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quickly/badly/suddenly etc. (adverbs)
He ate his dinner very quickly. Quickly and suddenly are adverbs.
Suddenly the shelf fell down.
adjective + -ly —> adverb;				
adjective quick	bad	sudden careful	heavy	
adverb quickly	badly	suddenly carefully	heavily	etc.
Spelling (=» Appendix 5):	easy	—> easily    heavy —> heavily		
B     Adverbs tell you how something happens or how somebody does something:
• The train stopped suddenly.
• 1 opened the door slowly.
• Please listen carefully.
• I understand you perfectly.
Compare:
It's raining heavily.
adjective (=>Unit84) • Sue is very quiet. • Be careful! • It was a bad game. • I feel nervous. (= 1 am nervous)	adverb • Sue speaks very quietly, (not 'speaks very quiet') • Listen carefully! (not 'listen careful') • Our team played badly, (not 'played bad') • I waited nervously.
bard  fast  late   early     These words are adjectives and adverbs:	
• Suesjob is very hard. • Ben is a fast runner. • The bus was late/early.	• Sue works very hard, (not 'hardly') • Ben can run fast. • I went to bed late/early.
good (adjective) —» well (adverb)	
• Your English is very good. • It was a good game.	• You speak English very well, (not, 'very good') • Our team played well.
But well is also an adjective (= not ill, in good health):
• 'How are you?'   'I'm very well, thank you. And you?'
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EXERCISES
85.1    Look at the pictures and complete the sentences with one of these adverbs:
angrily      badly      dangerously      fast      heavily quietly
85.2
UNIT
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1 It's raining ... Weasrily4 she shouted at me
2 He sings very................................................................. 5 She can run very ....
3 They came in ................................................................ 6 He was driving........
Choose a verb (Box A) + an adverb (Box B) to complete the sentences A 1-;-;-:-1 + b
come know	sleep	win
explain listen	think	work
carefully	clearly	hard well
carefully	easily	quickly well
1 I'm going to tell you something very important, so please (^ten (Mrpfulh^.....
2 Ann! I need your help..............................................................................!
3 They..............................................................................At the end of the day they're always tired.
4 I'm tired this morning. I didn't.............................................................................last night.
5 You're a much better tennis player than me. When we play, you always..........................
6 .............................................................................before you answer the question.
7 I've met Alice a few times but I don't.......................................her very........................................
8 Our teacher isn't very good. Sometimes he doesn't..................................things very..........
85.3   Which is right?
1 Don't eat so quick/quickly. It's not good for you. quickly
2 Why are you angry/angrily? I haven't done anything.
3 Can you speak slow/slowly, please?
4 Come on, Dave! Why are you always so slow/slowly?
5 Bill is a very careful/carefully driver.
6 Jane is studying hard/hardly for her examinations.
7 'Where's Diane?'  'She was here but she left sudden/suddenly.'
8 Please be quiet/quietly. I'm studying.
9 Some companies pay their workers very bad/badly. 10 Those oranges look nice/nicely. Can I have one?
"Sd   Put in good or well.
1 Your English is very .jjopd, . You speak English very JSSiL..
is right
Jackie did very...............in her exams.
The party was very................I enjoyed it very much.
Martin has a difficult job but he does it................
How are your parents? Are they...............?
Did you have a...............holiday? Was the weather...............?
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