ADJECTIVES AND ADVERBS ER or EST for ONE SYLLABLE and two SYLLABLES ending in -y or -er (easy, happy, pretty,

dirty, clever) SPELLING one syllable with the spelling consonant + single vowel + consonant: double the final consonant: big bigger biggest fat fatter fattest silent 'e' is dropped Example: late-later-latest final 'y' after a consonant becomes 'i' Example: easy-easier-easiest TWO SYLLABLES Which one do I use - ER/EST or MORE/MOST? Most use more/most. Adjectives ending in -ly generalizefriendlier and more friendly are both used. handsome, polite, pleasant, common, quiet If you are not sure, use MORE + OR MOST Adverbs ending in -ly (happily) use more or most

THREE OR MORE SYLLABLES - MORE/MOST

Exceptions Good Well Bad Ill Little Far (place/time) Far (place) Some/ More/ Many better better worse worse less further farther more best best worst worst least furthest farthest most

ADVERBS In general: adjective + -ly slow slowly Exceptions in spelling silent 'e' is dropped in true, due, whole y becomes i le after a consonant is dropped after ll only add y ending in ic ally (exception public publicly) Ending in ly becomes in a way true truly happy happily sensible sensibly full fully Fantastic fantastically In a friendly way

Exceptions adjective good Fast Difficult Public Deep Direct Hard high late most near pretty short The following adjectives are also used as adverbs (without modificatio n): adverb (meaning) adverb (meaning) well fast With difficulty publicly Deep (=place) Deeply (=feelings) Direct Directly (=soon) hard hardly (=seldom) High (=place) highly (=figurative) late lately (=recently) most mostly (=usually) near nearly (=almost) pretty (=rather) prettily short shortly (=soon) daily, enough, early, far, fast, hourly, little, long, low, monthly, much, straight, weekly, yearly, ...

Verbs not (*normally) used in continuous tenses.

The sen ses feel* hear see* smell* taste* know Emotional Mental Possession Existence

amaze appreciate astonish care* dislike envy fear hate like love mind need please prefer surprise want*

believe desire doubt* feel* forget* imagine* know mean* realize recognize remember* suppose think* understand want*

belong have* own possess

appear* be* consist of contain cost* exist include* look* matter owe resemble seem sound weigh*

* The verbs marked with an asterisk have different meanings. Here are some examples:
I have included the verbs that do not take the continuous senses emotions etc. because another quirk is - they are not followed by an adverb. Compare: The soup tastes good (state) I have a cold so I cannot taste very well. The building looks strange (state) Why is he looking at me strangely? It feels gentle. I am feeling it gently.

Some verbs and their different meanings

She appears worried Clannad is appearing on stage tonight (= Performing) She is usually very polite. Today she is being very rude (= different behaviour) This massage feels great. (= has a pleasant feeling) I don't feel well today. (= am sick, can be I am not feeling well today both tenses) I have a new car. I am having a bath (= taking)
I see her in the garden.

I am seeing the doctor. (= appointment) I am seeing her. (= Dating) The soup smells/tastes good. I am smelling/tasting the soup (= sniffing) He thinks the test is easy. She is thinking about the question. (= pondering) The parcel weighs a lot. (= heavy) She is weighing the parcel. (= putting on scales )

1. Correct, 2. quick, 3. exact, 4. awful, 5. dangerous, 6. magnificent, 7. beautiful, 8. perfect, 9. sensible, 10. slow, 11. soft 12. good 13. awful, 14. fast 15. late 1. He ______defined the terms. The answer sounded _____ 2. She ____ adjusted the fees. She adapted ___to any situation. 3. He measured the floor __ . They proved to be ____ measurements 4. The stillness of the tomb was __ The tomb was ____ still. 5. It was a ____ lake to swim in. The man was ______drunk. The gas smelled _____ 6. She performed _____ It was a ______beautiful performance. 7. Her voice sounds ____ She sang the song ____ as it was written. 8. We heard it _____ 9. He was a very ___ person. He acted very ______ 10. Mike wrote too ____ on the exam. He always writes ____ 11. Talk ____ or don't talk at all. The music played ____ 12. Andrea knows the material very ___ She always treats us ____ 13. Its ___cold today. The cold wind is ____. 14. I had to run _____ to catch the bus 15. I havent seen him _____ . you win is not near/ly as important as how you play. 17. Terrence plays quarterback as good/well as Brian 18. The game had/hadn't hardly begun before it started to rain. 19. This was sure/ly a mild winter. 20. Jane behaves more pleasant/ly than Joan. 21. When you are a parent, you will think different/ly about children. 22. I felt bad/ly about not having done well on my final exams. 23. I felt safe/ly enough to go out at night on my own. 24. Asian music often sounds odd/ly to Western listeners. 25. Does your car run good/well enough to enter the race? 26. Dogs rely on their noses as they can smell extreme/ly / good/well. If that is true, why does dog food smell so terrible/ly 27. There was so much work that, although the women worked hard/ly, they could hard/ly finish on time
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