This week there is going to be a festival of British Food and Farming in Hyde Park in London. The festival hasn't began yet and farmers are still bringing their animals. But a pig farmer has already run into a serious problem. Yesterday he arrived with his pigs from the Welsh Hills - hundreds of miles away. The pigs were very thirsty when they arrived in Hyde Park and the farmer immediately gave them some London water. Then he was very surprised because the pigs refused to drink the water. London water is fit for humans but not for pigs.
2. Form the adverbs corresponding to the following adjectives: bad, slow, quick, merry, sweet, happy, sad, brave, correct, careful, sudden, hard, sorrowful, bright, good, fast, near, slight, terrible, complete, entire, beautiful, wonderful, loud, proud, serious, painful, long, cold, warm, silent, strong.
3. Give the comparative and superlative degrees of the following adverbs:
well, far, late, easily, slowly, long, early, comfortably, near, quickly, clearly, badly, often, correctly.
4. Use the correct form of comparison.
1. The (much) you read the (soon) you enlarge your vocabulary.
2. Shall I speak (loud) or will you sit (near)?
3. I like this picture (well) of all.
4. My English isn't very good but I understand it (perfect) if people speak (slowly) and (clearly).
5. The children got up (late) this morning, they didn't have to go to school.
6. He was difficult to understand because he spoke so (quickly). I asked him to speak not so (fast).
7. It's a pity you live so far away. I wish you lived (near).
8. You hardly ever write to me. Why don't you write a bit (often)?
9. Your English has improved. You speak a lot (fluently) you did when we last met.
10. You are driving too fast. Can you drive a bit (slowly)?
11. It is a sort of paradox, but it is true - we are never (much) in danger than we think ourselves (much) secure.
12. We'd better not go any (far) today. Let's stay here.
5. Put the adverbs in the right place.
1. I like to drive (very much). And you?
2. When we heard the news, we phoned Jane to her office to tell her everything (immediately).
3. Mary can speak English, as she lived in London with her parents (fluently).
4. I'm going to England, (soon)
5. I've been walking all morning, (around the town)
6. Have you been to the theatre? (recently)
7. I cleaned the house and cooked the dinner, (also)
8. My mother is very tired when she gets home from work, (usually)
9. The boy has to hurry to school in the morning because he gets up late, (always, so)
10. I have good memory for faces but I forget names, (always)
11. The driver of the car was injured in the accident, (seriously)
12. He raised his head and looked at me in surprise, (slowly)
6. Choose the right word.
1. Please, shut the door quiet/quietly. The children are sleeping.
2. Can you be quiet/quietly, please? I have a headache.
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3. The soup tastes nice/nicely. - Help yourself.
4. Do you feel nervous/nervously before examinations?
5. Hurry up. You are always slow/slowly.
6. He looked at me angry/angrily when I interrupted him.
7. Ann can play the piano very well/good.
8. Your friend seems very nice/nicely.
9. This melody sounds beautiful/beautifully.
10. Many interesting suggestions were made during/ while the meeting.
11. Can you lay the table during/while I get the dinner ready?
12. I felt real/really ill last week. I couldn't eat for/during three days.
13. The film was quite/rather exciting but frightening.
14. We judge ourselves by what we feel capable doing, during/while others judge us by what we have already done.
15. You will not succeed unless you work harder/hardly.
7. Read the following sentences with the given adverbs in the right place.
1. The buses are full in this town and it's difficult to get to work sometimes (usually).
2. The children quarrel with each other (often).
3. I know what to say about it (scarcely).
4. My father goes for a walk in the nearest park on Sundays (always).
5. We are going for a walk (just). Will you join us?
6. I have seen a worse piece of work (rarely) I have (never).
7. In my opinion he ought to have spoken to you (never).
8. We've met a more ill-mannered man (seldom) than you are.
9. You can prove it to be true (never) because it isn't so (just).
10. None of them have been there before (ever) and they wanted to go again (never).
11. "You are to do as your parents tell you (always)!" -"I do (always)".
12. "Were you able to understand mathematical problem (ever)?" - "No, I could (never)".
13. Julius Caesar, who was a great general, was a writer (also).
14. They want to build a hotel here, but they haven't got permission (yet).
15. This English text is easy for me (too). Will you give me a more difficult one?
16. My sister speaks English better than I do (much).
17. It doesn't rain here often at this time of the year (very).
18. Thank you very much. It's very nice of you (really).
8. Underline the correct adverb.
1. I totally/fully forgot my grandmother's birthday.
2. He lied so convincingly/sincerely that I totally/strongly believed him.
3. They strongly/seriously advised us to book the tickets in advance.
4. I distinctly/fully remember packing the sun cream in my bag.
5. Mozart tragically/seriously died when he was still quite young.
6. I can't distinctly/fully understand what you mean.
7. I absolutely/strongly adore chocolate ice-cream.
8. She is sincerely/seriously considering giving up her job.
9. People traditionally/continually prepare coloured eggs for Easter.
10. He works in this office all this year/all the time.
11. We normally/forever get in touch with customers by post.
12. Are you studying French for long/at the moment?
13. I'm feeling rather run down lately/at present, doctor.
14. I always stay on duty since/until 6 o'clock.
15. I'm not making much money these days/so far this year.
16. I study hard/hardly so I spend lots of time in the library.
17. The audience enjoyed the play so much that they clapped aloud/loudly.
18. The fire extensively/widely damaged the 500-year-old building.
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19. From the beginning things went bad/badly between my boss and myself.
20. He bought our tickets, and five minutes later/after the train arrived.
21. Everybody was talking but stopped at the time/the moment Mr Smith entered the room.
22. I managed to talk to Carol just as/while she was leaving.
9. Choose the correct words to complete each sentence.
1. The beach is less/least crowded today than last week.
2. He is very/much younger than he looks.
3. The economic situation is too bad/much worse than expected.
4. His operation was far more/much serious than we thought.
5. Every novel she writes is different than/from the last.
6. He never gets to work on time/in time.
7. We were only allowed through customs all the time/one at a time.
8. Hurry up or we won't be in time/on time to see the opening ceremony.
9. I like him but at times/in time he makes me furious.
10. The party was quite/quiet boring at the start, but it changed considerably when they started playing better music.
11. At the end/in the end of the corridor there was a room with a small green door leading to the garden.
12. Has the postman been yet/already/still? I'm expecting a letter from the bank.
13.1 used to belong to the sports club, but I'm no longer/
any longer a member of it. 14. It's only eleven and you have/already/yet/still had two coffees since breakfast.
10. Complete the sentences using as... as, than or the... the and the proper degree of the following adverbs:
