Tham khảo tài liệu 'grammar in use new part 31', ngoại ngữ, ngữ pháp tiếng anh phục vụ nhu cầu học tập, nghiên cứu và làm việc hiệu quả | Unit 100 A Adjectives and adverbs 1 quick quickiy 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 For spelling see Appendix 6. Not all words ending in -ly are adverbs. Some adjectives end in -ly too for example friendly lively elderly lonely silly lovely B Adjective or adverb Adjectives quick careful etc. tell us about a noun somebody or something . We use adjectives before nouns Sam is a careful driver. not a carefully driver We didn t go out because of the heavy rain. Adverbs quickly carefully etc. tell us about a verb how somebody does something or how something happens Sam drove carefully along the narrow road not drove careful We didn t go out because it was raining heavily not raining heavy Compare She speaks perfect English. adjective noun She speaks English perfectly. verb noun adverb We also use adjectives after some verbs especial Compare Please be quiet. 1 was disappointed that my exam results were so bad. Why do you always look so serious I feel happy. ly be and also look feel sound etc. Please speak quietly. I was unhappy that I did so badly in the exam not did so bad Why do you never take me seriously The children were playing happily. We also use adverbs before adjectives and other adverbs. For example C reasonably cheap terribly sorry incredibly quickly adverb adjective adverb adjective adverb adverb It s a reasonably cheap restaurant and the food is extremely good. I m terribly sorry. 1 didn t mean to push you. not terrible 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 .
