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other adverbs / like sport very much.

Some ad ve r b s tell you wh e n , w h e r e or ho w m u c h something happens.

I'm going away tomorrow. We ran downhill. The accident happened there.
We don't go out much. I watch TV a lot. I play the guitar a bit. He sings a little.

These adverbs often come at t h e e n d o f a s e n t e n c e . They do no t come be t w e e n t h e v e r b a n d t h e o b j e c t .
VERB OBJECT ADVERB
She speaks English well. (NOT She speaks well English.)
They make very good bread here. (NOT They-m&ke here very-geed-bread.)
1 bought a lot of clothes yesterday.
We didn't enjoy the holiday much.
1 like sport very much. (NOT / like very much sport.)

Make sentences with adverbs from the box. (Different answers are possible.)

carefully clearly correctly perfectly slowly tomorrow much yesterday *1
► soup/cook/the C-oote the sout£ slowluj. OR c^ooiz the 9ouy>oare^ullL^.

1 the / read / 1/ letter .....................................................................................................

2 computer/bought/a / 1 ..................................................................................................
3 name/your/write .....................................................................................................
4 see/ must /the /doctor /you ..........................................................................................
5 languages/speaks/he/four ..........................................................................................
6 the /you /write /address /didn't ....................................................................................

7 skiing / don't like / 1 .....................................................................................................
8 speak/ and / please (two adverbs) ...................................................................................

Write about six things that you like very much.

1 I like.................................................. very much. 4
2 ............................................................................. 5
3 ............................................................................. 6

Adverbs can go before adjectives, and before past participles (for example broken, finished),
terribly sorry (NOT terrible sorry) nearly ready completely finished

Complete the sentences with words from the box. (Different answers are possible.)

badly beautifully completely extremely happily/ nearly terribly very well

► Joe and Ann have been ................. married for twenty-five years.

1 I'm ................................... sorry to tell you that we have no more tickets.
2 There's nothing to eat - the fridge is ................................... empty.
3 The book's................................... written but it's not very interesting.
4 After walking all day, David was................................... tired.
5 The food here is ................................... cooked but they don't give you enough.
6 'Is your new house ready yet?' 'No, but it's................................... finished.'
7 Languages were................................... taught at my school, so I didn't learn much French.

8 I'm ................................... pleased to tell you that you've passed your exam.

In some answers, both contracted forms (for example I'm, don't) and full ADJECTIVES AND ADVERBS 213
forms (for example lam, do not) are possible. Normally both are correct.