Bạn đang xem bản rút gọn của tài liệu. Xem và tải ngay bản đầy đủ của tài liệu tại đây (122.38 KB, 5 trang )
<span class='text_page_counter'>(1)</span><div class='page_container' data-page=1>
<b>ADJECTIVES and ADVERBS</b>
<b>ADJECTIVES and ADVERBS</b>
We use an adverb, not an adjective
<b>• to say </b><i>how </i>something happened or was done:
<i>• I've always <b>greatly </b>enjoyed his novels, (not</i>
<i>...great enjoyed...)</i>
<i>• The people who work in that shop always </i>
<i>talk <b>politely </b>to customers, (not ...polite...)</i>
• to modify adjectives, including participle adjectives:
<i>• <b>It </b>was <b>strangely </b>quiet in the room. </i>
<i>• They had a <b>beautifully </b>furnished house.</i>
Some adverbs are formed from an adjective + -ly: happy
<b>—* happily, etc. When an adjective already ends in -ly (e.g.</b>
<b>cowardly, friendly, kindly, lively, lonely) we don't add -ly </b>
to it to make an adverb. Instead we can use a prepositional
phrase with fashion, manner, or way:
<i>• He smiled at me in <b>a friendly way. </b>• She waved </i>
<i>her hands around in <b>a lively fashion.</b></i>
Most participle adjectives ending in -ed don't have an
adverb form and we can use a similar prepositional phrase:
<i>• They rose to greet me <b>in a subdued manner.</b></i>
<i>• She walked around the room <b>in an agitated </b></i>
<i><b>way. </b>(or <b>...in agitation.)</b></i>
However, some do have an adverb form with -ly, including
the following common ones:
<b>allegedly, belatedly, contentedly, dejectedly, deservedly,</b>
<b>excitedly, hurriedly, markedly, pointedly, repeatedly,</b>
<b>reportedly, reputedly, supposedly, unexpectedly,</b>
<b>wholeheartedly, wickedly:</b>
<i>• The weather had turned <b>unexpectedly </b>stormy.</i>
In other cases there is a difference in the meaning of the
adverb with and without -ly:
<i>• She gave her time <b>free. </b>(= for no money) and </i>
<i>She gave her time <b>freely. </b>(= willingly)</i>
<i>• I arrived <b>late </b>for the concert. and I haven't seen </i>
<i>John <b>lately. </b>(= recently)</i>
Here are some other pairs of adverbs that can
have different meanings. Compare:
<i>• Do I have to change trains in Leeds?' 'No, you </i>
<i>can go <b>direct </b>(= without stopping).'• I'll be with you </i>
<i><b>directly </b>(= very soon).</i>
<i>• He saw Susan <b>directly </b>(= straight) ahead.</i>
<i>• She worked really <b>hard </b>and passed her exams. • </i>
<i>The telephone line was so bad, <b>I </b>could <b>hardly </b>(= </i>
<i>only just) hear what he was saying.</i>
<i>• He kicked the ball <b>high </b>over the goal. • Everyone</i>
<i>thinks <b>highly </b>of her teaching. (= they praise her for it)</i>
<i>• They cut <b>short </b>their holiday when John became </i>
<i>ill. (= went home early) • The speaker will be arriving </i>
<i><b>shortly </b>(= soon). Please take your seats.</i>
<i>• The door was <b>wide </b>(= completely) open so I just </i>
<i>went straight in. • It won't be difficult to get the book. It's </i>
<i><b>widely </b>available. (= in many places)</i> Some adverbs have two forms, one ending -ly and
the other not. We can sometimes use either of
the two forms of the adverb without changing the
meaning, although the form ending in -ly is more
usual in a formal style:
<i>• I'll be there as <b>quick(ly) </b>as <b>I </b>can. • Try </i>
<i>to sing <b>loud(ly) </b>in the last verse.</i>
Other words like this include cheap(ly), clean(ly),
<b>clear(ly), fine(ly), slow(ly), thin(ly).</b>
Remember that good is an adjective and well is an adverb:
<i>• I asked Francis to clean the car, and he did a </i>
<i><b>good </b>job. / ...and he did the job well.</i>
However, well is also an adjective meaning 'healthy':
1 <i>Peter Thomas was recently sentenced to </i>
<i>imprisonment for a bank robbery. Here are extracts </i>
<i>from newspaper reports during and after the trial. </i>
<b>allegedly – belatedly – deservedly - unexpectedly –</b>
<b>wholeheartedly – repeatedly – reputedly </b>
<b>-undoubtedly</b>
1 Thomas was said to have committed the
robbery on the afternoon of the 21st June.
2 At first, Thomas s wife gave complete support
to his claim that he was innocent.
3 A police spokesman said, 'We are sure that
Peter Thomas knows something about this robbery.'
4 It is generally believed that Thomas hid the
money somewhere close to his home.
5 His wife realized only much later that Thomas
had been lying to her.
6 He denied being involved in the robbery over
and over again.
7 It came as a surprise when Thomas confessed
to the crime over a year later.
8 After the trial, Thomas´s wife said, “It was
right that Peter was given a severe sentence”.
<i>Example: </i>1 Thomas allegedly committed the
robbery <i>on </i>the afternoon of the 21st June.
2 <i>Rewrite the following sentences using </i>
<i>adverbs.</i>
1 I haven't cleaned the house
recently. I haven't cleaned, the house lately.
2 It wasn't easy to accept her
decision.
3 They won, but the result wasn't at
all surprising.
4 The leaflet is available at no
charge from the town hall.
5 He walked into the office without
knocking.
6 I am happy to admit that I was
wrong.
7 I became a nurse soon after I left
school.
8 Even though it was 2 am, I was
completely awake.
9 Her name is known to many
people.
10 The report strongly criticised the
Minister's conduct.
3 <i>Find the mistakes and correct them. If there are no mistakes, put </i>
<i>a Ѵ. </i>
1 She speaks French fluent.
2 I think you behaved very cowardlily.
3 Everyone says that he's now enormous rich.
4 We'll never catch them up if you walk as slow as that.
5 She turned to him astonishedly. 'I don't believe you,' she
said.
6 Wearing a white shirt and new suit, he thought he looked
really well.
7 He plays the guitar remarkable good for his age.
8 Chop the herbs finely and sprinkle them on top of the
pasta.
<b>Position of adverbs</b>
<b>Position of adverbs</b>
Most types of adverb can go in <i>front position. </i>In particular:
<i><b>type of</b></i>
<i><b>adverb</b></i>
<i><b>function</b></i> <i><b>example</b></i>
<i>connecting </i>
<i>adverbs </i>e.g.
as a result,
similarly
...to make
immediately
clear
the logical
relation to the
previous
sentence
• The value of
the yen has
fallen. As a
<b>result, Japan</b>
faces a crisis.
<i>time </i>and
<i>place </i>
<i>adverbs </i>e.g.
tomorrow,
in the
kitchen
...to show a
contrast with,
or expansion
on, a previous
reference to
time or place
• The last few
days have
been hot.
<b>Tomorrow the</b>
weather will
be much
cooler.
<i>comment </i>
and
<i>viewpoint</i>
<i>adverbs </i>e.g.
resumably,
financially
...to highlight
the speaker's
• She has just
heard that her
sister is ill.
<b>Presumably, </b>
she will want
to go home.
There are three main positions for adverbs which
modify a verb:
<i>***front position = </i>before the subject
<i>• <b>Finally </b>he could stand the noise no longer.</i>
<i>***mid position - </i>between the subject and verb, or
immediately after be as a main verb
<i>• He <b>usually </b>plays better than this. • She's </i>
<i><b>usually </b>here by 10.00.</i>
<i>***end position = </i>after the verb
<i>• I've been waiting <b>for hours.</b></i>
The following types of adverb usually go in <i>mid position: adverbs of indefinite frequency </i>e.g. always, never, usually;
<i>degree adverbs </i>e.g. completely, quite, and <i>focus adverbs </i>e.g. just, even:
<i>• He <b>always </b>sings when he's having a shower.</i>
<i>• <b>I completely </b>forgot her birthday, and <b>I just </b>don't know how to make it up to her.</i>
Most adverbs of time or place don't go in this position:
<i>• Jane had a baby <b>in October, </b>{not Jane in October had a baby.)</i>
However, a few often do, including already, finally, now, recently, soon, still:
<i><b>• I finally </b>met Roy at the conference in Madrid.</i>
and in journalism, other adverbs of time are often used in mid position:
<i>• The government <b>yesterday </b>announced an increase in education spending.</i>
In mid position, we put adverbs where we would put not, or after it if not is already there:
<i>• Sue's <b>never </b>at home these days, {compare 'Sue isn't at home...') • I don't <b>fully </b>understand.</i>
<i>• <b>It </b>has <b>seldom </b>been seen here before, {compare 'It hasn't been seen...')</i>
In <i>end position, </i>we usually put an adverb <i>after </i>an object or
complement if there is one:
<i>• He studied the problem <b>briefly, </b>{not He studied </i>
<i>briefly the problem.)</i>
However, if an object or complement is very long, then we
often put an adverb <i>between </i>the verb and its object or
<i>• We considered <b>briefly </b>the long-term solution to the </i>
<i>problem.</i>
When there is more than one adverb in end
position, the usual order in written English is
<b>adverb of manner (= saying </b><i>how </i>something is
done), place, and then time:
<i>• In the accident she was thrown </i>
<i><b>violently against the door. </b>(= manner + place)</i>
However, if one adverb is much longer
than another then it is usually placed last:
1 <i>If necessary, improve these sentences by putting an </i>
<i>adverb in a more likely position. If no improvement is </i>
1 We together walked to the end of the garden.
We walked together to the end of the garden.
2 So far in my new job I have mainly had to
deal with complaints.
3 I just have bought a new car.
4 He speaks fluently five languages.
5 Jenny has been appointed recently Professor
of Nursing.
6 I was totally unprepared for the news.
7 It was now time for me to make my speech.
8 He had been to London never before.
9 Susan became soon bored with the new toys.
10 John frequently was away from home in his
new job.
11 They are at home these days hardly ever.
12 I could never understand why he got so
annoyed.
13 We had been already given three leaving
presents.
14 Being alone brought her usually a sense of
15 Although he's 60, he still enjoys playing
football.
2 <i>Underline the most likely adverb in </i>
<i>this position in the sentences.</i>
1 We <i>often I in the park </i>saw
them playing tennis.
2 We <i>before long I soon </i>began
to meet every week.
3 Ron had <i>never I last year </i>
visited the Taj Mahal.
4 I <i>totally I at the meeting </i>
disagreed with his suggestions.
5 The players <i>yesterday I </i>
<i>recently </i>met for the first time.
6 We <i>on Sundays I always </i>play
tennis with Liz and Adam.
3 <i>Complete the sentences. Put the words and phrases in brackets in the most likely order for </i>
<i>written English.</i>
1 I last saw <i>my keys on Monday.</i> (On Monday / my keys)
2 She sailed ………. (around the world / in ten months)
3 He was arrested ………(at the customs desk of Bangkok international
airport / last week)
4 He stayed ……….. (all day / at home)
5 You shouldn't take ………..(what she says / seriously)
6 He walked ………. (dangerously / along the top of the wall)
7 The recipe uses ……… (only / the finest Indian ingredients)
8 She sat ………(for a few minutes / silently)