Adverbs ADVERBS: - RUA

Manuel Palazón & Marian Aleson
GRAMMAR
Máster Dir. Emp. Tur,
Adverbs
• Describe verbs, adjectives, other adverbs or even sentences: He teaches well.
• They say “how”, “when”, “where”, “how often” or “to what extent”.
• There are also sentence adverbs and relative adverbs (possibly and where, respectively).
• From adjective to adverb:
• adj. +ly: quickly.
• adj. ended in consonant + y: > -ily Sleepily.
• adj. ended in –ic: -ally Tragically.
• adj. ended in –le: drop –e and add –y: agreeable > agreeably.
• adj. ended in –e: +ly. falsely. Exceptions: wholly and truly.
• adj. ended in –ly: adverb with ...manner / way. in a lively manner.
• Adjectives and adverbs with the same form: best, better, big, cheap, clean, clear, close, cold, daily,
dead, deep, direct, dirty, early, easy, far, fast, free, further, hard, high, hourly, inside, kindly, last,
late, long, low, monthly, right, slow, straight, sure, thick, tight, weekly, well, wide, wrong, yearly...
• Adverbs that can either keep the adjective form or add –ly: cheap, clean, clear, close, dear, fine,
quick, quiet, thin.
A.- Are the underlined words adjectives or adverbs?
1) My shoes are too tight.
2) I buy Think in English monthly, but Peter subscribes to it on a yearly basis.
3) I couldn’t get the glass from the shelf because it was too high.
4) The teacher always arrives late.
5) The late director was fantastic.
The walls of T2 are so thin you could hear a fly fly.
ADVERBS:
FREQUENCY:
majority of
adverbs
A) SUBJECT + ADVERB + VERB + COMPLEMENTS
I never catch the bus at 10:00.
B) SUBJECT + AUXILIARY VERB + ADVERB + VERB + COMPL.
I have always get up at 8:00
C) SUBJECT + TO BE + ADVERB + COMPL.
I was still asleep when my mother called me.
A) ADVERBS ARE ORGANISED FOLLOWING TWO POSSIBLE STRUCTURES:
Time + Manner + Place:
TMP
SEVERAL
ADVERBS
Ex. Yesterday I carefully read the text at home.
Manner + Place + Time:
MPL
Ex. I carefully read the text at home yesterday.
B.- Adverbs. Rewrite the following sentences in the correct order.
1) Often I this hotel stayed have in
2) Never has hotel this so been crowded
3) Very room executive the like much I
4) Beautifully designed this complex got gardens has
5) The party was welcomed yesterday
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Manuel Palazón & Marian Aleson
GRAMMAR
Máster Dir. Emp. Tur,
Test 1.-
Adverbs and adjectives
1.- ….. to the beach on Mondays.
a) I go never
b) Never I go
c) I never go
d) Never go I
2.- Don’t worry about Peter; … on time
a) he’s always
b) he always is
c) always he is
d) always is
3.- Peter’s daughter …. been late
for school.
a) has never
b) never has
c) she’s never
d) she never is
4.- The tourists …. on Saturday.
a) arrive often
b) often arrive
c) are often arrived
d) often are arrived
5.- The rep the names of the
tourists.
a) never can remember
b) can never remember
c) never remember
d) remembers never
6.- … surprised to hear the
anecdote.
a) Both they were
b) they both were
c) They were both
d) Both of they were
7.- The guide … to work by bus.
a) always goes
b) goes always
c) he always goes
d) he goes always
8.- My guidebook has disappeared.
… stolen.
a) It has probable been
b) Probably it has been
c) It has probably been
d) It probably has been
9.- Have you … eaten snails?
a) never
b) sometimes
c) sometime
d) ever
10.- Have you ever … London?
a) stayed
b) gone to
c) been to
d) been in
11.- The boat went … as it could.
a) as fast
b) fastly
c) fastest
d) faster
12.- … the names.
a) I ordered carefully
b) I carefully ordered
c) Carefully I ordered
d)I order careful
13.- Do … as a guide?
a) always you work
b) always work you
c) you always work
d) you work always
14.- … more than 3 hours at the
beach.
a) I never have stayed
b) I‘ve never stayed
c) I have stayed never
d) Never I have stayed
15.- Guadalest … in the mountains.
a) picturesquely sits
b) sits picturesquely
c) sits picturesque
d) picturesque sits
16.- I … visit my aunt in Great
Britain.
a) hardly never
b) ever hardly
c) never hardly
d) hardly ever
17.- I … too glad to see Peter come.
a) only was
b) was only
c) only be
d) be only
18.- That guide explains the route
very …
a) best
b) good
c) goodly
d) well
19.- … been to Glasgow?
a) have you never
b) you have never
c) have you ever
d) have ever you
20.- Which one is correct?
a) I like very much Indian food.
b) I like Indian food very much
c) Very much I like Indian food.
d) I very much like Indian food.
21.- … Peter today.
a) I’ve seen also
b) I also have seen
c) I have also seen
d) I too have seen.
22.- I … chosen the route for the
excursion.
a) ‘ve careful
b) ‘ve carefully
c) careful have
d) carefully have
23.- Rooms are cleaned …
a) daily
b) all days
c) every days
d) all correct
24.- The hotel … near the beach.
a) conveniently is located
b) is located conveniently
c) conveniently is located
d) is conveniently located
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