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UNIT 3 COMPARISON OF ADVERBS
Adverbs can be used to compare actions: I arrived sooner than you did.
1. The comparison forms for adverbs are the same as those for adjectives: One-syllable adverbs that compare two actions and the adverb early end in – er: Ted ran fast er today. She got up earli er. To compare more than two actions, they use the suffix – est: Ted ran the fast est of all. John got up the earli est. With a longer adverb and all adverbs in – ly (except early) more and most are usually used for comparing actions: I see more clearly. I see most clearly. I drove more carefully than John. Tim drove most carefully of all. 2. The adverb often and some adverbs that can be used in informal English as adjectives without –ly (e.g. quick/quickly, slow/slowly, cheap/cheaply see Unit 4) have both the forms of comparison: oftener – oftenest and more often – most often; cheaper – cheapest and more cheaply – most cheaply: You can buy them cheapest here, and You can buy them more cheaply here.
3. Some adverbs, as their correspondent adjectives, have irregular forms of comparison, for example, badly – worse – worst (see Chapter 2. Adjectives. Unit 4. Comparison, Irregular forms).
4. The adverbs in the superlative degree may be used with or without the definite article the if the prepositional phrase of all is used or meant: He ran (the) fastest of all. If this phrase is not meant, the definite article is not used: I work best in the morning ‘Я работаю лучше всего утром’. E x e r c i s e s Complete each sentence by writing the correct form of the adverb in brackets. 1) Jean worked (fast) than Debbie. 2) Debbie finished (late) that Jean 3) Of all the girls, Lily worked the (late). 4) She worked (carefully) of all. 5) No one tried (hard) than Den. 6) Of all the birds, they flew the (quietly). 7) The swan swam (peacefully) than the duck. 8) The beautiful black swan swam the (near) to me of all the birds. 9) He swam (slowly) than the white swan. 10) I will be back here (soon) than you. 11) Of the three shopping centers, this one has (few) stores.
Translate the sentences. 1) Лучше всего я знаю английский. 2) Я знаю английский лучше всех. 3) Сейчас я вижу яснее. 4) Я вел машину аккуратнее, чем Джон. 5) Я прибыл быстрее, чем ты. 6) Джон знал предмет хуже всех. 7) Джефф поднялся раньше всех. 8) В этом случае артикль используется чаще. 9) Чаще всего артикль используется в следующих случаях. 10) Это слово употребляется чаще. 11) Здесь вы можете купить фрукты дешевле. 12) Мы продаем свой товар дешевле всех. UNIT 4 ADJECTIVES OR ADVERBS?
Sometimes a word is recognized as an adjective or an adverb by its function: an adjective modifies mostly a noun or pronoun and an adverb modifies mostly a verb: Are you a quiet (adj) person? Do you speak quietly (adv)? Some adjectives and adverbs are recognized by their form: quiet (adj) and quiet ly (adv). Yet the difference between these two parts of speech is not clear-cut. The same form for adjectives and adverbs Some adverbs of manner and time have the same form as adjectives (See also Unit 1): a) Some derived adjectives like adverbs end in – ly: love ly, live ly, order ly, friend ly, dai ly, month ly, like ly. (Cf.: It was his daily duty and Most newspapers appear daily; It is a likely excuse and The rain is likely to stop.) b) A few simple words like fast, slow, deep, early, late, well, long, hard, right, wrong, high function as either adverbs or adjectives depending on what they modify: Adjective Adverb a fast train (modifies train) he ran fast (modifies ran) a slow watch (modifies watch) go slow (modifies go) an early bird (modifies bird) she came early (modifies came) a well child (modifies child) she played well (modifies played) a hard chair (modifies chair) she works hard (modifies works) the late student (modifies student) they slept late (modifies slept)
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