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away, everywhere, here, nowhere, somewhere, there etc. A. If there is no object, these adverbs are usually placed after the verb: She went away. He lives abroad. Bill is upstairs. But they come after verb + object or verb + preposition + object: She sent him away. I looked for it everywhere. Adverb phrases, formed [...]
A. Adverbs of manner come after the verb: She danced beautifully or after the object when there is one: He gave her the money reluctantly. They speak English well. Do not put an adverb between verb and object. B. When we have verb + preposition + object, the adverb can be either before the preposition [...]
A. further, furthest These, like farther/farthest, can be used as adverbs of place/distance: It isn’t safe to go any further/farther in this fog.. But they can also be used in an abstract sense: Mr. A said that these toy pistols should not be on sale. Mr. B went further and said that no toy pistols [...]
When the same verb is required in both clauses we normally use an auxiliary for the second verb. A. With the positive form we use as … as with an affirmative verb, and as/so … as with a negative verb: He worked as slowly as he dared. He doesn’t snore as/so loudly as you do. [...]
A. With adverbs of two or more syllables we form the comparative and superlative by putting more and most before the positive form: Positive Comparative Superlative quickly fortunately more quickly more fortunately most quickly most fortunately Single-syllable adverbs, however, and early, add er, est: hard harder hardest early earlier earliest (note the y becomes i) [...]
A. List of adverbs and adjectives with the same form: back, hard, little, right*, deep*, high*, long, short*, direct*, ill, low, still, early, just*, much/more/most*, straight, enough, kindly, near*, well, far, late*, pretty*, wrong*, fast, left * Example: Used as adverbs: Used as adjectives: Come back soon. the back door You can dial Rome direct the [...]
Kinds of adverbs Manner: bravely, fast, happily, hard, quickly, well Place: by, down, here, near, there, up Time: now, soon, still, then, today, yet Frequency: always, never, occasionally, often, twice Sentence: certainly, definitely, luckily, surely Degree -.fairly, hardly, rather, quite, too, very Interrogative: when? where? why? Relative: when, where, why Form and use 29. The [...]
A. due, due to, owing to, certain, sure, bound, confident due, used of time, can take an infinitive: The race is due to start in ten minutes. But it can also be used alone: The plane was due (in) at six. It is an hour overdue. due to (preposition) means ‘a result of’: The accident [...]
A. Some of the most useful of these adjectives are given below, grouped roughly according to meaning or type. Some adjectives with several meanings may appear in more than one group. Starred adjectives can also be used with that-clauses. Sometimes that . . . should is more usual. In sections B-E, with the exception of [...]
A. many and much many (adjective) is used before countable nouns. much (adjective) is used before uncountable nouns: He didn ‘t make many mistakes. We haven’t much coffee. They have the same comparative and superlative forms more and most: more mistakes/coffee most men/damage many, much, more, most can be used as pronouns: He gets a [...]