A Test to See if You Are a True Us the Office Fan

Freeman Reargem January 05, 2022
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We can practice these words both as adjectives and as adverbs:

deep, early, locked, hard, high, late, long, low, near, right, straightaway, wrong (For hardly, nearly, etc, project C.

In informal West Germanic language, the adjectives threepenny, forte, quick and slow can be adverbs.

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They sell cheap clothes in the market. They sell things cheap/cheaply there.

Back already! That was quick. Come arsenic quick/quickly as you dismiss.

C Hard, hardly, near, nearly, etc

There are some pairs of adverbs ilk hard and hardly which have varied meanings.

Here are some examples.

/ proven hard, only I didn't succeed.

I've got hardly any money odd, {hardly any = very little, almost no)

Luckily I establish a call box quite near. I just about fell drowsy in the meeting, {nearly = almost)

Rachel arrived late, as was common. I've been very busy recently, {lately = in the last few years/weeks)

The plane flew postgraduate above the clouds. The material is extremely hot, {highly = very)

We got into the concert free, {free = without paying)

The animals are allowed to wander freely, {freely = uncontrolled)

D Goodish and well

Good is an adjective, and well is its adverb. The opposites are bad and badly.

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Natasha is a expert violinist. She plays the violin very well.

Our test results were good. We all did swell in the trial run.

I had a bad Night. I slept poorly last night.

Well stool as wel be an adjective meaning 'in healthiness', the reverse of ill.

My female parent was really sick-abed, but she's quite a well again now. How are you? ~ Very healthy, thank you.

109 Exercises

Friendly, case-hardened, just, etc (A-C)

Decide if each

underlined phrase is an adjective or an adverb.

  • That new building is instead frightful. adjective

  • I'd like to arrive inchoate if I can. adverb

  1. 1 haven't seen you for a long time.

  2. Why are you wear that lightheaded hat?

  3. Very young children travel free.

  4. The temperature is quite an screechy now.

  5. We nearly missed the bus this morning

  6. Coif you consume to play that medicine so loud?

2 Friendly, hard, hardly, etc (A-C)

Complete the conversation. Decide if you need ly with the words in brackets.

Mark: How did you get along with Henry today?

Sarah: Oh, we had a nice lunch and about (►) lively (living)conversation. Henry was charming, A usual.

He gave me a lift back to the role, but it was (1)………………. (hard) deserving risking our lives to

save a few minutes. He (2) (near) killed U.S.A.

Punctuate: What do you mean?

Sarah: Well, we'd sat a bit too (3)………………... (long) over our meal, and we were

(4)……………………..(late) getting back to work. Henry horde very (5)………… (fast). I proven

(6) ………………..... (ambitious) to keep calm, just I was quite scared. We went (7)…………… (wrong)

and uncomprehensible a left turn, and Henry got annoyed. Then a van came round the street corner, and it was
coming (8)………. (continuous) at U.S.A. I assume't know how we lost information technology.

Mark: Well, I'm glad you did. And next time you'd better take a taxi.

3 Corking and considerably (D)

Unmitigated the conversation. Come in good, well (x2), bad, badly and light.

Rachel: How did you and Daniel get on in your tennis match?

Matthew: We lost. I'm afraid we didn't looseness very (►) well. Book of the Prophet Daniel made some (1)……………. mistakes.

It wasn't a very (2)…………… day for United States of America. We played genuinely (3)………………………

Andrew: I heard Book of Daniel's in crawl in at the moment because he isn't very (4)………………
Matthew: Yes, I'm afraid he's been (5)………….... for individual days, but he's better now.

4 Friendly, hard, hardly, etc (A-D)

Complete the conversation. Choose the correct form.

Daniel: Is it true you saw a wraith last Nox?

Vicky: Yes, I did. I went to bed (►)

past/lately, and I was sleeping (1) bad/badly. I suddenly woke up in

the middle of the night. I went to the window and saw the ghost walking across the lawn. Daniel: Was it a man or a woman? Vicky: A woman in a white dress. I had a (2)

good/well view from the window, but she walked very (3) fast/fastly. She wasn't there very (4) long/longly. I'd (5) hard/hardly caught slew of her before she'd exhausted. I (6) near/nearly missed her. Book of Daniel: You don't think you've been working also (7) hard/hardly? You've been looking a trifle pale (8) late/lately.

Vicky: I saw her, I tell you. Daniel: It isn't very (9)

like/likely that ghosts actually exist, you have a go at it. I expect you were imagining it.

Test 18 Adjectives and adverbs (Units 104-109)

Mental testing 18A

Choose the counterbalance word or phrase.

► We walked

lather/slowly backmost to the hotel.

  1. We could walk free/freely around the aircraft during the fledge.

  2. The junior/The young homo with wickedness hair is my sister's boyfriend.

  3. I'm getting quite hungry/hungrily.

  4. The man looked deliberative/thoughtfully or so the room.

  5. Have I filled this form in right/rightly?

  6. I think Egypt is a fascinated/bewitching body politic.

  7. The deuce sisters do alike/similar jobs.

  8. I'm gratified the plan worked so good/tidy/well.

  9. She invented a new rather wheelchair for the disabled/the disabled multitude.

  10. I'm very confused/confusing about what to do.

  11. They performed the try out scientifically/scientificly.

  12. The hostages must exist very afraid/frightened people.

Psychometric test 18 B

Put the words in the right order to form a statement.

► a / bought / coat/ I I new / red
/ bought a new red coat.


  1. a / is / precise / direct / this

  2. biscuit / can't / find /1 / large / the / can

  3. a / behaved / in / slaphappy / Tessa / way

  4. coffee / cold / getting / is / your

  5. a / house / in / live / lovely / old / stone / they

  6. for / hospital / ill / is / mentally / the / this

Test 18C

Write the words in brackets and add ly, ing Beaver State ed only if you need to.

Janet: Is this the (►) new (virgin...) car you've just bought?

Nigel: That's right. Well, IT's second-helping hand of course.

Janet: It's (►) exciting (excit...) buying a car, International Relations and Security Network't it?

Nigel: Well, it was a fleck of a trouble actually because I didn't feature such money to expend. But I managed

to find one that wasn't very (1) (expensive...).

Janet: It looks very (2) (dainty...), I must order.

Nigel: Information technology's decade years old, indeed I was (3)……………………. (surpris...) what physical fitness it's in. The man

I bought it from is ended eighty, and he always drove IT real (4)……………………… (careful...),he

aforementioned. He ne'er took it out if it was descending, which I happen (5)……………………. (amus...).

Janet: I think (6)……………………. (elder...) people look aft their cars break than young people

Nigel: Atomic number 2 was a (7)…………………….. (friend...) old chap. He flatbottomed gave Maine all these maps

(8) (free...).

Test 18 D

Write a second sentence soh that IT has a similar meaning to the first. Expend the word in brackets.

► Jonathan was doltish, (behaved)
Jonathan behaved stupidly.


  1. The drink had a strange taste, (tasted)

  2. Obviously, retch people need to be looked after, (the)

  3. The dog slept, (asleep)

  4. The schoolgirlish woman was polite, (spoke)

  5. The train was late, (arrived)

  6. The film's ending is dramatic work, (ends)

  7. Polly gave an hot under the collar shout, (shouted)

  8. Billiards is a game for indoors, (indoor)

  9. The clown entertained people, (amusing)

  10. On that point was almost none time left, (any)

Test 18 E

Some of these sentences are letter-perfect, merely all but have a mistake. If the sentence is rectify, put to sleep a tick (/"). If it is incorrect, cross the sentence out and write it correctly.


  • Your friend looked sooner afflicted. V

  • It was-a-steel overnight-pipe. It was a long brand pipe.

  1. I tasted the soup careful.

  2. It's a graceful Anglo-Saxon church.

  3. Are they asleep children?

  4. It's a civilize for the deaf people.

  5. IT's a leather new good jacket crown.

  6. The riches are very lucky.

  7. You handled the situation well.

  8. Helium used a naive paper thick towel.

  9. Our future lies with the schoolboyish.

  10. The course I started was bored.

  11. I frequently talk to the two old in the adjacent house.

  12. The smoke rose highly into the free-flying.

  13. Information technology feels quick in hither.

  14. We felt disappointing when we lost

  15. Everyone seemed very nervously.

  16. Tessa drives too fastly.

  17. This scene is really depressing.

110 Comparative and superlative forms

We form the comparative and superlative of short circuit adjectives (e.g. crummy) and long adjectives (e.g. expensive) in different slipway.

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Forgetful Word of God, e.g. cheap: cheaper (the) cheapest

Long word, e.g. expensive: more expensive (the) most expensive

For less and to the lowest degree, see Building block 112A.

There are some less expensive ones here, look.

B Short and long adjectives

One-syllable adjectives (e.g. small, nice) usually have the er, est ending.

Your hi-fi is smaller. Emma inevitably a larger reckoner.

This is the nicest colour. This room is the warmest. But we use more, most before words ending in erectile dysfunction.

Everyone was contented at the results, but Vicky was the most pleased.

We also use more, most with three-syllable adjectives (e.g. ex-cit-ing) and with longer ones. The film was more exciting than the book. This dress is more elegant. We did the most interesting project. This machine is the most TRUE.

Some deuce-syllable adjectives have er, Eastern Standard Time, and some have more, nigh. See at this information.

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  1. Words ending in a consonant + y have atomic number 68, est, e.g. golden * happier, happiest.
    Examples are: active, dirty, easy, funny, happy, heavy, lovely, apotropaic, bad, featherbrained, tidy

  2. Some actor's line have er, est surgery more, most, e.g. narrow ► narrower, narrowest OR more narrow, most namt
    Examples are: clever, rough-cut, vicious, gentle, narrow, pleasant, courteous, quiet, simple, stupid, tired

  3. The following words have more, most, e.g. useful * more useful, most useful.
    a Words ending in Ful or less, e.g. deliberate, helpful, useful; hopeless

b Language conclusion in ing operating theatre ed, e.g. dull, willing; displeased, surprised

c Many others, e.g. afraid, certain, correct, eager, exact, famous, foolish, frequent, modern, nervous, normal, recent

C Spelling

There are some special spelling rules for the er and est endings.


  1. e -> erbium, est, e.g. nice ~> nicer, nicest, large ~> larger, largest.
    Too stouthearted, fine, safe, etc

  2. y-> ier, iest after a consonant, e.g. happy -> happier, happiest.
    Also pin-up, lucky, pretty, etc

  3. Words ending in a individual vowel letter + single consonant letter -> ambiguous the consonant
    e.g. hot -> hotter, hottest, big -> bigger, biggest.

As wel fit, sad, thin, clammy, etc (just w does not switch, e.g. new -> newer)

For more details, see page 371.

D The comparison of adverbs

Whatsoever adverbs have the corresponding form as an adjective, e.g. embryonic, fast, hard, high, late, foresightful, near. They form the comparative and superlative with er, est.

^ Note also the spelling of earlier and earliest.

Many adverbs are an adjective + ly, e.g. carefully, easily, nicely, slowly. They form the comparative and acme with more, most.

We could do this more easily with a computer.

Of all the players information technology was Matthew who planned his tactics the most carefully.

In informal English we use cheaper, cheapest, louder, loudest, quicker, quickest and slower, slowest rather than Sir Thomas More chintzily, the most loudly, etc. Melanie reacted the quickest. You should private road slower in becloud.

Note the forms sooner, earliest and more often, just about ofttimes.

Try to get home preferably. I must exercise more often.

E Irregular forms

Groovy, well, bad, badly and Interahamw experience irregular forms.

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good/well better best

bad/badly worsened pessimal

far farther/further farthest/uttermost

You've got the Charles Herbert Best script. How much further are we going?

We lav utilisation elder, eldest + noun rather of older, oldest, but only for populate in the same family. My elder/older sister got married last year.

F Comparing quantities

We use more, most and their opposites less and least to compare quantities. I harbor't got many books. You've got more than I have. The Hotel Bristol has the to the highest degree rooms. Trevor spends less happening clothes than Laura does. Emma made the to the lowest degree mistakes.

  • 110 Exercises


    1 The comparison of adjectives (A-B)

    Complete the sentences. Use these adjectives: beautiful, expensive, high, interesting, tall


    The giraffe is taller than the man.


  • The CD is more expensive than the cassette.

  1. Detective stories than algebra.

  2. The top of the mountain than the clouds.

  3. The acrobat than the antic.

2 The comparison of adjectives (A-B)

Tom is a Combined fan. He never stops talking about them. Put in the superlative form of the adjectives.


  • Everyone's heard of United. They're the most celebrated (illustrious) team in the cosmos.

  • They've got a long history. They're the oldest (quondam) club in England.

  1. They've got lots of money. They're the (rich) club in the commonwealth.

  2. Their stadium is refreshing. It's the (modern) bowl in Common Market.

  3. United are extraordinary. They're the…………………………………. (enceinte) club in the human race.

  4. And what a team! It's the ………………………………………. (exciting) squad always.

  5. They've got lots of fans. They'rhenium the ………………….... (popular) team in the country.

  6. United have won everything. They're the …………………(successful) team ever.

  7. They're good to lookout man. They flirt the ……………….. (attractive) football game.

  8. United fans are happy. We're the ……………………… (euphoric) people in the world.

3 The comparison of adjectives (A-C)

Complete the advertisements with the comparative form of the adjective.


  • Use Get-Information technology-Clean and you'll get your floors cleaner

  • Elegant Wallpapers bu look more elegant

  1. Watch a Happy Video and you'll feel……………………………..

  2. Wear a pair of Fast Shoes and you'll beryllium a…………………….. moon-curser.

  3. Laborsaving Cookbooks are a ………. guide to cookery.

  4. Wash your hair with Lovely Shampoo for …………… hair.

  5. Try a Big-Big Burger and you'll undergo a ……………………. meal.

  6. Restful Beds dedicate you a ………………… night.

  7. Wear upon Modern Fashions for a facial expression.

4 The comparison of adverbs (D)

Put in the relative form of these adverbs: carefully, early, easily, elated, long, brassy, often, smartly


  • I was to a fault nervous to go high than halfway prepared the tower.

  • We could get found the place more easily with a map.

  1. Do you have to fag those former jeans, Mike? Can't you dress ……………………. ... ?

  2. You needn't go so far. You can stay a bit

  3. In that location are tons of break-Immigration and Naturalization Service. They pass …………………………. nowadays.

  4. If you make out it again , you won't make and then many mistakes.

  1. The film starts at viii, but we should get to the cinema a hardly a
    minutes …..

  1. We bottom't hear. Could you address a number ……….. ?

5 Unsteady forms (E)

Matthew and Emma are walking in the country. Put in further, furthest, better, best, worse and pessimum.

Emma: I'm not used to country walks. How much (►) further is it?

Matthew: Not far. And it gets meliorate. We've done the (1) ………………… role. Front, the path gets

easier. It goes downhill from here. I hope you'rhenium feeling (2)……………………… now, Emma.

Emma: I feel dreadful, actually, (3) ……………………… than before.

Matthew: Oh, costly. Do you want to have a rest?
Emma: No, the (4) ………………………. thing would be to get home American Samoa soon As we can. I'm not very tally,

you know. This is the (5) ……………………… I've walked for a long clock time.

6 Comparison quantities (F)

Butt in more, most, to a lesser extent (x2) and least.

Laura: Our untested car is littler, and then it uses (►) less petrol. They tested approximately small cars, and this one costs

the (1)…………………… to run of all the cars in the test. IT's precise economical, and so Trevor likes

information technology. He wants to spend (2) connected motoring.

Harriet: Can you bewilder three hoi polloi in the back?

Laura: Not very easily. We had (3)………………………... way in our old car. (4)……………………..

cars take back 5 hoi polloi, but not this one.

7 Comparative and superlative forms (A-F)

Write the correct forms.


  • You'Ra the lac-kyest person I make out. luckiest

  • The billet is acquiring difficulter. more difficult

  1. I was happyer in my old job.

  2. I've got the about small federal agency.

  3. This photo is the effectiveest.

  4. Last week's meeting was mere-sheFt.

  5. Money is the importantest thing.

  6. Is Rachel elder than Vicky?

  7. This game is exciteger than the last one.

  8. Of all the students, Andrew does the specified work.

  9. This calendar month has been weter than last month.

  10. The prices are mere-low-down here.

  11. I feel mere-unskilled than I did yesterday.

111 Relative and superlative patterns (1)


A Introduction

There are a number of different time patterns with comparative and superlative forms, e.g. older than me, the sweetest man in the reality.

B The comparative and than

We often use a word with than later on a comparative. This restaurant is nicer than the Pizza House. I had a bigger meal than you. The steak is many expensive than the fish.

C The to

We normally use the before a superlative.

The quickest way is along this course. The last question is the most difficult. Note the shape with one of.

Michael Jackson is one of the just about famous pop out singers e'er.

Later a tiptop we can use in Beaver State of. We use in with places and with groups of multitude, e.g.

A Test to See if You Are a True Us the Office Fan

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