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He often helps me.

Он частопомогает мне.

He is always in time for the lessons.

Он всегдавовремя приходит на уроки.

I’ll wait till tomorrow.

Я подожду до завтра.

Yesterdayshe left London.

Вчераона уехала из Лондона.

Ann is quite good at Mathematics.

Анна довольнохорошо знает математику.

She danced beautifully.

Она танцевала прекрасно.

She spoke French well.

Она говорила на французском языке хорошо.

He easily translated the text.

Он легкоперевел текст.

fast быстро

faster быстрее

fastest быстрее всего (всех)

hard тяжело, усердно

harder тяжелее, усерднее

hardest тяжелее, усерднее всего (всех)

early рано

earlier раньше

earliest раньше всего (всех)

beautifully красиво

more beautifully более красиво

most beautifully красивее всего (всех)

clearly ясно

more clearly яснее

most clearly яснее всего (всех)

well хорошо

better лучше

best лучше всего (всех)

badly плохо

worse хуже

worst хуже всего (всех)

much много

more больше

most больше всего (всех)

little мало

less меньше

least меньше всего (всех)

far далеко

farther/further дальше

farthest/furthest дальше всего (всех)

Exercise 1.

Give the comparative and superlative of the following adverbs.

badly

clearly

far

little

often

bravely

correctly

fast

long

quickly

carefully

early

hard

much

slowly

cautiously

easily

late

near

well

Exercise 2.

Give the correct forms of the adverbs in brackets.

1.

On Mondays I come home ____ (late) than usual.

2.

The ____ (much) you read in English the ____ (soon) you enlarge your vocabulary.

3.

Winter, spring, summer, fall: I like winter ____ (well) of all.

4.

I speak German ____ (fluently) now than last year.

5.

Our grandfather smiled ____ (happily) than before.

6.

Planes can fly ____ (high) than birds.

7.

He worked ____ (hard) than ever before.

8.

She did the job ____ (badly) of all.

9.

They normally play much ____ (well).

10.

The car went ____ (fast) and ____ (fast).

Exercise 3.

Choose the appropriate word

1.

The tunnels of the London Tube are dug ____ deep/deeply below the surface of the earth.

2.

The bird flew ____ high/highly, we could ____ hard/hardly see it.

3.

She came to the party ____ pretty/prettily dressed.

4.

She loved her students ____ dear/dearly.

5.

His poetry is ____ wide/widely known throughout the world.

6.

I am ____ deep/deeply interested in the happy conclusion of this problem.

7.

Tom Smith was a ____ hard/hardly patient to cure.

8.

She is a ____ high/highly educated woman.

9.

You paid too ____ dear/dearly for this pair of shoes.

10.

You will have to work real ____ hard/hardly to get everything done as planned.

Exercise 4.

State whether the words in bold type are adjectives or adverbs. Translate the sentences into Russian.

1.

a) He stayed a long time with us. b) He stayed long with us.

2.

a) The patient breathed hard. b) He had had a hard day at the hospital and was tired out.

3.

a) He returned late yesterday. b) He returned in the late autumn.

4.

a) Moving fast made you thirsty. b) He could reach London quicker on a fast river ship.

5.

a) We’ll get to sleep; we want to get an early start tomorrow. b) The next day I woke up very early.

6.

a) At the far end of the room there was nothing. b) There is no need to go far.

7.

a) I could hear from the stairs that they were talking very loud. b) But at that moment a loud knocking was heard at the hall door.

8.

a) Do you have plans to expand or upgrade it in the near future? b) They met the next day in the woods near Danny’s house.