LONGMAN ENGLISH GRAMMAR PRACTICE

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7.4 Adverbs of frequency

7.1 С Adjectives which end in Чу': 'friendly' [> LEG 7.12]


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Write:

Some adjectives end in -ly. cowardly, friendly, lively, lovely, motherly, sickly, silly.
Meg's a friendly girl. John gave me a friendly handshake.
If we want to use these words as adverbs we say in a friendly way/manner/fashion:
Meg always greets me in a friendly way. (Not *greets me friendly/friendlily*)

Change the adjectives into adverbs or adverbial phrases in the following sentences.

1 That was a cowardly thing to do. You acted
2 That was a quick response. She responded
3 The music was very loud. The band played far too I
4 That was a silly thing to do. You acted
5 The orchestra gave a lively performance. They performed
6 She's a slow runner. She runs
7 The singers gave a bad performance. They performed
8 She can't control her motherly feelings. Even though he's 40, she looks after him
9 She's a lovely teacher. She handles young children
10 She delivered a careful speech. She spoke
11 He looks pale and sickly. He always greets me
12 You don't have to be so unfriendly^. You needn't look at me

7.1 D Context


Write: Put in the missing adjectives and adverbs. Add -ly or make other changes where you need to.

beautiful, best (Шее), careful, cheap, early, far, fast, full, hurried, important, last, new, past,
quick, rapid, silly

A SPLASH OF COLOUR

(^1) ¿ОФ. Thursday I had an (^2) interview for a job. I
got up^3 and dressed^4 I put on my
(^5) jacket and trousers, to look my (^6) I had
to travel by train, so I walked to the station which isn't^7
from my house. I was walking quite^8 when I saw a man
just ahead painting his fence with red paint. He didn't notice me as I
walked^9 Then he turned suddenly and splashed my
(^10) trousers! He had acted (^11) and he
apologized, but the damage was done. There was a big store on the
corner, so I decided to buy a new pair^12 I could change
on the train. 113 found a nice pair, which I bought quite
1 4 The shop was (^15) so I paid
1 5 grabbed my shopping-bag and left. On the train, I
went to the toilet to change. I took off my stained trousers and threw
them out of the window. Then I opened the bag to get my
(^17) ones, but all I found was a pink woollen sweater!


. threw them out of the window

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