Adverbs






Vamos estudar os advérbios da gramática inglesa.


Para dizermos
como alguém faz algo, usamos um advérbio:


Como ele dirige?
Ele dirige
cuidadosamente.

    How does he drive?
    He drives
carefully.


Veja como formamos um advérbio de um
adjetivo:


Um motorista
cuidadoso - A careful driver.


careful - cuidadoso
careful
ly - cuidadosamente


Regular adverbs:

quick - quickly
bad - badly
easy - easily
immediate - immediately
etc

Irregular adverbs:

good - well
hard - hard
fast - fast

Exercises

1 Match a verb or phrase in A with an adverb in B.

a

run          
work           
dance       
speak two languages           
do your homework

b

hard       
beautifully   
fluently        
carefully                                  
fast


2 Put the word in brackets in the correct place in the sentence. If necessary, change the adjective to
   an adverb.

a Mary dances. (good)

   ______________________________________________________________

b When I saw the accident, I phoned the police. (immediate)

   ______________________________________________________________

c Please speak. I can't understand you. (slow)

   ______________________________________________________________

d Don't worry. Justin is a driver. (careful)

   ______________________________________________________________

e Jean-Pierre is a Frenchman. He loves food, wine and rugby. (typical)

   ______________________________________________________________

f We had a test today. (easy)

   ______________________________________________________________

g We all passed. (easy)

   ______________________________________________________________

h You speak English. (good)

   ______________________________________________________________

i  We had a holiday in Spain, but unfortunately we had weather. (terrible)

   ______________________________________________________________


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