tailieunhanh - schaum s outline of english grammar 2nd edition phần 9

Tham khảo tài liệu 'schaum s outline of english grammar 2nd edition phần 9', ngoại ngữ, ngữ pháp tiếng anh phục vụ nhu cầu học tập, nghiên cứu và làm việc hiệu quả | 110 ADVERBS CHAP. 6 Adverbs of assertion answer the question true or false She will surely be hired for the job. She is not acceptable in my home. 3. In the following sentences underline all adverbs and identify their functions as shown in these examples I cannot forgive you completely. degree Lately I have had many colds. time She certainly is our best speaker. assertion 1. Teachers sometimes make bad mistakes. 2. I may possibly join the two of you. 3. He almost lost his way. 4. He fell awkwardly to the kitchen floor. 5. Men never make passes at girls who wear glasses. 6. He lived carefully. 7. Finally our train arrived. 8. Have you ever gone there 9. He has been paid less than I. 10. The bus leaves soon. 11. Yes I will go to sleep. 12. You will undoubtedly be reprimanded. 13. lam guardedly optimistic. 14. You must move quickly. 15. Go west young man. DISTINGUISHING ADVERBS FROM ADJECTIVES Many words in English function both as adjectives and adverbs. The surest way to tell whether a particular word is an adjective or an adverb in a given sentence is to determine what its function is in the sentence. For this you must go back to the fundamental distinction between an adjective and an adverb adjectives modify nouns and pronouns adverbs modify everything else. The following list supplies some of the words that are used both as adjectives and adverbs bad fast right better first rough bright hard second cheap high sharp close late slow deep little smooth doubtless loose straight early loud third enough low tight even much well fair near worse far quick wrong CHAP. 6 ADVERBS 111 Many of these words also have forms ending in -ly badly brightly cheaply deeply etc. The -ly forms are preferred in formal English by some grammarians and in many instances are used exclusively in certain idiomatic constructions. Consider the following sentences The arrow fell close to the mark. Observe him closely. She practices hard all day. She could hardly bend her fingers. In both pairs of