Seminar 12B -- Tasks / Worksheet 12 I. Questions 1. Give examples of adverbs in sentences illustrating the two main syntactic functions of adverbs: a) clause element adverbial b) adj. / adv. modifier 2. What three main morphological categories of adverbs do we distinguish? Give examples: 3. Make adverbs out of the following adjectives: simple, easy, dry, true, typical, marked, early, friendly 4. Give examples of conjunct adverbs in sentences. 5. Read the following sentences -- are the underlined words adverbs or prepositions? a) He looked the word up in a dictionary. b) She looks after her children very well. c) They called off the meeting. d) I could easily do without a mobile phone. e) He got on the bus and left. f) She walked along the road. 6. Give examples of adverbs which can modify the following adjectives: a) dangerous b) impossible c) rich d) useless 7. Can an adverb modify another adverb? If so, give examples. 8. Give examples of prepositions modified by adverbs. 9. How can the following words modify a noun / noun phrase? rather, quite, sort of, above, below 10. What words can be modified by ´else´? Give examples. 11. Name the 3 main types of comparison + examples. 12. What different functions do the underlined words have in these sentences? a) I haven't got much work. b) It was much easier than I expected. c) I expected something much more complicated. d) She has a lot of friends. e) It was a lot more complicated. 13. What's the difference between: a) I consider Jane the most intelligent student. b) I consider Jan a most intelligent student. 14. ´Old´ can have regular inflected forms and irregular as well. Explain when we use them and if there are any restrictions. 15. What changes in spelling (or pronunciation) are necessary (if any at all) when the following adjectives take comparative and superlative inflections? sad, lucky, wide, grey, rare, strong, thick 16. Which adjectives can take both types of comparison? 17. What are the comparative forms of the following adverbs? badly, far, fast, easily, hard, quietly 18. Fill in the articles if necessary: a) Carol is _____ most intelligent. b) John is _____ tallest of all. c) Peter is _____ youngest student in the course. d) Jane is ______ cleverer of the two sisters. e) We stayed in ____ most comfortable hotel. II. Practice 1. Are the following sentences right? If not, correct them. 1. Her illness is much serious than we thought at first. 2. It's becoming hard and harder to find a job. 3. My elder brother is a driver. 4. The more I learn the least I know. 5. Can you speak a bit slowlier, please? 6. It's a lot cheaper. 7. Let me know if you hear any farther news. 8. The station is further from here than I thought. 9. He did very badly in the exam -- more badly than expected. 10. It's noisy here. Can we go somewhere quieter? 2. Fill in the adjective in the correct form: 1. I'd like to have a ___________ car than this one. (reliable) 2. This coffee is very weak. I like it a bit _______ (strong) 3. Let's go by car. It's much ________ (cheap) and much ____________ (comfortable). 4. John isn't as _______ as he looks. (old) 5. The town centre was ______ crowded than usual. (little) 6. What's ______________ way of getting from here to the station? (quick) 7. That's __________ joke I've ever heard. (funny) 8. He always comes to see me at ___________ possible moment. (bad) 9. It was a __________________ book. (interesting) 10. There's plenty of food. You can have as _____ as you like. (much) 3. Fill in the suitable adverbs to intensify the meaning of the adjectives: badly fairly rather virtually enormously absolutely (2x) completely 1. We were ________ exhausted after the thirty-hour journey. 2. Our holiday in Egypt was ______ brilliant. We loved every minute of it. 3. It is _______ necessary to consult the manager before you start working on it. 4. Many buildings have been ________damaged by the earthquake. 5. ´Jones´ is a ______ common English surname. 6. She got ______ angry when she read her son's school report. 7. As they are twins, they are _________ identical. 8. Some politicians are _________ influential. 4. Choose the correct word: 1. Linda likes wearing colourful / colourfully clothes. 2. The driver of the car was serious / seriously injured. 3. Tom looked sad / sadly when I saw him. 4. We didn't go out because it was raining heavy / heavily. 5. There was a sudden / suddenly change in the weather. 6. Don't go up that ladder. It doesn't look safe / safely. 7. She speaks perfectly / perfect English. 8. Mary was terrible / terribly upset about losing her job. 9. I think you behaved very selfish / selfishly. 10. Everybody at the party was colourful / colourfully dressed. 11. Jane looked at me sad / sadly. 12. I tried hard / hardly to find a job but I had no luck. 5. Supply the adjective or adverb: 1. This food smells ______. (bad) 2. Your cooking is ______. (good) 3. The play ended _______. (bad) 4. The material feels ______ . (smooth) 5. The train went _______. (smooth) 6. You don't look _______ to see me. (happy) 7. The problem appeared _________. (impossible) 6. Rephrase the following sentences: 1. She gave me a friendly smile. She smiled _________________. 2. It's a daily paper. It comes out _______. 3. The steak is bad. The steak is ______ cooked. 4. The baby was asleep. She looked at the _______ baby. 5. He's very well. He is a ________ man. 6. The man was ill. The ______ man was taken to hospital. 7. She's glad to help. She helps _______. 8. She gave a rude reply. She replied _________. 9. The plane is very high. The plane is flying very _________. 10. This is an airmail letter. Send it __________.