Find the right place of the adverbs given in brackets.

1. The teacher comes to class at 8.30 (always). 2. These children are on time for class (always). 3. I will remember you (always). 4. She is sleeping (probably). 5. They have finished their work (finally). 6. Do you eat breakfast (always)? 7. Anastasia knows what to say (hardly ever). 8. The mail comes at noon (usually). 9. The fax is here by evening (usually). 10. The post will be here soon (probably). 11. Ann stays home in the evenings (often). 12. Ann is at home on Saturday evening (often). 13. Ann will stay home tonight (probably). 14. Steve wrote me a letter (finally). 15. The semester is over (finally). 15. The semester is over (finally). 16.I have finished my essay (finally). 17. Do you study at the library (usually)? 18.Is the teacher absent (ever)? 19. What did you say (just)? 20. What time do you eat lunch (generally)? 21. Do you feel homesick (sometimes)? 22. My daughter stays overnight with our relatives (occasionally).

Exercise 3.

Give the degrees of comparison of the following adverbs.

1. fast; 2. hard; 3. late; 4. slowly; 5. carefully; 6. clearly; 7. fluently; 8. regularly; 9. intensively; 10. well; 11. badly; 12. far; 13. much; 14. little.

Exercise 4. Choose the necessary word.

1. There is a ….. lake in the forest. We were ….. touched by their invitation. (deep, deeply) 2.He managed the task …. Matt did … work.(good, well). 3. The boxer was hit very …. We … know what to do next. (hard, hardly). 4. We are sisters and we are … to each other. The inspector examined the papers …. (close, closely). 5. Such equipment is … used in all clinics. This shop has a … choice of goods. (wide, widely). 6. My mother lives quite … me. Hurry up, it’s … midnight. (near, nearly). 7. Will you come home … today? Have you bought anything new …? (late, lately). 8. –The dress is … decorated with ribbons. – Yes, and it is … expensive. (pretty, prettily). 9. The prisoner tried … to escape but failed. Mel has … recovered from the shock. (hard, hardly). 10. Do you feel … today? I feel … about my latest progress. (good, well). 11. She was … hurt and was taken to hospital. It certainly was … news to her family. (bad, badly).

Exercise 5. Say if the underlined words are adjectives or adverbs.

1. It is early spring. 2. He gets up early. 3. He took a fast train to Odessa. 4. He walked very fast. 5. Most newspapers come out daily. 6. This is a daily newspaper. 7. He returned from a long journey. 8. Did he stay here long? 9. They have very little time. 10. She eats very little. 11. She reads very much. 12. He drew a straight line. 13. He went straight down the street. 14. Vladivostok is in the Far East. 15. They didn’t walk far yesterday. 16. This year he works more and better than last year. 17. I have more books than you. 18. He has a better voice than his sister. 19. You would write better if you had a better pen.

Exercise 6. Choose the suitable word given in brackets.

1. The question is quite (simple, simply). 2. She explained it quite (simple, simply). 3. They lived (happy, happily). 4. The children were (happy, happily). 5. She spoke to him (cold, coldly). 6. Her hands were (cold, coldly). 7. He wrote his dictation (bad, badly). 8. This story isn’t (bad, badly). 9. This is a (comfortable, comfortably) arm- chair. 10. He traveled (comfortable, comfortably). 11. He spoke (quiet, quietly).12. His voice was (quite, quietly). 13. Do you (serious, seriously) want to go there? 14. It is a very (serious, seriously) thing. 15. He didn’t write his dictation (good), well. 16. She can speak English (good, well). 17. The work was done (perfect, perfectly). 19. She is quite (helpless, helplessly). 20. She looked at them (helpless, helplessly).21. He is very (brave, bravely). 22. He acted (brave, bravely). 23. His answer was quite (clear, clearly). 24. There figures (clear, clearly) show the development of industry. 25. I don’t know the (exact, exactly) time of their arrival. 26. I don’t know (exact, exactly) time of their arrival. 27. He looked at me (sad, sadly). 28. It is (sad, sadly) that he is still ill.

Exercise 7. Rewrite the sentences and put the adverbs in places.

1. I get letters from my father (often). 2. He will come (to-morrow, here). 3. Have you seen him (yet)? 4. The postman has come (just). 5. Have you heard it (ever)? 6. I write to him (often), but he answers my letters (seldom). 7. He goes to bed at eleven o’clock (usually). 8. He told me about it (often, before). 9. I have been there (never). 10. It is ten o’clock (already). 11. Have you finished your work (yet)? 12. She is working in the garden (still). 13. We see them (seldom). 14. He meets them (often). 15. He has returned (just). 16. Have you seen this film (ever)? 17. He gets up so late (never). 18. He will come to Moscow (soon). 19. They are in Leningrad (still). 20. You must go there alone (never). 21. She can get interesting books from the library (always). 23. She can see them (often). 24. You must ask him about it (never). 27. The letter has been sent off (just).