TIếng Anh 12 - Adjectives and adverbs

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1. ADJECTIVES AND ADVERBS free – freely | hard – hardly | high – highly | last – lastly | late – lately ADJECTIVES AND ADVERBS WITH DIFFERENT FORMS AND MEANINGS right – rightly | sharp – sharply | thick – thickly | thin – thinly Now we can learn to use adjectives and adverbs that have the same form. You also tight – tightly | wide – widely learn to use adverbs that have two forms and meanings and other adverbs that have Remember! different meanings depending on their position in a clause. The -ly adverb often has a different meaning from the adverb with the same form as Adjectives and adverbs that have the same form the adjective. Some adverbs of manner have the same form as adjectives and have similar meanings. - The water was running high. - He’s always listened to loud music. - He thought highly of his teacher. - The guitaristplayed too loud for the singer’s voice to be heard. - She worked hard all year. - She didn’t know what the right answer was. - We could hardly hear him speak - These are questions that most children get right. These are the most common ones: PRACTICE direct right fast slow hard solo late straight loud tight quick wrong Exercise 1. Decide if the pairs of sentences have the same meaning. 1. A Would you just give me a direct answer, please? ADVERBS THAT HAVE A DIFFERENT MEANING B Please answer me immediately. FROM THEIR RELATED ADJECTIVES 2. A Meet me at 12 sharp. u Some -ly adverbs have a different meaning from the meanings of their related B Meet me at precisely 12 o'clock. adjectives. For example, hardly means not very much or almost not at all and is not 3. A My late grandmother taught me howto bake. |-J used with any of the meanings of the adjective hard. B My grandmother, who died two years ago, taught me to bake. - This has been a long hard day. 4. A You're free to do whatever you want this afternoon. - Her bedroom was so small she could hardly move in it. B This afternoon's activities are free. - Food was scarce and so wasfuel. 5. A We're clean out of salad, I'm afraid. J - They could scarcely believe their great good fortune. B I'm sorry, but we've no salad left at all. Here are some adverbs ending in -ly that have a different meaning from the meanings of their related adjectives: Exercise 2. Which sentences are correct? 1. Fern arrived so lately that her friends had started to worry. □ barely hardly lately presently scarcely shortly 2. The chef chopped the onions and garlic finely before adding them to the hot pan. □ ADVERBS WITH TWO FORMS AND MEANINGS 3. Our seats were direct in front of the stage so we had a great view of the performers. Sometimes, two adverbs are related to the same adjective. One adverb has the same □ form as the adjective, and the other is formed by adding -ly. 4. They arrived at 9 sharp, just as the meeting began. □ - There was plenty of room for the children to run free. 5. The boy ran past at full speed, close followed by his brother. □ - Packs ofdogs ran freely, barking at the cars. 6. Right, I've had enough of this. I'm getting out of here. □ - She woke up in the morning feeling fine. - Peel and finely chop the onion. Exercise 3. Choose the correct word. - The shirt stretched tight across his chest. 1. Her eyes were wide / widely open when she was born. - Her skin stretched too tightly over her cheekbones. 2. He was right / rightly annoyed with me for telling everyone his secret. - Marcia opened her eyes wide. 3. Hold on tight / tightly, the train is starting to move. - Austria is widely regarded as one of the most expensive countries to visit. 4. Don't worry - everything will turn out finely /fine. Here are some common adverbs that have both these forms: 5. He held the book close / closely to his chest and refused to let us see it. clear-clearly | clean-cleanly | close – closely | dear-dearly | deep – deeply 6. She didn't speak very clearly / clear and I couldn't tell what she was saying. direct – directly | easy – easily | fine – finely | first – firstly TQT ADJECTIVES & ADVERBS
2. □ Lara couldn't do it rightly. Exercise 4 Are the highlighted words correct [] or incorrect [X] in the sentences? □ I Lara couldn't do it right. 1. Security was very tight □ during the international athletics competition. 6. Leo did well at school 2. The kid came right □ up to me and stuck his tongue out. □ because he always hardly worked. 3. It is wide □ understood that walking here alone at night is best avoided. □ because he always worked very hardly. 4. If you don't look sharply □ we're going to miss our train. □ because he always worked very hard. 5. Sara freely □ admits that she was in the wrong. 6. The chewing gum stuck fast □ to the sole of my shoe. Exercise 5. Choose the correct word, as shown. My friend Lyn has been dating a guy for a few weeks. He swept her 1 clean / cleanly ANSWER KEY off her feet at first with romantic meals and flowers, but 2 late / lately he seems to have cut out the extravagant gestures and I've heard him speak quite 3 sharp / sharply to her a couple of times, although he always apologizes 4 direct / directly afterwards. It doesn't seem 5 right / rightly to me but maybe I'm being 6 over / overly sensitive about it. Exercise 6. Choose the correct word. She looked up 1 clearly / freely / sharply as I entered the room. 'What do you want?' she demanded. She was certainly very 2 direct / right / close, but I'd heard that was her way with newcomers to the firm. 'I wondered if you could show me how to organize the database?' I asked nervously. 'Sit down,' she ordered. I did as I was told, immediately noticing that her chair was much higher than my own. She turned her gaze 3 directly / rightly / tightly upon me. Her eyes were a 4dose / clear I clean, piercing blue, cold and 5 right / fine / sharp like her manner. 'I'll show you what to do but don't interrupt me while I'm speaking,' she said. My new boss was 6 dearly / freely / lately a woman who didn't like to waste time on pleasantries. Exercise 7. For each sentence, tick the correct ending. 1. Adam had to go to see the headteacher □ because he had arrived lately to school. □ because he had arrived late to school. 2. All was ill yesterday, □ but today he's feeling fine. □ but today he's feeling finely. 3. Agnes was so tired □ that she could scarce open her eyes. □ that she could scarcely open her eyes. 4. I hope I am feeling better in time for the wedding, □ because I would dearly love to go. □ because I would dear love to go. 5. However hard she tried to hit the ball, TQT ADJECTIVES & ADVERBS