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ADVERBS
Exercise 1 (Intermediate):
Adjective or adverb? Fill in the correct form.
a)
good:
She feels quite ....................
This medicine will do you ..............
Their last book sold very .....
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b) just:
She arrived ............. in time.
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He has ............... been called a liar.
That is .................. like you.
c)
close:
We sat ................. together.
We watched him ..........................
d) sad:
I looked at her ..................
Why do you look so ............ today?
e)
wrong:
Everything went ..............
They accused him .........................
f)
fair:
I know him ............... well.
You did not play ...............
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The boy hopes you will treat him .......................... .
g) hard:
It was dark and raining
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They pulled as ..................... as they could.
h) happy:
The boy looked .................. at his teacher, but the teacher did not look
.................... at all.
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polite:
Our new
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are very
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greet
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j)
serious:
k) friendly:
My daughter is ......................... ill. I'm being ................................. about it.
The new boss is a ......................... person. He treats his staff ..............................
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bad:
They had
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Exercise 2 (Intermediate):
Translate the German adverb with an English phrasal verb:
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Angeblich ist er krank.
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b) Vermutlich hast du Recht.
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c)
Ich traf ihn zufällig in London.
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d) Er ist wahrscheinlich zu Hause.
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Leider kann ich Ihnen
f)
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nicht helfen.
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Sicherlich treffe ich ihn heute Abend. .................................................................................
g) Ich möchte lieber nicht darüber reden. .................................................................................
h) Ich würde Sie gern einmal wiedersehen.
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SUPPLEMENT
Adverbs
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The following words are used both as
adjectives
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and
adverbs
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This is an early train.
The train leaves early.
This is a daily train service.
The train runs daily.
I'll take a fast train for the long journey.
He that runs fast will not run long.
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The little boy
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ate very little.
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A hard worker
works hard.
He hasn't got enough money,
for he doesn't work hard enough.
He laughs best
that laughs last.
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Some adjectives/adverbs have the same form, but different meaning:
adjective
adverb
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His only son died last week.
He was only twenty years old.
She is a pretty girl.
We were pretty tired.
Everything was still.
I still don't see what you mean.
I will do it right now.
You did not spell the word right.
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There are also adverbs with two forms and different meanings:
He knows how to buy cheap.
You can live there fairly cheaply.
These goods sell dear.
They love each other dearly.
I put my hand deep in my pocket.
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Our team played
fair.
I deeply regret his death.
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I had to work hard.
I could hardly find my way.
Don't speak so loud.
No gentleman dresses loudly.
You'll be late.
Have you heard of him lately?
He cut me short.
Shortly we'll be with you.
That serves you right.
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You were
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Adjectives, not adverbs, are used with the following verbs:
a) to be, seem, appear, look, prove, show (= Verben des Seins/Scheinens/Aussehens)
b) to lie, sit,
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stand, keep,
remain,
continue (= Verben der Ruhe);
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arrive (= Verb der Bewegung)
c) to get, grow, become, turn (= Verben des Werdens)
d) to feel, taste, smell, sound (= verbs of perception/sinnliche Wahrnehmung);
e) to make, appoint, name, elect, crown, create, consider (= Verben des Ernennens/
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With these verbs, the adjectives are subject complements (= predicative complements to the subject).
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For example in the sentence
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The weather is getting fine.
'fine' refers to the noun 'weather', not to the verb 'get'.
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In English phrasal
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to be fond of
gern
to hope
hoffentlich
to like to
gern
to like better
lieber
to be glad to
gern
to prefer
lieber
to be likely to
wahrscheinlich
to suppose
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to be said to
angeblich
to be supposed to
vermutlich
to be sorry
leider
to be sure
sicher
to be afraid
leider
to expect (that)
voraussichtlich
to chance to
zufällig
to be going to
gerade
to happen to
zufällig
to be on the point of gerade
to continue
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weiter
to seem to
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anscheinend
to go on
weiter
to be true
zwar
to keep (on)
dauernd
that is to say
nämlich
to finish by
zuletzt, schließlich
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