest high/highly on the cliff face.

 

9. The remains of the Spanish galleon lie deep/deeply under the ocean.

10 Jackson came pretty close/closely to winning that last race.

11 You'll never get better if you don't eat - you've hard/hardly touched your dinner!

12 In the Denver play-offs the Miami team did real/good well.

13 Some of these kids drive their cars far too fast/fastly.

 

Keys.

1 in a friendly way 2. direct 3. rightly 4. lately 5. easily 6. straight 7. freely 8. high 9. deep 10. close 11. hardly 12. real 13. fast  

 

1 Adverbs

This is part of a story about a spy called X. Put in adverbs formed from these adjectives: bright, careful, fluent, immediate, patient, punctual, quiet, safe, secret, slow

The journey took a long time because the train travelled so (► ) slowly. It was hot, and the sun shone
(1) …………………………from a clear sky. X could only wait (2)………………………..for the journey to

end. When the train finally arrived, he had no time to spare, so he (3)………………………….took a taxi

to the hotel. Y was on time. She arrived (4)……………………….. at three. No one else knew about the

meeting - it was important to meet (5)............ ……………….. 'I had a terrible journey, ' said Y.

'But luckily the pilot managed to land (6).................. …………...' Her English was good,

and she spoke very (7) …………………........ X was listening (8)………………………..      to every word.

They were speaking very (9)................................  in case the room was bugged.

2 The ly ending

Look at the information in brackets and put in the adverbs. Be careful with the spelling.

►            (Emma's toothache was terrible.) Emma's tooth ached terribly.

1 (Henry was angry.) Henry shouted.............................................................................. at the waiter.

2 (I'm happy sitting here.) I can sit here......................................................................for hours.

3 (The switch is automatic.) The machine switches itself off.......................... …………………….

4 (The debate should be public.) We need to debate the matter................. ………………………..

5 (Everyone was enthusiastic.) Everyone discussed the idea ………………………………………

6 (We should be reasonable.) Can't we discuss the problem................ ……………………………...?

7 (The building has to be secure.) Did you lock all the doors.................. ……………………………..?

3 Adverb or adjective?

Decide what you need to say. End your sentence with an adverb ending in ly.

► Tell the police that you can't remember the accident. It isn't very clear in your mind.
I can’t remember the accident very clearly.

1 Tell your friend that United won the game. It was an easy win.

2 Tell your boss that you've checked the figures. You've been careful.

3 Tell your neighbour that his dog barked at you. It was very fierce.

4 You are phoning your friend. Tell him about the rain where you are. It's quite heavy.

4 Adverb or adjective?

Vicky is telling Rachel about a dream she had. Choose the correct forms.

l had a (► )strange/strangely dream last night. I was in a garden. It was getting (1) dark/darkly, and it was (2) terrible/terribly cold. My head was aching (3) bad/badly. I was walking out of the garden when (4) sudden/suddenly I saw a man. He was sitting (5) quiet/quietly on a seat. He seemed very(6) unhappy/unhappily. He looked up and smiled (7) sad/sadly at me. I don't know why, but I felt(8) curious/curiously about him. I wanted to talk to him, but I couldn't think what to say. I just stood there (9) foolish/foolishly.

1 brightly    6 safely 2 patiently 7 fluently 3 immediately 8 carefully 4 punctually 9 quietly 5 secretly 1 angrily 5 enthusiastically 2 happily         6 reasonably 3 automatically    7 securely 4 publicly 1 United won the game easily. 2 I've/I have checked the figures carefully. 3 Your dog barked at me very fiercely. 4 It's/It is raining quite heavily (here). 1 dark     6 unhappy 2 terribly 7 sadly 3 badly      8 curious 4 suddenly 9 foolishly 5 quietly

Наречия deep и deeply:

Deep может выступать как в роли прилагательного, так и в роли наречия. Deeply – только наречие. Существует очевидная смысловая разница между наречиями deep и deeply. В двух словах разница – в следующем: Разберемся несколько подробнее.

Deep в качестве наречия может иметь следующие способы перевода: глубоко to breathe deep – глубоко дышать

He dug deep into the ground. – Он копал глубоко.

серьезно, сильно to growl deep – сильно рычать

The sword's blade hit his neck hard and deep. – Лезвие меча серьезно поранило его шею.

Deeply имеет следующее значение

очень, весьма глубоко (в переносном значении)

deeply concerned– весьма обеспокоен deeply involved – глубоко вовлечен

 That scientist was deeply respected. – Это был весьма уважаемый ученый.

Обратите внимание на следующие выражения с deeply: move deeply брать за сердце feel deeply прочувствовать             hurt deeply разобидеть drink deeply пить запоем bow deeply низко кланяться 


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