TRANSLATION

Translate the sentences below into your native language.

1.

I saw two beautiful shirts in the shop and bought the blue one.

2.

Who's older? You or your sister?

3.

I'm ashamed

4.

There are too many careless drivers on our busy streets.

5.

I find her actions irresponsible

6.

How expensive

7.

We were shocked to hear the news.

8.

She is delighted

of my rude behaviour.

and antisocial.

is a trip to the Middle East?

ADVERBS:

to see everybody

SPOT
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at the party.

THE

ERROR

USE, KINDS AND POSITION

LOS ADVERBIOS:

USOS, CLASES Y POSICiN

FORMING ADVERBS LA FORMACiN

DE LOS ADVERBIOS

Can you correct the mistakes?

1.

She has goods marks in all her exams.

2.

Suzi was very exciting about the trip.

3.

The car was more cheaper

4.

Dan is interested

5.

Why do you late?

6.

Did you meet theirs news friends?

7.

Sound travels through unvisible waves.

8.

It's very rude from you to answer like that.

COMPARISON

OF ADVERBS-

LA COMPARACiN

CON ADVERBIOS

than we thought.
SENTENCE

to sell his caro

ADVERBS -

LOS ADVERBIOS
LA ORACiN

QUE SE REFIEREN

A TODA

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EXERCISE

r e the adverbs in each sentence and say what kind of adverb each one is.
LJl1der in
She looked carefully at her notes before she answered ... M9~r;?...

ADVERBS: USE, KINDS ANO POSITION LOS ADVERBIOS:

USOS, CLASES Y POSICIN

1.

The Jones family moved away

usos
A

Para decir cmo, dnde y cundo ocurre la accin del verbo.

4.

a otros adverbios.
He walked quite quicldy past the house.

Para modificar

Para modificar

5.
6.

a un adjetivo.

I had a terribly difficult day.

This magazine is published weekly

3.

She walked slowly.

B

She speaks Chinese very well

Luckily,he managed to escape from the burning building

We often have dinner at a restaurant.

a toda la frase.
Perhaps somebody lives here.

EXERCISE

quietly, fast, gently, slowly, well, quickly, terribly

Lugar:

away, in, down, anywhere, round, there, here, outside

Tiempo:

Frase completa:

last week, tomorrow, now, immediately, early, late, soon

often, frequently, sometimes, daily, always, never
obviously, perhaps, luckily, fortunately (ver pgina 112)

Intensidad:

quite, very, hardly, really, completely, too, just

Cantidad:

little, much, enough

Frecuencia:

1. The crowd demonstrated outside the president's house. (angrily)

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2. We fly to New York. (tomorrow)

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3. Michael is late for school. (hardly ever)

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POSICIN DE LOS ADVERBIOS

Los adverbios en general van detrs del verbo si este

es intransitivo,

o de

4. This newspaper is delivered to our house. (daily)

sus

complementos.

She dances gracefully.

He will be here son.

5. The fire engines arrived. (immediately)

I like coffee very rnuch.

We solved the problem quicldy yesterday.

Algunos adverbios de tiempo pueden ir al principio
(yesterday, tomorrow,

Rewritethe following sentences putting the adverbs in brackets in the appropriate places.

Modo:

6. Iris had studied hard and so she passed the exam. (easily)
o al

final de la frase

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now).

7. The results of the elections will be announced. (today)

Last night we watched TV at horne.

We watched TV at horne last night.
We went to England last year.
B

Para modificar

CLASESDE ADVERBIOS

Unfortunately, it's too late to change your mind

7.
8. He sipped his hot coffee slowly
.

The dress is very cheap.

Los adverbios de frecuencia

del verbo lo be.

se colocan

delante del verbo principal,

Mary often comes late, and John is often late too.

8. The pupils have complained about the number of exams. (often)

pero detrs

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EXERCISE

FORMING

ADVERBS

LA FORMACIN

b
hich mea n the same as the underlined
lte the adver s w

wn

DE LOS ADVERBIOS

She folded her clothes In a neat wa'(..

1.

Muchos adverbios se forman aadiendo la terminacin Iy a los adjetivos, por .

ejemplo: sad -+- sadly, final -+- finally, polite -+- politely.
He walked sadly away from the grave.
Gary plays the guitar well.

2.
3.

5.

REGLASORTOGRFICAS PARA AADIR LA TERMINACIN LYA LOS ADJETIVOS

6.

7.

Si el adjetivo acaba en y, cambiamos esta letra por una i antes de aadir/e Iy.
happy
happily

8.

The film ended in a tragic wa'(..

A los terminados en 11 solamente les aadimos y.

full
fully

He looked at her full of hope

1. Tom played (bad, badlyl in the concert.

2. The bride wore a (beautiful, beautifullyl dress.

Algunos adverbios son iguales a los adjetivos.

ear/y
fast
hard

Choose the correct answer.

Nota: Algunos adverbios acabados en Iy tienen un sentido diferente del

adjetivo.
bare (desnudo) barely (apenas)
short (corto)
shortly (en breve)
scarce (escaso) scarcely (apenas)
hard (duro)
hardly (apenas)

ADJETIVOS

EXERCISE

A los adjetivos acabados en ic solemos aadir/es la terminacin ally.

tragic
tragically

. d the books in a s'(..stematlc wa'(..

vve have organlse
.. .
d the article about himself with bitterness
The pol1tlC1an rea
as done in a scientific manner.
.
j he researc h w
ments were reached in secreto
.
The agree
He answered her in anger.
.

Cuando acaba en ble, cambiamos la e por una y.

terrible
terribly

neatly

phrases.

4.

Nota: Well es una excepcin, pues su adjetivo es good.

3. I don't speak English as (good, welll as you do.

4. She smiled (sad, sadly) and walked away.
5.

Are the trains (usual, usuallyl so (quick,

quickly)?

6. The cake smells (delicious, deliciously).

7. He spoke (free, freelyl and without fear of

ADVERBIOS

ADJETIVOS

ADVERBIOS

ear/y
fast
hard

late
straight

late
straight

criticismo
8. I feel (great, greatlyl today!
9. I can see (clear, clearlyl now that the rain has

gone.
C

Despus de un verbo copulativo (Iinking verb) normalmente usamos un

adjetivo. Si usamos un adverbio, el sentido del verbo cambia.

10.

11. The policeman

He looked angry. (angryes un adjetivo y describe el sujeto)

He looked angrily at the broken window. (angrily es un adverbio y
describe la accin del verbo)
Puedes repasar los verbos copulativos (/inking verbs) en la pgina 90.

Helen looks very (angry,

___.)

angrly).

walked (slow, slowlyl towards the gunman.

12.

Diana tried (hard, hardlyl to pass the test, but failed.

13.

I (final, finallyl understood

14.

The story had a (sad, sadlyl ending. It ended (tragic, tragicaliy).

the film the second time I saw it.

15. Look (careful, carefullyl at this letter. It may be valuable.

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108

COMPARISON

OF ADVERBS-

LA COMPARACiN

CON ADVERBIOS

COMPARATIVO
A

Igualdad: as + adverbio + as indica que una persona hace algo igual que otre.
He walked as quickly as me.

Superioridad: more + adverbio + than. Si el adverbio es corto lo forma con la

terminacin er, siguiendo las mismas reglas ortogrficas que los adjetivos.

.
ear to school so I can get there the
of all my friends.
llve n
5
. k
b quickest
c. quickly
a. qUIC er
.
see Terry
often than see Jill.
c. less
6.
b. litteI
t
I
a. eas
than I had hoped.
The photos turne d ou t
.
c. well
7.
b. best
a. better
. drinves th e ...
Daniel
. of everyone I know.
8.
c. more carefully
b most carefully
a. carefully
.

You speak English more fluently than 1 do.

Susan arrived earlier than Ienny.

Inferioridad: less

EXERCISE

+ adverbio + than.

. . th blanks with the correct form of the adverbs in brackets.

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1 see Brian les s often than David.

Tom ran 200 metres and Alan ran 300. T om

SUPERLATIVO

1.

Los adverbios largos lo suelen formar con the most / least, y los cortos aadiendo est.

2.

The engine works the most efficiently in winter.

well
badly
much
little
far

better
worse
more
less
farther / further

SUPERlATIVO

--------~~~~----best
worst
most
least
farthest / furthest

English

(well) Sally.

....................

(long) Colin.

R'
5. I don't sing well. Neither d oes

onrue.

2.

I didn't playas
a. good

3.

than Ido.

I miss my friends. We see them

a. less

b. more

4. The trip by train took longer today

a. as
110

b. than

. part-time
mQ.fJ.thJy.

. anxiously
. smoothly

. well

travels

, but most of his work

is done in this country.

c. better

as the other members of the team.

b. best

. overseas

1. Employees on a salary are paid

2. Jeremy

b. good

(badly) Ronnie

~ FiIIin the blanks with the most appropriate adverbs from the list below.

~ Choose the correct answer.

Gwell

l si
stng

EXERCISE

harder . occasionally

1. Sharon speaks French less

Sharon speaks English fluently. Sally's English isn't so good. Sharon speaks

badly . monthly
EXERCISE

(ar) Alan

(well) [oe.
3.
4. Gary's been driving for three years and Colin for two. Gary's been driving

Los adverbios con formas irregulares:

COMPARATIVO

as far as

I scored ten points in the game. [oe did too. I played

Ierry arrived the earliest of all the students.

ADVERBIO

did 't
I n run

3. lohn didn't perform

. d
4. After the earthquake, peop Ie waite
missing relatives.

c. well
frequently than I would like.
c. as
it did yesterday.
c. from what

in the maths test.

for news of their
.

5. The driver of the car was

6. Michael works
7. The school concert went
8.

Rachel works

injured in the accident.

than anyone else I know.
, without any problems at all.
at a local restaurant.

EXERCISE

SENTENCE
LOS

ADVERBS

ADVERBIOS

QUE

SE REFIEREN

A TODA

LA ORACiN

,.

Como se indica, este tipo de adverbios modifican a toda la oracin y suelen

expresar la opinin o actitud del que habla.
They are obviously frightened of yOU.
Honestly, 1 don't like the new neighbours at all.
She has probably left by now.

the correct answer.

Iooose
he children behave d
. at the theatre.
1.
d
badly
c. worse
a ba
.
I
.
.
doubt that Gary works
than anyone In our c ass.
here 15 no
2
b. hardest
c. harder

(1,

a. hard

he plane flew
3.

They actually believed me.

Analiza esta lista:
Certeza
actually
in fact
in reality
clearly

obviously
naturally
apparently
surely

perhaps
probably
possibly
maybe

4.

Actitud

Posibilidad
frankly
honestly

in myview
luckily

in my opinion
personally

[unlfortunately

5.

a. really
The train to London Ieaves

low
a. s
6. I thoug h t G al'1 did
I

1. Mary is not at school today. Perhaps ..?~(~.W

2. The speed limit was raised to 120 kph on motorways. In my opinion,

9. We had

a. hard
10

3. The poi ice cannot find the thief. Naturally,

4.

He had a nasty car crash. Luckily,

5. The pupils couldn't do their maths homework.

They obviously

well in her test.

c. quit

c. very well

b. very best

he could, he didn't pass the test.

b. as hard as

c. hardly

started our holiday when we became ill.

b. as hard as

c. hardly

, I didn't enjoy the party.

a. Luckily

c. Frankly

b. Probably

11. Eggs must be packed

or they break.

a. carefully

c. more slowly

in the school play.

a. hard

b. quiet

8. Although he tried

Complete the following sentences using your own words and ideas.

c. very
.
than
the
train
to
Liverpool.
.
c. soon

b. very slow

a. quite

to Japan.
b directly
.

b earlier
a. before
.
Do you think you could drive

7. Brian acted
a. very good
EXERCISE

c. partly

b. good

12. The wedding dress fitted the bride

a. slightly

6. "Let's go and see a horror film!" "Personally,

7. Some people feel that certain drugs should be made legal. Personally,

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....

c. really

b. perfectly

13. When you take out your contact lenses, you must wash them
c thoroughly
a. thorough
b. care f u I
.
Take it

8. The father of two children fell asleep at the wheel of his caro Unfortunately,

; don't try so

a. easy, hardly
..................
a. Perhaps

somebody

b. easily, hard
still lives here .
b. Always

.
c. easy, hard

c. Quietly

TRANSLATION
EXERCISE

10

slate
3O

Ellen is going to study in London. Fill in her friend Carol's questions.

Ellen:

I'm starting university next autumn.

Carol:

(1) ..............................
How hard was it to get in?

Ellen:

Oh, it wasn't very hard to get in. I just had to take a few exams.

'fr

Sh hardly comes here any more.

e

1.
.

the sentences below into your native language.

ally I think her singing is not as good as it used to be.

person
,

2
The child suddenly started walking.

3
Carol:
Ellen:
Carol:

(2)

".

(ould you speak a bit more quietly?

4.

The university is located in London.

He plays the guitar terribly.

5.
(3)

Ellen:

I think the one in London is the best in the field I want to study.

Carol:

(4)

Ellen:

It's quite expensive, but I've received a scholarship.

Carol:

(5)............................................................................................................

Ellen:

1'11be studying law, naturally.

My brother often comes home to visit us.

6.
.

7.

paul works part-time at the shopping centre.

8. 1'11
speak to you shortly.
SPOT THE

ERROR"

Canyou corred the mistakes?

1. I don't play the piano as good as he does.
2. She looked beautifully last night.
3. Always you make the same mistakes.
4. He usually drives very quick.
5. I had hard left the house when the rain started.
6. The most Ion I can stay is two hours.
7. She speaks well Italian.
8. Carol goes to the library least often than she should.

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EXERCISE

HoW (long, far, near, low) is Manchester from London?

please don't take it (personal/y, honestly, natural/y, in reality) if I don't finish

Choose the correct answer.

4.

Rita is a fashion designer. The (1 bigger, wonderful, most, biggest) fashion show of
the season is going to take place tonight. Rita is working so (2 difficult, long, hard,
hardly) that she can (3 hard, hardly, shortly, even) stand up. She looks very (4 great
tiredly, tired, closely), but she also feels (5 excited, exciting, excitedly, more excitec)
because a major fashion designer will be watching her show. She hopes he won't
arrive (6 lately, late, soon, shortly).
Rita has planned this fashion show very (7 interested, carefully, careful, interesting)
because she takes her career (8 easy, easily, serious, seriously). Today, as she thinks
about the show, she feels more and more (9 calmly, exciting, excited, suddenly) and
hopes that everything will go (10 good, well, best, better).

5.
6.
7.
8.

rhe meal; I'm not very

ungry.

Would you please play the music more (quiet, quieter, quietly, quietest)?
Thank you. You've been (most, more, much, completely) helpful.
Mrs Brown is anxious (at, from, about, of) her husband's health.
I don't (anywhere, now, often, sometimes) see Iack.

EXERCISE

Rewrite the sentences using the correct form of the word in brackets. Do not
change the meaning of the sentence.
1. He continues to grow all the time. (tall)

EXERCISE

He's growing

Complete the sentences with the correct form of the word in brackets.
1. [ohn was
2.

If you work

3.

She is

4.

Coing by bus is

2. Mary and [ane are equally c1ever. (smart)

Mary is

(annoy) with me for not calling.

The sweeter the coffee,

(thin) than she was ayear ago.

4. AII the other subjects in school are more interesting than history. (boring)

(little) tiring than walking.

History is the

(bad) day of my life.

6. You are the

lane.

3. I like coffee best when it's very sweet. (much)

(careful), you won't make mistakes.

5. Yesterday was the

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we have to study.

5. Your hair is darker than mine. (dark)

(irritating) person I know.

My hair is
7.

Hotels are

yours.

(expensive) than youth hostels.

6. The event takes place twice ayear. (annual)

8. Throw the ball as far as you can. Whoever throws it the

(far) is the winner.
9.

10.

The harder you study, the

exam.

It's

(good) you will do in the

Max may not recover. He is

(terrible) ill.

EXERCISE

Add a suffix or prefix to the words in brackets to complete the sentences.

1. You're never satisfied. You're so

EXERCISE

Choose the correct answer.

1.

2.

We're not sure yet, but we'll (probably, obviously, luckily, frankly) come to the
meeting.
The (older, old, elder, oldest) the wine, the better.

2. What a unique painting! It's really

(contented).
(ordinary).

3. Mrs Sullivan buys all her clothes in boutiques. She likes to be

.
(style).
4.

Of course you can rely on him. He's completely

(trust).

5.

Dinosaurs lived mil/ions of years ago in

6. The little boy can never sit still. He's

(historie) times.
(active).