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Preparation for the test

Degrees of Comparison of the adverbs


Adverb

Comparative

Superlative

quietly

more quietly

most quietly

slowly

more slowly

most slowly

seriously

more seriously

most
seriously

Examples:
The teacher spoke more slowly to help us to understand.

Could you sing more quietly please?

Adverb

Comparative

Superlati
ve

hard

harder

hardest

fast

faster

fastest

late

later

latest

Examples:
Jim works harder than his brother.

Everyone in the race ran fast, but John ran the fastest of all.
Some adverbs have irregular comparative and superlative forms.
Adverb

Comparative

Superlative

badly

worse

worst

far

farther/further

farthest/furth
est

little

less

least

well

better

best

Examples:
The little boy ran farther than his friends.

You're driving worse today than yesterday !

He played the best of any player.


Friendly ----- in a friendly way
Silly ------- in a silly way

Positive

Comparative

Superlative

angrily

more angrily

most angrily

brightly

more brightly

most brightly

dimly

more dimly

most dimly

freely

more freely

most freely

gladly

more gladly

most gladly

heavily

more heavily

most heavily

loudly

more loudly

most loudly

quietly

more quietly

most quietly

sweetly

more sweetly

most sweetly

terribly

more terribly

most terribly

Exercise 1 Fill the words in brackets as adjective or adverb:


1.
He _____________________reads a book. (quick)
2.
Mandy is a _________________________girl. (pretty)
3.
The class is ___________________________loud today. (terrible)
4.
Max is a _____________________singer. (good)
5.
You can ________________________open this tin. (easy)
6.
It's a _______________________day today. (terrible)
7.
She sings the song ____________________(good)
8.
He is a ______________________driver. (careful)
9.
He drives the car __________________________(careful)
10. The dog barks _____________________________(loud)
Exercise 2
adverbs:

Complete with the degrees of comparison of the following

1. Fast
2. Well
3. Carefully
4. Often
5. Badly
6. Hard
7. Clearly
8. Little
9. Much
10.
earl
y
Exercise 3 Form adverbs from the following adjectives:
1. Perfect _____________________
10.
Terr _____________________
2. Quiet
________
ible
________
3. Careful _____________________
11.
Hea _____________________
4. Regula
vy
________
________
r
12.
Goo
_____________________
_____________________
5. Nice
d
________
6. Probab ________
13.
Har
_____________________
_____________________
le
d
________
________
7. True
14.
Fant
_____________________
_____________________
8. Sad
astic
9. happy
________
15.
Fast ________
_____________________
16.
Ang _____________________
________
________
ry
_____________________
17.
Bus _____________________
________
________
y
18.
corr _____________________
_____________________
ect
________
________

_____________________
________

_____________________
________

Exercise 4 Fill the words in brackets as adjective or adverb:


1. The bus driver was __________________________injured. (serious)
2.
Kevin is __________________________clever. (extreme)
3.
This hamburger tastes _________________________. (awful)
4.
Be ___________________________with this glass of milk. It's hot. (careful)
5.
Robin looks ___________________________What's the matter with him? (sad)
6.
Jack is ___________________________upset about losing his keys. (terrible)
7.
His steak smells ___________________________. (good)
8.
Our basketball team played ________________________last Friday. (bad)
9.
Don't speak so ________________________. I can't understand you. (fast)
10. Maria ____________________________opened her present. (slow)
Exercise 5 Choose the correct option:
1. Sally is the prettiest/ most pretty girl in my town.
2. You should drive more careful/more carefully, otherwise you will cause an
accident.
3. This is the worst / worse film I have ever seen so far.
4. He was bad / badly hurt in the accident.
5. Dont run around so nervous / nervously.
6. This exercise was more easily / easier than I expected.
7. Sam didnt behave as well / good as Mike.
8. He works harder / hardest of all the pupils.
9. You should do your homework more carefully / more careful.
10.
My perfume smells more sweetly / sweeter than yours.
Exercise 6 Fill in the correct forms of adverbs and adjectives:
1. Sams idea sounds ______________________ (good) but I like Carols idea even
________________ (good).
2. Every morning I get up 10 minutes __________________ (earlier) than my sister.
3. What are the ___________________ (dangerous) animal in Australia?
4. I can run as ____________ (fast) as my eleder brother.
5. You should buy the blue sweater. It suits you _____________ (good) than the red one
and I think it fits _____________________ (perfect).
6. If you worked ______________________ (careful), you would make ______________
(few) mistakes.
7. Joy Fielding writes the ________________ (exciting) books Ive ever read.
8. Caroline is the ________________ (pretty) dressed girl in this room.
9. Vienna is the _______________ (large) town in Austria.
10.
Please, speak _________________________ (clear), I _______________ (hard)
understand the instructions.
11.
Bob ran _________________ (slow) than his classmates.

12.
Jo is the ________________ (good) footballer in my team and he plays very
______________ (fair).
Exercise 7 Complete each sentence with the correct form of the adverb that
is in parentheses.
1. Our father arrived home _______________ than the rest of the family. (late)
2. My sister sang ____________________________ than Amanda did. (beautifully)
3. Your husband, Ken, writes ____________________________ of all. (well)
4. Mrs. Henderson speaks ____________________________ than Mrs. Alarcon. (clearly)
5. Mother prepares turkey ____________________________ than Father does. (well)
6. Alexander and Peter work ____________________________ of all the boys. (hard)
7. He checked his answers ____________________________ than she did. (carefully)
8. Angelica speaks Spanish ____________________________ of all the students. (correctly)
9. Percy talks ____________________________ than Jennifer. (frequently)
10. She danced ____________________________ of all. (gracefully)
11. This math test was ____________________________ than the last one. (hard)
12. I did my homework ____________________________ than my brother. (fast)
Exercise 8 Choose the best option:
1. She (quickly, quick) adjusted the fees. She adapted (quick, quickly) to any
situation.
2. Her voice sounds (beautifully, beautiful). She sang the song (exact, exactly) as it
was written. We heard it (perfectly, perfect).
3. Talk (softly, soft) or don't talk at all. The music played (softly, soft).
4. Andrea knows the material very (good, well). She always treats us (good, well).
5. You must send payments (regular, regularly). We deal on a (strictly, strict) cash
basis.
6. She worked (careful, carefully) with the sick child. She was a very (careful,
carefully) worker.
7. The gas smelled (dangerously, dangerous).
Exercise 9 Choose the best option:
1. Each of the boys have/has a toy.
2. Either of the knives cut/cuts well
3. One of the ladies is/are married.
4. Every one of us know/knows that.
5. Neither of the brothers was/were
present.
6. Not one of the girls has/have come.
7. The boy, with several others,
was/were late for school.
8. Alice, like Rose, is/are tall for her age.
9. Tom, as well as Fred, rises/rise early in
the morning.
10. The cat and the dog was/were
great friends.

11. The farmer and his wife is/are jolly


people.
12. The officer and his men was/were
crossing the field.
13. The boys and the girls is/are sure of
their work.
14. Either Tom or Dick has/have lied.
15. Neither he nor she writes/write well.
16. Either the boys or the girls is/are to
blame.
17. Both Hugh and Ian was/were to play.
18. All but James has/have failed.
19. All of them but Grace is/are correct.
20. Neither the teacher nor the pupils is/are
ready.
21. Either Mary or you is/are to be in the
team.

Exercise 10 Choose the best option:


1. Cecil as well as Annie (like, likes) spelling and Cecil as well as Annie (hate, hates)
arithmetic.

2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
9.

Neither the soldiers nor their officer (was were) afraid.


Anybody (is, are) allowed to enter.
All but Tom (has, have) been lazy so all but Tom (loses, lose) marks.
Either one or the other (is, are) wealthy as either one or the other (has, have)
plenty of money.
Both the driver and the man, who was hurt, was/were questioned.
The girl with several others (was, were) going to school.
Why (do, does) every one of them do that, when every one of them (know, knows)
the arrangements?
Neither James nor Mary want / wants to go.

Exercise 11 Rewrite these sentences into the causative form:


1. Someone will do her make-up before the wedding.
________________________________________________________________
2. They are going to ask the baker to make a cake for Sues birthday.
________________________________________________________________
3. He had asked the gardener to water the plants.
________________________________________________________________
4. We should ask someone to decorate the church hall for the reception.
5. She paid someone to alter her dress for the festival.
___________________________________________________________________
6. The florist has arranged the flowers for our wedding.
___________________________________________________________________
7. She prefers paying someone to organize parties.
___________________________________________________________________
8. The maid is making our beds.
___________________________________________________________________
Exercise 12 Discuss the questions with your partner:
1. How often do you usually have your hair cut? Where do you get it cut?
2. When was the last time you had your eyes tested?
3. Have you ever had anything stolen? What did you have stolen last?
4. Did you have any part of your body pierced? When did you get it pierced? If not,
what would you like to have pierced if you could? Why?
5. What is the most frequent thing you get someone to do for yourself?
6. What is the thing that you want to get done by someone for you now? Why?

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