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Unit
8 6 quickly/ badly/ suddenly etc. (adverbs)
He ate his d inner very quickly.
Suddenly the shelf fell down.
Q uickly and suddenly are adverbs.
a d ject ive + -ly —> adverb:
adjective quick bad sudden careful heavy
a d ver b quickly badly suddenly carefully heavily etc.
Spellin g (- > Ap p en d ix 5): easy —> easily heavy —> heavily
Ad verb s tell you h o w so m ething happens or h o w so m eb o d y does som ething:
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The train stopped suddenly.
I opened the door slowly.
Please listen carefully. \ |
I understand you perfectly.
Com pare:
It's raining heavily
a d ject ive
O Sue is very quiet.
O Be careful!
O It was a bad game.
O I felt nervous.
(= I was nervous)
a d ver b
Sue speaks very quietly. (n o t speaks very q uiet)
O Listen carefully! (n o t listen careful)
O O u r team played badly. (n o t played bad)
I w aited nervously.
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hard fast late early
These words are ad jectives a n d adverbs:
O Sue's jo b is very hard.
O Ben is a fast runner.
O The bus w as late/ early.
O Sue w orks very hard, (n o t hardly)
O Ben can run fast.
O I w ent to bed late/ early.
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D good (a d ject ive) —> well (a d ver b )
Yo ur English is very good. O You speak English very well, (n o t very good)
) It was a good game. O u r team played well.
But well is also an a d jective (= no t ill, in good health):
'How are you?'
'I'm very well, thank you. And you?'
182 ( adjectives Unit 85
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