Unit 100. Adjectives and adverbs 1 (quick/quickly)
Unit 100; Part A
Look at these examples:
• Our holiday was too short - the time passed very quickly.
• Two people were seriously injured in the accident.
Quickly and seriously are adverbs. Many adverbs are formed from an adjective + -ly:
adjective: quick serious careful quiet heavy bad
adverb: quickly seriously carefully quietly heavily badly
Not all words ending in -ly are adverbs. Some adjectives end in -ly too, for example:
friendly lively elderly lonely silly lovely
Unit 100; Part C
We also use adverbs before adjectives and other adverbs. For example:
reasonably cheap (adverb + adjective)
terribly sorry (adverb + adjective)
incredibly quickly (adverb + adverb)
• It's a reasonably cheap restaurant and the food is extremely good.
• I'm terribly sorry. I didn't mean to push you. (not rerrible sorry)
• Maria learns languages incredibly quickly.
• The examination was surprisingly easy.
You can also use an adverb before a past participle (injured/organised/written etc.):
• Two people were seriously injured in the accident. (not serious injured)
• The meeting was very badly organised.
Exercises
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