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Учебное пособие для слушателей программы дополнительного (к высшему) образования Переводчик в сфере профессиональной коммуникации
physical appearance
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6. Use these compound adjectives in the following sentences.
Although my grandmother is eighty, she’s not at all…… . She even thinks our modern habits are better than those in her youth.
Change those awful clothes you’re wearing. You must be……. for your interview.
You may think he’s ugly but I find him quite…… .
When he doesn’t like something he starts shouting; he’s very….
Our children are very……….at school. The teacher never has to tell them off.
He never remembers anything – he’s very ………… .
She’s such a ………television personality that almost everybody recognizes her in the street.
I was forced to write with my right hand even though I was … .
He’s very………… – perhaps it comes from doing all that weightlifting in the gym.
He’s not blond at all. In fact, I would say he’s almost …… .
7. Fill in each space in the following sentences with an appropriate compound adjective formed from a word in the list.
free first up built made going up off conditioned badly sighted headed class
I bought this CD duty-………as I was coming back from London.
They seem to be very well-………. – at least they have a great big house and two expensive cars.
I’m fed………with this exercise - can’t we do something else?
On the train I travel second -………..because it’s cheaper.
You can see this vase is hand- …………….and wasn’t produced in a factory.
He’s a really relaxed guy – so easy-……. .
I live in a built - …….area of the city which is very noisy and full of traffic.
The office is air -……………so it’s very cool, even in the summer.
He’s so proud – I’ve rarely met anyone so big -………. . He has a really high opinion of himself.
I want to get my eyes tested – I’ve become really short -………. lately.
A …….maintained car won’t have a reliable engine.
There isn’t much grass in the…………- up areas of the city.
There are three golden rules if you want to be a ……- class public speaker: stand up, speak up, shut up.
Task 7. Adverb
1. Tick the sentences that contain adverbs.
Malaria can be a deadly disease.
I think you are wrong.
Close the lid tight.
He caught the ball cleanly and passed it to the wing.
I hit him as hard as I could.
She looks pretty.
When are the results due to arrive?
I think anyone involved in that deal should resign.
Hold on tightly.
It hardly matters now.
She sang very prettily.
His jokes fell flat.
Feel free to look around.
I like diving deep.
I got the answer right.
He was wrongly convicted.
Now wipe it clean.
2. Rewrite the sentences putting the adverbs in the correct place and making any other necessary changes.
Example:
Ferries sail to the island. (weekly, twice, only, during the winter)
Ferries sail to the island only twice weekly during the winter.
He does the shopping. (reluctantly, at the supermarket, every week)
She waited for her test results. (worriedly, in the hospital, all day)
The clock strikes twelve times. (exactly, in the hall, at midday)
My mother used to read to me. (aloud, always, in the evenings)
The soldiers marched. (to the battlefield, bravely, yesterday)
They go by car. (at weekends, to the leisure centre, sometimes)
We arrived after a bumpy flight. (in Scotland, eventually, safely, extremely)
The detective had been following the suspect. (all day, carefully)
She walks. (quickly, every morning, to the station)
The little boy ran. (excitedly, from the room, suddenly)
She turned up looking annoyed. (at the party, unexpectedly, terribly)
He studied. (hard, all morning, in his bedroom)
She looked at her reflection. (for ten minutes, carefully, in the mirror)
The children sit and play. (in their room, for hours, happily)
He waved goodbye. (to his friend, at the airport, sadly)
The old boat sailed into the harbour. (slowly, through the water, this afternoon )
He ran to answer the phone. (down the stairs, to the hall, quickly)
She sat reading a book. (all day, lazily, by the fire)
He looked to see if anyone was there. (out of the window, nervously, this morning)
Adverbs with two forms and differences in meaning
deep = a long way down deeply = greatly
direct = by the shortest route directly = immediately
easy = gently and slowly easily = without difficulty
free = without cost freely = willingly
full = exactly; very fully = completely
hard = intently; with effort hardly = scarcely
high = at / to a high level highly = very much
last = after all others lastly = finally
late = not early lately = recently
near = close nearly = almost
pretty = fairly prettily = in a pretty way
short = suddenly shortly = soon
sure = certainly surely = without a doubt
wide = off-target widely = to a large extent
wrong = incorrectly wrongly = unjustly
(goes before verbs/past part. -
wrong/wrongly go after verbs).
Adjectives and Adverbs which have the same form
best, better, big, cheap*, clean*, clear*, close*, cold, daily, dead, dear*, deep, direct, dirty, early, easy, extra, far, fast, fine*, free, further, hard, high, hourly, inside, kindly, last, late, long, loud*, low, monthly, past, quick*, quiet*, right, slow, straight, sure, thin*, thick, tight, weekly, well, wide, wrong, yearly etc.
Ann was our last guest. She came in last.
She was an early riser. She woke up early.
Those adverbs with an asterisk (*) can be found with –ly ending without a difference in meaning, but then they are more formal.
Walk slow! (informal) - Walk slowly! (formal)
I bought it cheap. (informal) - I bought it cheaply. (formal)
3. For each gap turn the adjective into an adverb.
Julia was walking 1) ...quickly... (quick) down the street when she heard someone call her name 2) .............. (loud). She looked 3) .................. (nervous) behind her, but the street was 4) .................... (complete) empty. There was nobody there. 5) ................. (Sudden), she heard her name again. She turned to see her brother running towards her, smiling 6) .................. (cheerful). “Didn't you hear me?” he laughed 7) ............... (happy). “Nick!” gasped Julia. “You 8) ............... (near) frightened me to death!”
4. Identify the underlined words as adjectives or adverbs.
Example:
He felt uncomfortable because his jeans were too tight. - adjective
I buy Time Magazine weekly whereas he subscribes to it on a yearly basis.
I couldn't get the book down from the top shelf because it was so high.
If you want to find the post office, go straight down the high street and you'll see it on your left.
Tom constantly arrives late for work.
The late Prime Minister was a collector of antiques.
The walls were so thin you could hear the next-door neighbours.
He worked hard all day to finish painting the house.
She bought this rug cheap from the market.
He kicked the ball high into the air.
5. Identify the underlined words as adjectives or adverbs.
This year's road race was the 1) best I've ever seen. The event is held 2) yearly, and entrance to the main stand is 3) free. The race is always a 4) sure exhibition of exceptionally 5) fine driving. It was a 6) cold morning, and the teams had woken up 7) early to get their cars ready. They had trained 8) long and 9) hard to get here. The race was due to start at 11 o'clock, but started 10) late as the track wasn't 11) clean. There was a 12) loud roar when all the drivers started their cars, then they proceeded 13) quickly to the starting line. The gun went off, and the cars moved, as if in 14) slow motion. They drove 15) past the stands, and turned a 16) tight corner onto the main circuit. On the fifth lap one driver made a 17) wrong decision, and his car stopped 18) dead as it collided with a safety-barrier. The race was 19) fast, and all the drivers drove 20) well, but it was 21) clear from the beginning who was going to win: an Australian driver had taken the 22) inside lane and overtaken everybody in only the second lap. Over the rest of the race he managed to distance himself 23) further from all the other cars. It was an 24) easy victory for him, and he continued round the track for an 25) extra lap to celebrate his win.
6. Choose the best answer.
You look ………, Mike. (early / lately / well)
Your father read the …………….Express when he was alive. (hardly / Daily / lately)
You haven’t seen the window cleaner ……., have you?
(lately / hard / weekly)
I ran as as I could, along the Court Road.
(early / fast / hardly)
I…………. sleep - an hour at a time. (well / hard / hardly)
I got up to finish some work. (well / hardly / early)
7. Underline the correct option in italics.
Hurry up! It is near/nearly time to go.
Her books are most/mostly romance novels.
He found it hard/hardly to explain his problem.
I had hardly/hard finished cooking when the guests arrived.
The girls were pretty/prettily dressed for the party.
I got this lipstick free/freely with a magazine.
The exam was pretty/prettily difficult, but we all passed.
She was deep/deeply absorbed in her work and didn't hear me call.
Her hair blew free/freely around her head in the breeze.
Make sure you are here at seven o’clock sharp / sharply.
We’ll be there short / shortly.
He slapped him friendly / in a friendly way on the back.
Does that flight go direct / directly or is there a stopover?
Many of the senior staff are right / rightly concerned about their pensions.
Our new phone fits easy / easily into the average-sized pocket.
Animals are now able to wander free / freely throughout the game reserve.
The remains of the Spanish galleon lie deep / deeply under the ocean.
Jackson came pretty close / closely to winning that last race.
You'll never get better if you don't eat - you've hard / hardly touched your dinner!
8. Underline the correct item.
I managed to get to New York easy/easily by flying there directly/direct.
She has been deeply/deep upset by his behaviour late/lately.
Lately/Late the cost of living has been increasing; things generally are not nearly/near they used to be.
It is wide/widely believed that she was wrong/wrongly accused.
Laura is a very shy person who rare/rarely goes out and she does not mix free/freely with the other students.
She is highly/high regarded in the school as people can get on with her easily/easy.
I was not full/fully satisfied with the doctor as he had wrong/wrongly diagnosed my previous illness.
"Do you intend to leave shortly/short?" "I think so. I've nearly/near finished."
He'll surely/sure get a good grade; he's been studying very hardly/hard for the past year.
I was prettily/pretty embarrassed when I realized that I had hardly /hard enough money to pay the bill.
He came last/lastly in the race and was pretty/prettily disappointed by his performance.
The train goes direct/directly to Edinburgh without stopping so it will probably be full/fully.
She free/freely admitted that she had not been working very hard/hardly recently.
It is wide/widely believed that politicians are people who can't be full/fully trusted.
Sure/Surely we must be near/nearly there by now.
9. Underline the correct item.
It was Lucy's birthday and she was very 1) sad/sadly. She had been waiting 2) hopeful/hopefully all morning for the postman to arrive. 3) Sudden/Suddenly, the letterbox rattled 4) gentle/gently and an envelope fell 5) soft/softly onto the doormat. Picking it up, Lucy noticed 6) miserable/miserably that it was a bill. There were no cards, no presents and no 7) pretty/prettily bouquets of flowers. Lucy 8) near/nearly burst into tears. Just then, there was a 9) loud/loudly knock on the door. Opening the door 10) slow/slowly, Lucy saw all her friends holding 11) brightly/bright wrapped gifts and shouting ‘Happy Birthday’. Lucy 12) immediate/immediately cheered up and greeted her friends 13) warm/warmly.
Task 8. Adverb
Friendly, lonely, lovely, silly are adjectives, not adverbs.
She gave me a friendly smile.(BUT NOT She smiled friendly.)
He was very lonely. (BUT NOT He walked lonely through the streets.)
Her voice is lovely. (BUT NOT She sings lovely. )
Don't be silly.
There are no adverbs-friendly, lovelyetc.
Instead, we use other words or expressions.
She spoke in a friendly way. She sings beautifully.
1. Complete the chart using the words in the list. Where possible,
choose either an adverb or a correct prepositional phrase. There are two examples.
suitable beautiful unlucky tragic
lovely month
fourth
day
possible true
ugly
fast
awful efficient
full undoubted
simple public
lonely
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quietly
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silly
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in a silly way / manner
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2. Fill in each space in the following sentences with an appropriate adverb using the words in the list.
day soft well occasion early beauty month easy careful noise
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The orchestra played the symphony………………, I thought.
John spoke so……………. I could hardly hear him.
Hold the baby………………, please.
The children played…….in their bedroom and kept their father awake.
In Britain, some people have their newspaper delivered…… .
The magazine is published………..so we get twelve issues a year.
I go to the theatre………..……….- I just don’t have the time to go more often.
You could……………pass the test with a bit more work.
Come…………if you want to find a good seat.
I hope you do ………….in your driving test.
3. Complete the sentences using the correct adverb form of the word in brackets.
He treats his dog………….….(terrible).
If the phone doesn’t work, you get your money back ……….……(automatic).
She touched him on the arm……………(gentle).
She turned up at the party ……………..(unexpected).
It is……….……too late to catch the plane now (probable).
The exam was…………easy and everyone passed (surprising).
‘I have a question’, she said, raising her hand…..…….(shy).
She has to take the medicine…………(hour).
There was a…………beautiful view from the bedroom (true).
The firemen fought……………to put the fire out. (heroic)
4. Correct the following sentences if the adverb is in the wrong position.
The magazine comes out monthly.
I’ve become recently interested in skiing.
We play football in the playground after school often.
Very carefully he drives on the motorway.
He got up and walked suddenly away.
I have never visited the United States.
Only I like ice-cream not chocolate.
I cooked and as well I washed the dishes.
5. Rewrite the following sentences, adding the adverb or adverbs in brackets in the correct position.
You’ll finish your homework if you don’t hurry up. (never, in time)
I have lived in this neighbourhood for a year. (probably)
I love traveling by plane. (very much)
Doesn’t she play the piano! (well)
We arrived. (on Sunday morning, at nine o’clock, at the station)
She won’t be coming to work. (today, probably)
He performed the part. (on Saturday, superbly, at the National Theatre)
She visits her mother. (usually, in hospital, at the weekend)
Our party won’t raise taxes. (definitely)
Can you come? (at six o’clock, to my office, in town)
6. Read the article below and decide which word (A-C) best fits each space (1-11).
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