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1 Write True or False after these statements' 1 An adjectivetells you more about a person, place or thing. 2 An adjective usuallYends in -/Y. 3 An adverb is a word which tells us how someone does something' 4 Good and fast are both adjectives and adverbs.

He,sslow driver. He drivesslowly. 5he3 a fast runner.Sheruns fast. Sheba good player. he plays well.

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/ waiting to take a history exam. Underlinethe correctalternative. 2 fwo stude:.ii-;;-: seN:How do You feel? rou: l'm (1 fine I finely).How about you? (3 dates. BEN: feeling 12 nervoust nervousty).I'm terrible I terribly)at rememberinq I'm when I'm {5 tired I tiredly). to I try (4 hard I hardly) rememberthem, but I can't, especially ror: You fook (6 tired I tiredly)now' yes, I went to bed (7 /ate t latetyllast night and I slept (B bad / badly)so now I can't think eeN: (9 c/ear/ clearlYl. roM: l'm (10g/adlgladly\ this is our lastexam.' sex:Yes.it's (11 wonderlul lwonderful/y)' isn't it.

3 Two parentsare looking at their son'sschoolreport. choosingthe correctwords from the box' Completethe sentences,

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at he'squite (1) .......9.999.. rhaihsbut l'm afraidlre didn't do (2) '.""""""' It says in the test at the md of the term'

FATHER: How about historY? MOTHR:

i n the exam and fh e y s a yh e tri e s(3 ).........' .' ...:' ....' ...." . he di dn' tdo (4)..' .-.' -." " " ' (5) te h a l th o u g h e a rri v e d n m i n utes .' .....,....... and l hated i t. (6) .......- French at re ? FATIIER: An d F re n c h l w a s a l w a y s a l l y he's because very a (7) but he makes lot of mistakes Theysayhe learns ............... s o h e musttry to be more(9) (8 ) ...............

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his problems' A foreign businessmanis in London for the first time. He'stelling a colleague about g*to+the mistakes he makes and.write the correct form' "

the understand undergroundtrains are guite fast but it isn,t-easily.to go 5o very confusingly. I usually by system it seems Underground and they go quite slow are Taxis expensive taxi - it's much easier. with the taxi my the because traffic'sso badly.5o I practise English but politefor a few mnutes then The problemis,they listen drivers. is and they gtarttalking- veryfast' My Enqlish they get impatiently them but and I try hardto undefstand quite good and I listencareful to speakclearand 5o I find it very difficultsQmetimes. I askthem carefullybut they speakjust asfast, but more loud'
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W HA T'S THE RULE ?

He'sa slow driven He drivesslowly. 5he3 a fast runner. Sheruns fast 5he3 a good player Sheplayswell.

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A Anna'shaving a driving lesson. Are fNsrRucroR: you nenous? aNNa: No, I'm fne. tNstRucroR: now drivecarefullyto the end of the road. OK, Don't drive quickly.Drivevery slowly.

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An adjectivedescribes noun (a person,placeor thing). a a An adverbdescribes verb. lt tells you how somethingis done. Answer the questions, 1 Do the words nervousand fine tell you about a Anna on b how shedrives?El 2 Arenervous and fine adjeetives adverbs? or .......,.:::i.::.y.r........... quickly aod slowlytell you about 3 Do the words carefully,
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B rsrnucroR: OK. that was good. You're driving well. But you're driving too fasi.

fasf Remember, driversare dangerous drivers. r: l'm trying hard to d.riveslowly. is 1 In the sentences above, good an adjective.'or,an adverb? .l+:il,;y.:.!i:ti........,.. h 2 ls well a n a d j e c ti v o r a n a d v e rb e re ? :........................ e .. and adverbs. fhe most commonare fast, hVrd,gprtyand /ate. Somewords are both adjectives Answer the questions, You'redrivingtoo fast,is fasfan acljective an adverb? 3 ln the sentence or ..,....- ,.*.............. 4lnt hephra s e fa s td ri v e rs ,i s fa s ta n a d j ecti veoranadverb?..i ..* .,....:.............

You seem very relaxed. How do you feel? C rsrnucron: ANNA:I'm fine- l.don't feel newous now. l'm getting more confidenf.

We use adiectives, not aclverbs, after these verbs: seem, look, fee!, get (become), sound, taste, smell. Underline the correct alternative. Anna ddn't feel (1 confident / confidentlyl at the beginning of the driving lessonbut now she'sdrivng quite (2 confident I confidently) and she doesn't seem (3 nervous I nervously).

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5 Hard , fa s t , ear lyand / at e ar e bot h . . . . , r 4. . . . . . . ; : . . . . . . ^ a n d . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . , . . . . . oot 6 After some verbs like seen,feel, look we use ...'...".:r".i::"";.::':.'...., adverbs.

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