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«ADJECTIVES and ADVERBS; degrees of comparison»

1. Are the underlined adjectives/adverbs 1 – gradable; 2- non-gradable.

1. Will the task be difficult?

2. Your trousers fit perfectly.

3. Aren’t you driving a bit too fast?

4. They acted upon reliable information.

5. Two minutes ago he was fast asleep, now he’s wide awake.

2. What degrees of comparison do the underlined adjectives have?

1 – with “-er” / “-est” 2 – with “more” / “most”

3 – both “-er” / “est” and “more” / “most” 4 – irregular superlatives

1. I’m a very happy woman.

2. My cat is quite intelligent.

3. It’s common knowledge that sponges grow in the sea.

4. He’s been ill for a few years now.

5. She was very untidy when a child.

3. Choose the right word to complete each sentence.

1. She gets up earliest and goes to bed (1 – latest / 2 – last).

2. I’m two years (1 – older / 2 – elder) than my cousin.

3. We’ll be interrupting our programmes if there is any (1 – farther / 2 – further) news on the situation.

4. Do you get off at the (1 – nearest / 2 – next) stop?

5. Let’s put the machine to (1 – farther / 2 – further) trial.

4. What part of speech is underlined? 1 – an adjective; 2 – an adverb.

1. Uncle Remus often told stories to his little friends.

2. She has long straight fair hair.

3. Put the picture straight.

4. Light travels faster than sound.

5. Everything is getting dearer.

5. Choose the right word to complete each sentence.

1. – USUAL; 2. – USUALLY

1. He arrived later than … .

2. In an emergency half measures are … unsatisfactory.

3. As is … with people of that sort they left a lot of litter.

4. You don’t look your … self today.

5. The game that had just begun promised to be of a more than … thrilling character.

6. Choose 1 – the adjective; 2 – the adverb to complete each sentence.

A. 1. Can you give a more (simple / simply) explanation?

2. Could you explain it more (simple / simply)?

3. It was a (real / really) warm spring day.

4. The cat always smells the food (careful / carefully).

5. He was wearing an (ancient / anciently)-looking hat.

B. 1. How (slow / slowly) you are walking!

2. It’s (perfect / perfectly) monstrous that men should be paid more than women for the same job.

3. It was one o’clock in the morning but the child was still (wide / widely) awake.

4. She was frightened but appeared outwardly (calm / calmly).

5. Don’t stand there gaping – do something (useful / usefully).

C. 1. The witness stated the case very (clear / clearly).

2. He pays me (occasional / occasionally) visits.

3. He recovered (slow / slowly) after his illness.

4. Fair play means behaving and acting (honest / honestly).

5. Her eyes are (dark / darkly) blue.

D. 1. We wear clothes to keep our bodies (warm / warmly).

2. (Frank / Frankly), I think you are mistaken.

3. To be (frank / frankly), I think you are mistaken.

4. The (unusual / unusually) hot weather affected many people’s health.

5. The garden looked (bare / barely) in winter.

7. Choose the right word to complete each sentence.

1. Someone knocked (1 - loud / 2 - loudly) at the door.

2. As (1 – near / 2 – nearly) as I can guess there were forty people present.

3. His success was (1 – large / 2 – largely) due to his luck.

4. It was (1 – kind / 2 – kindly) of you to help us.

5. The boy’s been working well lately. It would only be (1 – just / 2 – justly) to praise him.

8. Complete these sentences with 1 – hard; 2 – hardly.

A. 1. Please, boil these eggs … .

2. Old superstitions die … .

3. I … know her.

4. She found it … to make up her mind.

5. I’m so tired I can … walk.

B. 1. You can … expect me to lend you money again.

2. The old gentleman was … to please.

3. Don’t let your son spend all your …-earned money.

4. Do you study …?

5. I’ve got … any clean clothes left.

9. Complete these sentences with the following words:

A 1 – good; 2 – bad; 3 – better; 4 – worse; 5 –badly; 6 – well

1. If you do … work, the teacher will be displeased with you.

2. I’m glad you don’t feel any … .

3. He was annoyed with his wife because the dinner was … cooked.

4. You will come with us? … !

5. We hoped things would get … .

B 1 – bad; 2 – badly; 3 – good; 4 – well; 5 – worse

1. The dish smells …, throw it away.

2. You look as if you slept … . – Yes, I’ve got a headache.

3. The seven o’clock train will suit us very … .

4. You mustn’t expect … results if you work without any system.

5. The remedy seems … than the disease.

C 1 – good; 2 – well; 3 – bad; 4 – badly

1. You can’t take photographs if the light is … .

2. He speaks … English. – Small wonder. He went to Oxford.

3. Chew your food … before you swallow it.

4. Fish soon goes … in hot weather.

5. She was … hurt but didn’t cry out.

D 1 – better; 2 – best; 3 – bad; 4 – badly; 5 – well; 6 – good

1. Attack is said to be the … form of defence.

2. He’s been learning English for years but he still speaks it … .

3. Very small print is … for the eyes.

4. Everything in the garden is doing … .

5. Spring has come and everything in the garden looks … .

10. Choose the best word (1, 2, 3 or 4) to complete each sentence.

1. Now that he’s unemployed he has to have … meals.

1. fewer 2. smaller 3. less 4. better

2. …, please, I’m trying to concentrate.

1. Quiet 2. Quietly 3. Quite 4. Quick

3. The native spoke very … English.

1. small 2. good 3. well 4. politely

4. The native spoke English very … .

1. good 2. well 3. usually 4. broken

5. Of the two men, the former is dead, but the … is still alive.

1. second 2. last 3. latest 4. latter