Unit 13. Adjective/Adverb.

Exercise 1. Correct the words underlined where necessary.

Example: Our holiday was too short – the time went quick. – Our holiday was too short – the time went quickly.

1. The police declared that driver of the car was serious injured. 2. Be quiet, please. I’m preparing for my test in constitutional law. 3. The defendant waited nervous in the hall before the hearing of his case. 4. Why was the solicitor so unfriendly when I saw him yesterday? 5. It rained continuous for three days and all the evidence was destroyed. 6. Mr. and Mrs. Smith were very happy married, no one could even imagine that they would divorce. 7. This student’s French is no very good but his German is almost fluent. 8. The president of this commercial enterprise lived in America for five years, so she speaks very well English. 9. Ann likes wearing colourful clothes, but they are inappropriate in the courtroom. 10. Sue is terrible upset about losing her job, unfortunately she is unemployed now. 11. Felony is any of the more seriously crimes such as murder, larceny, arson and aggravated assault. 12. Evidence which is obtained from the unlawfully search may not be used in a criminal proceeding.

Exercise 2. Choose a word from each box to complete each sentence.

Example: Maria learns languages … . – Maria learns languages incredibly quickly.

A: Absolutely, reasonably, badly, incredibly, completely, totally, fully, extremely, unusually, slightly, bitterly, badly, seriously.

B: Cheap, destroyed, planned, changed, disappointed, quiet, damaged, insured, organized, sorry, quickly, ill, enormous.

1. The visitors thought the restaurant would be expensive but it was … . 2. This suspect is in hospital, the media reported him to be… . 3. The fire destroyed our house but luckily we were … . 4. After his uncles death he inherited a big house! It’s … . 5. It wasn’t a serious accident. The car was only … . 6. A lot of things went wrong during his speech because it was … . 7. The children are normally very lively but they are … . today. 8. When the convict returned home after 10 years, everything had … . 9. I’m … about loosing your book. I’ll buy you another one. 10. The attorney was … that he didn’t get the job. 11. It was an arson. The building was … in fire. 12. The meeting was very … and few people came.

Exercise 3. Correct the mistake where necessary. Pay attention to the use of adjectives or adverbs.

Example: We lost the case because we didn’t prepare good. – We lost the case because we didn’t prepare well.

1. Ann is a magistrate. She has been working a lot recent. 2. Give my best wishes to your clients. I hope they are finely. 3. The suspects behaved very good. 4. The justice tried hardly to remember the plaintiff’s name but he couldn’t. 5. After graduating from law faculty Jack has started his own business. Everything is going quite good. 6. The professor was reading the lecture too quick. The students asked him to read more slow. 7. See you soonly! 8. If you want to be a policeman you must be a fast runner. All policemen can run very fastly. 9. I got up lately this morning. 10. Your writing is terrible. I can hard read it. 11. The company’s financial situation is not well at present. It may become bankrupt. 12. One of the unusually features of the American judicial system is the power to declare legislation unconstitutional.

Exercise 4. Choose the most suitable word in each sentence.

Example: Your cold sounds terrible/terribly. – Your cold sounds terrible.

1. That is an intense/intensely detective story. 2. The criminals only pretend not to know English. They speak English fluent/fluently. 3. We must figure our income tax returns accurate/accurately. 4. We don’t like to drink bitter/bitterly tea. 5. The Justice of Peace will arrive soon/soonly and we’ll begin the hearing. 6. He had an accident because he was driving too fast/fastly. 7. The food in the restaurant always tastes good/well. 8. The investigator remained calm/calmly despite the fact that interrogation went wrong. 9. They became sick/sickly after eating the contaminated food. Now they want to offset a disadvantage. 10. Professor looked quick/quickly at the students’ sketches. 11. Mike was working diligent/diligently on the project. 12. The music sounded too noisy/noisily and all the neighbours were filled with indignation.

Exercise 5. Complete the sentences with adverbs. The first letters of each adverb are given.

Example: In different countries revolutionary methods vary gre… . – In different countries revolutionary methods vary greatly.

1. A total stoppage of all economic activity would paralyze society com… . 2. The contest at election time is the means nor… used in the struggle for power. 3. The natural law and legal positivism theories of law look dif… at the relationship of law to human actions. 4. Law is not sim… a set of rules that can be classified, memorized and written. 5. The natural law theory contends that nature ordains the law indep… of human action. 6. A society’s legal system and laws are clo… integrated into its social structure. 7. The legal realists are more concerned with how the legal system act… operates. 8. Values usu… develop from religious or organizational influences, though they may also evolve from personal experiences. 9. His… , the courts in England existed long before the legislative body known as the Parliament. 10. Although Roman law existed as ear… as A.D. 100, its influence was minimal for centuries. 11. Despite the differences among the legal system in various societies, these systems gen… perform certain functions. 12. The term statutory law generally refers to the laws that have been for… adopted by legislative bodies.

Exercise 6. Translate the sentences from Russian into English.

1. В последние годы общественное право стало все более значимо в коммерческой деятельности. 2. Приблизительно в 5:30 утра автомобиль ответчика врезался в автомобиль истца. 3. В системах общего и гражданского права судопроизводство очень сильно различается. 4. Вероятно, самая главная функция права поддерживать правопорядок в обществе. 5. Поскольку постоянно происходят экономические, технологические и социальные изменения, Американская правовая система должна оставаться динамичной. 6. Правовая система США разработана таким образом, что законодательные полномочия разделены как по горизонтали, так и по вертикали. 7. Законодательная система штатов может решать многие проблемы внутри штата более эффективно, чем федеральное правительство. 8. Если невозможно одновременно следовать как законам штата, так и федеральным законам, то последние преобладают. 9. Как мы недавно отметили, конституция разделяет полномочия федерального правительства на три категории: законодательные, исполнительные и судебные. 10. Правительственные агентства выполняют административные функции, которые традиционно ассоциируются с другими ветвями правительства. 11. Иногда публикация в местной газете дает повод для судебного разбирательства. 12. Федеральные суды географически распределены по 13 округам по всей стране.