MANNER (54) ENGLISH VOCABULARY FOR ELEMENTARY

ENGLISH VOCABULARY FOR ELEMENTARY

MANNER (54)

Adjectives and adverbs can describe manner, i.e. how we do something.
A	FAST AND SLOW adjectives This is a fast car. This is a slow car. adverbs This car goes very fast. This car goes very slowly.
B	LOUD /laud/ AND QUIET /ˈkwaɪət/ adjectives The music is too loud. It’s very quiet here. adverbs The children sang loudly. The teacher speaks very quietly. We can’t hear him.
C	GOOD AND BAD adjectives She’s a good driver. He’s a bad driver. adverbs She drives well. He drives badly.
D	RIGHT AND WRONG This sentence is right. I like coffee very much. √ This sentence is wrong. I like very much coffee. X
E	EXPRESSIONS WITH WAY He’s speaking in a friendly way. She’s speaking in an unfriendly way. You’re doing that the wrong way. Let me show you the right way to do it.

Exercises

54.1	Complete the sentences. 1 This train is slow. It goes very ___slowly____ 2 He is a bad singer. He sings very _____________ 3 She is always loud. She speaks very _____________ 4 He’s a fast swimmer. He swims very _____________ 5 This girl is quiet. She always speaks _____________ 6 He’s a good English-speaker. He speaks English _____________
54.2	Complete the sentences. 1 Please don’t play your music so ____loudly_____ I’m trying to study. 2 Let’s take ___________ the train, not the fast one. 3 Katie is very ___________ at French but bad at German. 4 Why is Fiona behaving ___________ an unfriendly way? 5 I hope this is the ___________ answer. 6 It is better to do something well than to do it ___________ 7 The children are playing very ___________ - they know that grandma is asleep. 8 Did I do this exercise ___________ right way?
54.3	Are the definitions right or wrong? Use a dictionary. word definition right (√) wrong (X) suddenly very slowly X sadly in an unhappy way strangely not in a normal way quickly very slowly easily with no difficulty
54.4	Complete these sentences about yourself and your friends or family. 1 My _________sister plays tennis___________well. 2 My _______________________ badly. 3 I _______________________ fast. 4 My _______________________ slow. 5 My _______________________ quiet. 6 I _______________________ loudly. 7 My _______________________ in a friendly way. 8 I _______________________ the right way.

ANSWER KEY

54.1	2	badly
	3	loudly
	4	fast (NOT fastly)
	5	quietly
	6	well

54.2	2	slow
	3	good
	4	in
	5	right
	6	badly
	7	quietly
	8	the

54.3	suddenly✗ sadly✓ strangely✓ quickly✗ easily✓ Suddenly means very quickly, when you are not expecting it. Quickly is similar to ‘fast’ when fast is an adverb, not when it is an adjective.

54.4	Possible answers
	2	My brother speaks German badly.
	3	I usually eat too fast.
	4	My dog is old and very slow.
	5	My voice is quiet.
	6	I like to sing loudly.
	7	My mum always behaves in a friendly way.
	8	I like to do things the right way.