Translate into English placing the adverbs in their right place, explain your choice and then check your answers.

1) Она перевернула быстро страницу.	She quickly turned the page/ She turned the page quickly.
2) Она быстро ходит.	She walks quickly.
3) Она хорошо говорит по-английски.	She speaks English well.
4) Он там жил всю свою жизнь.	He lived all his life there.
5) Он завтра уезжает.	He is leaving tomorrow/ Tomorrow he is leaving.
6) Он в деревне все еще.	He is still in the village.
7) Она его все еще ждет.	She is still waiting for him.
8) Она его все еще любит.	She still loves him.
9) Только что она пришла.	She has just come.
10) Она еще работу не закончила	She hasn't finished the work yet/ She hasn't yet finished the work.
11) Иногда я думаю, что она не вернется никогда.	Sometimes I think / I think sometimes /I sometimes think she will never come back.
12) Что-нибудь она всегда теряет.	She is always losing something.
13) Я никогда не мог понять причину.	I could never understand the reason.
14) Она говорит по-английски достаточно бегло.	She speaks English fluently enough.

 

 

UNIT 3 COMPARISON OF ADVERBS

Adverbs can be used to compare actions: I arrived sooner than you did.

 

1. The comparison forms for adverbs are the same as those for adjectives:

One-syllable adverbs that compare two actions and the adverb early end in – er: Ted ran fast er today. She got up earli er.

To compare more than two actions, they use the suffix – est: Ted ran the fast est of all. John got up the earli est.

With a longer adverb and all adverbs in – ly (except early) more and most are usually used for comparing actions: I see more clearly. I see most clearly. I drove more carefully than John. Tim drove most carefully of all.

2. The adverb often and some adverbs that can be used in informal English as adjectives without –ly (e.g. quick/quickly, slow/slowly, cheap/cheaply see Unit 4) have both the forms of comparison: oftener – oftenest and more often – most often; cheaper – cheapest and more cheaply – most cheaply: You can buy them cheapest here, and You can buy them more cheaply here.

3. Some adverbs, as their correspondent adjectives, have irregular forms of comparison, for example, badly – worse – worst (see Chapter 2. Adjectives. Unit 4. Comparison, Irregular forms).

 

4. The adverbs in the superlative degree may be used with or without the definite article the if the prepositional phrase of all is used or meant: He ran (the) fastest of all. If this phrase is not meant, the definite article is not used: I work best in the morning ‘Я работаю лучше всего утром’.

E x e r c i s e s

Complete each sentence by writing the correct form of the adverb in brackets.

1) Jean worked (fast) than Debbie.

2) Debbie finished (late) than Jean

3) Of all the girls, Lily worked the (late).

4) She worked (carefully) of all.

5) No one tried (hard) than Den.

6) Of all the birds, they flew the (quietly).

7) The swan swam (peacefully) than the duck.

8) The beautiful black swan swam the (near) to me of all the birds.

9) He swam (slowly) than the white swan.

10) I will be back here (soon) than you.

11) Of the three shopping centers, this one has (few) stores.

 

Translate the sentences.

1) Лучше всего я знаю английский.

2) Я знаю английский лучше всех.

3) Сейчас я вижу яснее.

4) Я вел машину аккуратнее, чем Джон.

5) Я прибыл быстрее, чем ты.

6) Джон знал предмет хуже всех.

7) Джефф поднялся раньше всех.

8) В этом случае артикль используется чаще.

9) Чаще всего артикль используется в следующих случаях.

10) Это слово употребляется чаще.

11) Здесь вы можете купить фрукты дешевле.

12) Мы продаем свой товар дешевле всех.