Adverbs and adjectives

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- 1 - USE THE ADJECTIVE IN BRACKETS OR MAKE AN ADVERB (ADJ+LY) AS NECESSARY


(careful) You must read the instructions _______________ before you use the machine.
(noisy) Children are always very _______________
(angry) Something had happened to him. He had an _______________ look.
(beautiful) Don’t you think she paints _______________ ?
(free) She will understand anything you tell her. You can talk to her _______________
(clear) It’s important that you write all the details _______________
(hungry/economical) The population in many African countries are _______________ because they have a lot of _______________ problems.
(good) He plays tennis very _______________
(quiet) The boys were so _______________ that I thought they were planning something.
(sure) I was _______________ that I had left the camera on the table.
(slow) I have to buy a new car. This one is very _______________
(warm) They gave us a very _______________ welcome.
(comfortable) When I arrived he was sitting _______________ in an armchair.
(hard) We worked _______________ all day.
(fast) Don’t drive so _______________! It’s dangerous.
(easy) It wasn’t _______________ to find their house in the middle of the night.
Can I use your phone, please? / (certain) Yes, _______________
(happy) When I gave him the present, he looked at me _______________




- 2 - CHOOSE THE CORRECT CHOICE
1.- Our team lost the march because we played (bad/badly)
I feel (bad/badly) about losing the match.

2.- I didn’t any problem to find lodging. I found a flat (easy/easily)
This is too (easy/easily) . I need something more challenging.

3.- Your proposal sounds a bit (selfish/selfishly)
You behaved (selfish/selfishly)

4.- The house was (terrible/terribly) damaged by the hurricane.
That’s (terrible/terribly)!

5.- There was a (sudden/suddenly) change in the weather.
The weather has changed (sudden/suddenly)

6.- Everybody at the party was (colourful/colourfully) dressed.
Everybody was wearing (colourful/colourfully) clothes.

7.- I hurt myself (bad/badly) with that edge.
The firm wasn’t successful because it was (bad/badly) managed.

8.- Don’t stand on that stool. It doesn’t look (safe/safely)
Fortunately he sheltered (safe/safely) at home during the storm.

9.- we waited (impatient/impatiently) until they arrived.
She sounded (impatient/impatiently) on the phone.

10.- She speaks French (good/well)
She speak (good/well) French.




- 3 – CHOOSE TWO WORDS (ONE FROM EACH BOX TO COMPLETE THE SENTENCES








1.- The party went wrong because it was _______________ __________________

2.- I thought it would be expensive but it was _________________ _________________

3- My grandmother is ______________ __________________ in hospital.

4.- What a huge ship! It is ______________ ________________

5.- Fortunately, my car was only ______________ ______________ in the accident.

6.- My dog is always barking but today it is ______________ _______________

7.- After the redecoration, my flat was _______________ _______________ It looked new!

8.- Don’t make their wait ___________________ _________________ . They’re so impatient!







KEY

EXERCISE 1

carefully
noisy
angry
beautifully
freely
clearly
hungry/economical
well
quiet
sure
slow
warm
comfortably
hard
fast
easy
certainly
happily


EXERCISE 2

1. badly bad
2. easily easy
3. selfish selfishly
4. terribly terrible
5. sudden suddenly
6. colourfully colourful
7. badly badly
8. safe safely
9. impatiently impatient
10. well good



EXERCISE 3

badly planned
reasonably cheap
badly ill
absolutely enormous
slightly damaged
unusually quiet
completely changed
unnecessarily long