II. Правила правописания

y  i

easy → easily

noisy → noisily

le  ly

simple → simply

single → singly

III. Некоторые наречия совпадают по форме с прилагательными:

	Прилагательное		Наречие
long	длинный, долгий	long	долго
loud	громкий	loud	громко
near	близкий	near	близко
hard	твердый, усердный	hard	твердо, усердно
fast	быстрый	fast	быстро
late	поздний	late	поздно
early	ранний	early	рано
weekly	еженедельный	weekly	еженедельно
far	дальний	far	далеко

IV. Некоторые наречия имеют две формы: одну без суффикса, одинаковую с прилагательным, другую с суффиксом -lу, при этом значение формы наречия без суффикса отличается от значения формы наречия с суффиксом:

high	высоко	highly	очень, чрезвычайно
hard	настойчиво, упорно	hardly	едва, едва ли
short	резко, внезапно, преждевременно	shortly	вскоре, незадолго
late	поздно	lately	недавно, за последнее время
near	близко	nearly	почти

Не returned late yesterday. - Он вернулся вчера поздно;

I haven’t been there lately. - Я не был там в последнее время.

He studies hard. - Он упорно занимается.

It is hardly true. - Это едва ли верно.

Exercise 16: Form adverbs from the following adjectives.

Sweet, careful, real, slow, usual, day, calm, stupid, heroic, firm, loud, happy, safe, dry, gradual, soft, brave, hour.

Exercise 17: Define the speech part.

1. It is early winter. 2. Autumn came early this year. 3. She lived a long time with us. 4. He stayed long with us. 5. She talks very fast. 6. He rode at a fast gallop.

V. У некоторых наречий есть степени сравнения

Adverbs	Positive Положительная	Comparative Сравнительная	Superlative Превосходная
One syllable words Односложные наречия	fast hard	faster harder	fastest hardest
Ending in “-ly” Наречия с суффиксом “-ly”	wisely beautifully	more wisely more beautifully	most wisely most beautifully
Irregular forms Неправильные формы	well badly much little far	better worse more less farther/further	best worst most least farthest/furthest
Special cases Особые случаи	often quickly slowly	oftener more often quicker more quickly slower more slowly	oftenest most often quickest most quick slowest most slowly

Exercise 18: Form comparative and superlative adverbs.

Early, often, hard, easily, well, badly, soon, little, near, far, late, clearly, slowly, fast, quickly, strongly, much, closely, close, beautifully, loudly, brightly, loud.

Exercise 19: Make the right form.

1. My elder brother gets up _____________ (early) than me.

2. The student ran _____________ (fast) than he had ever run before.

3. “You should work _____________ (hard) than you did last year,” Professor Brown said.

4. He swam _____________ (bad) than usually yesterday.

5. Could you say it _____________ (slowly), please?

6. I liked her dance _____________ (well) of all.

7. Which of you can run _____________ (well)?

8. The doctor told her to eat _____________ (little) sweet and chocolate.

9. Which of you can cycle _____________ (well)?

10. Yesterday she danced _____________ (bad) than usually. She had a terrible backache.

11. I hope they’ll come _____________ (early) tomorrow morning than today.

12. He works _____________ (hard) at English than his friend.

13. He swims _____________ (fast) than the American sportsman.

14. You should play _____________ (carefully) than yesterday.

15. Steve and Sam did _____________ (badly) in the last game.