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ADJECTIVES / ADVERBS

Put the in the adjective or the adverbs in the brackets.

1. The taxi was very ___________ (slow / slowly ) because of the traffic and I arrived late.

2. I was late to the meeting because the taxi driver went __________. (slow / slowly)

3. When I saw her, she was walking __________(quick / quickly) to somewhere.

4. This is a __________decision. (quick / quickly) If I were you, I’d think about it more.

5. Altan’s exam results are really ___________. (bad / badly)

6. They played ___________(bad / badly) so they lost the match.

7. I was shocked when I heard her __________ (fluent / fluently) French.

8. Mr.Tek is a nice teacher. He always asks __________(easy / easily) questions in the exams.

9. Do you know anybody who speaks English ___________(fluent / fluently)?

10. Everybody said that the party was very __________(good / well).

11. She plays the guitar____________. (beautiful / beautifully )

12. She got really angry and slapped me (hard / hardly) in the face.

13. Please stop speaking in such a ___________ (loud / loudly) voice. This is a library you know.

14. She ran as ___________(fast) as she could.

15. They lived ___________(happy / happily) ever after.

KEY: 1.slow 2.slowly 3.quickly 4.quick 5. bad 6.badly 7.fluent 8.easy 9.fluently 10.good 11.beautifully 12.hard 13.loud 14.fast 15.happily

ADJECTIVES

An adjective modifies a noun.

Check the example sentences.

• He’s intelligent.

He’s an intelligent man. ( here adjective intelligent modifies “man”)

• This watch is very expensive.

This is an expensive watch.

• My sister’s tall.

Lookat that tall man over there.

• Fenerbahçe is a successful football club in Turkey.

Alex is successful in Fenerbahçe.

ADVERBS

An adverb modifies the verb. Adverbs modifies the actions.

• I’m a slow driver. ( slow is adjective here)

I drive slowly. ( here slowly modifies the verb drive )

• She is a careful person. (adj)

She reads everything carefully. (adv)

We make adverbs from adjectives. Check these examples

ADJECTIVE                       ADVERB

slow                                          slowly

careful                                     carefully

easy                                            easily

quick                                         quickly

polite                                        politely

bad                                             badly

Some adverbs are irregular. Check the examples.

My father is a fast driver. He always drives fast. (Adjective: fast  adverb: fast)

We always work hard in the mornings. (adjective: hard, adverb: hard

ADVERB FORM of the adjective “GOOD” is “WELL”

We are a good team. In the last match we played well and we won the game.