32. Adjectives and Adverbs

Adjectives describe nouns and go before them.

E.g. He has got a large house.

Adverbs normally describe verbs, adjectives or other adverbs.

E.g. You speak too quickly.

Note! Such verbs as: appear, be, become, feel, seem, smell, sound, taste, look etc. are described by adjectives, which go alone after the verbs.

E.g. The flower smells good.

The music sounds nice.

Most adverbs are formed by adding –ly to an adjective.

E.g. slow – slowly.

Some adverbs and adjectives have the same form: fast, long, hard, far, little, much, early, daily, straight, the adverb of good is well.

Some adverbs have two forms with different meanings:

Adjective	Adverb	Adverb
hard This is a hard task.	hard (with a lot of effort) She studies hard.	hardly (scarcely) I can hardly understand him.
late It happened in the late summer.	late (after the proper time) He arrived at the airport late.	lately (recently) I haven’t been to the cinema lately.
near I saw my friend working in the near field.	near (close) She lives quite near.	nearly (almost) It is nearly midnight.
deep He is a man of deep knowledge.	deep (a long way down) They went deep into the forest.	deeply (greatly) He was deeply in love.

Ex. 1. Which is right?

1. They pay their employees very bad/badly.

2. Don’t drive too slow/slowly.

3. Her dress looks really nice/nicely.

4. The car stopped sudden/suddenly.

5. It is snowing heavy/heavily.

6. She did very good/well at the exam.

7. Listen careful/carefully!

8. She is so nice/nicely.

9. He feels very nervous/nervously.

10. The performance was very good/well. I enjoyed it great/greatly.

11. The goods were safe/safely packed.

12. This is our usually/usual meal.

13. I can’t understand why he behaved so stupid/stupidly.

14. The task seemed clear/clearly.

15. He was so slowly/slow!

16. We could hard/hardly see in the dark.

17. It was hard/hardly to persuade him.

18. My friend lives near/nearly the station.

Ex. 2. Translate into English.

1. Он почти ничего не читает.

2. Он выглядел сердитым.

3. Мужчина холодно взглянул на посетителя.

4. Не говорите так громко. Я вас хорошо слышу.

5. Музыка звучит слишком громко.

6. Если вы посмотрите внимательно, вы увидите, что это портрет его сестры.

7. Вы прекрасно выглядите в этом платье.

8. Они жили счастливо долгие годы.

9. Последнее время он приходит поздно.

10. Вам следует усердно работать, если вы хотите получать много денег.

11. Фильм был неинтересным, но в нем играли знаменитые актеры.

12. Неожиданный шум разбудил его.

13. Духи пахнут хорошо.