OXFORD PRACTICE GRAMMAR-109 sau đây là giáo trình lý thuyết tiếng anh và bài tập áp dụng từ cơ bản đến nâng cao , nhằm giúp các bạn có thể tự mình ôn tập và củng cố thêm về nền tảng kiến thức môn Anh văn , tự tin đạt kết quả tốt trong kỳ thi ngoại ngữ | OXFORD PRACTICE GRAMMAR 109 ADJECTIVE OR ADVERB 2 A Friendly likely etc The ending ly is the normal adverb ending see Unit 108 . But a few adjectives also end in ly. Melanie was very friendly. It was a lively party. We had a lovely time. Some more examples are elderly likely lonely silly ugly The words are adjectives not adverbs NOT She-spoke to us friendly . And we cannot add ly. There is no such word as friendlily. But we can say in a friendly way manner. She spoke to us in a friendly way. If we need to use an adverb we often choose another word of similar meaning. It was lovely. Everything went beautifully. B Hard fast etc Compare these sentences. ADJECTIVE ADVERB We did some hard work. We worked hard. I came on the fast train. The train went quite fast. We can use these words both as adjectives and as adverbs deep early fast hard high late long low near right straight wrong For hardly nearly etc see C. In informal English the adjectives cheap loud quick and slow can be adverbs. ADJECTIVE ADVERB They sell cheap clothes in the market. They sell things cheap cheaply there. Back already That was quick. Come as quick quickly as you can. C Hard hardly near nearly etc There are some pairs of adverbs like hard and hardly which have different meanings. Here are some examples. tried hard but I didn t succeed. I ve got hardly any money left hardly any very little almost none Luckily I found a phone box quite near. I nearly fell asleep in the meeting nearly almost Rachel arrived late as usual. I ve been very busy lately lately in the last few days weeks The plane flew high above the clouds. The material is highly radioactive highly very We got into the concert free free without paying The animals are allowed to wander freely freely uncontrolled D Good and well Good is an adjective and well is its adverb. The opposites are bad and badly. ADJECTIVE ADVERB Natasha is a good violinist. She plays the violin very well. Our test results were good. We all did well in the test. I .
