Ex. 10. Choose the appropriate adverb.

1. His heart was (deep, deeply) moved. 2. The tunnels of the Moscow Metro are dug (deep, deeply) below the surface of the earth. 3. The idea seemed (high, highly) improbable to everybody. 4. The plane soared (парил) (high, highly), we could (hard, hardly) see it. 5. You will have to work real (hard, hardly) to get everything planned. 6. The mechanic (close, closely) examined the machine. 7. He was (near, nearly) run over by the car. 8. He lives quite (near, nearly). 9. I have seen very little of him (late, lately). 10. You have come too (late, lately). 11. She always came (pretty, prettily) dressed. 12. It is (pretty, prettily) difficult to speak to her. 13. Do I speak (loud, loudly) enough? 14. You paid too (dear, dearly) for this radio set. 15. The father loved his daughter (dear, dearly). 16. Through a space in the trees I could see the house door; it was (wide, widely) open. 17. Gorky’s works are (wide, widely) known throughout the world. 18. You don’t play (fair, fairly). 19. She cut him (short, shortly) saying it was not to the point. 20. Speak (short, shortly). 21. I found him (deep, deeply) in thought. 22. I found him (deep, deeply) engrossed in reading the manuscript. 23. Here is some work for you; see that you do it (right, rightly). 24. The Pamir is (right, rightly) called “the roof of the world”. 25. How are you? – Very (good, well), thank you. 26. How’s life? – Very (good, well), thank you. 27. How are you getting on? – Very (good, well), thank you.

Ex. 11. Tom and Angela are at Lynn’s party. Complete their conversation by choosing the correct adjective or adverb in brackets.

Tom: Well, the party is going very (nice/ nicely), isn’t it? Have one of these sausages. They taste (good/ well).

Angela: No, thanks.

Tom: You don’t sound very (happy/ happily), Angela. And you look (pale/ palely). Are you all right?

Angela: I feel rather (tired/ tiredly). And I’m (hot/ hotly).

Tom: It is getting a bit (warm/ warmly) in here, isn’t it? Well, I can (easy/ easily) open this window.

Angela: Thanks. Actually, my head aches quite (bad/ badly) too. I think it’s (slow/ slowly) getting worse.

Tom: I’m (sure/ surely) the music isn’t helping. It seems rather (loud/ loudly), doesn’t it? Look, would you like me to take you home?

Angela: No, it’s all right thanks. But if I could sit (quiet/ quietly) somewhere for a few minutes, I might be OK.

Tom: I’ll ask Lynn if there’s somewhere you can go.

Ex. 12. Choose the correct adverb.

1. The soldier near/ nearly died as a result of being hit full/ fully in the chest by a bullet, which penetrated deep/ deeply inside him.

2. Simon told everyone he would pass the exam easy/ easily, so he was deep/ deeply embarrassed when he came last/ lastly in the class, with 20%.

3. “I sure am happy to meet you,” said the reporter to the high/ highly respected singer. “You’re pretty/ prettily famous around here, you know.”

4. When he almost full/ fully recovered from his illness the doctor told him to take it easy/ easily and said that he would be able to return to work short/ shortly.

5. As he was found near/ nearly the scene of the murder with a knife in his hand, it is hard/ hardly surprising that he was wrong/ wrongly accused.

6. Although he arrived an hour late/ lately, he started work direct/ directly and tried hard/ hardly to make up for the lost time.

7. Lately/ Late she has been getting all her clothes freely/ free from the fashion company, so I can't understand why she can't dress more pretty/ prettily.

8. It's wide/ widely believed that there is a bus that goes direct/ directly from here to the airport, but it's not true.

9. Last/ Lastly, I would like to say that I would free/ freely give my life for the cause of world peace.