Institutionen för engelska Umeå Universitet SELF STUDY QUESTIONS THEME 8. Adjectives, Adverbs, and Aderbials

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1 Institutionen för engelska Umeå Universitet SELF STUDY QUESTIONS THEME 8 Adjectives, Adverbs, and Aderbials

2 2 Adjectives as noun phrase heads (Substantiverade adjektiv) 1. In Sweden, (de rika) pay more tax than others. 2. (De sista) stood waiting outside the cinema. 3. In some cultures, (de gamla) are highly respected by (de unga). 4. (Fransmännen) have more PCs per capita than any other nation in Europe. 6. (De sista) shall be first (St. Mathew, xix. 30) 7. (Det enda) we could do was to mortgage the house. 8. (Fransmännen) are arriving at She was (den enda) who could help us. 10. In my opinion, not enough is being made to help (de handikappade). 11. New aids are being developed for (de blinda). 13. (De handikappade) were helped into the stadium by the police. 14. (Den döve) could not hear the warning signals. 15. At 10, (de gamla) went to bed. 16. He loved (det bizarra). 17. The Government must provide better care for (de sjuka). 18. (Den blindes) only friend was his guide dog. 19. His taste is for (det makabra) and (det sjuka). 20. (De sjuka) were taken to a nearby hospital.

3 3 ADJECTIVES & ADVERBS Skriv -ly -formerna (adverbformerna) av följande adjektiv: a) PUBLIC b) TRUE c) PHYSICAL d) EASY e) ABSOLUTE f ) POSSIBLE g) SHY Adverb or adjective? 1. Curious / Curiously enough, they never replied to our letter. 2. The quality of this batch is better than usual / usually. 3. How stupid / stupidly of me to forget it! 4. They answered very rude / rudely. 5. We hope you will execute this order prompt / promptly. 6. He is an extreme / extremely clever negotiator. 7. That doesn t look good / well. 8. The pound stayed high / highly after a busy day on the foreign exchanges. 9. There will inevitable / inevitably be delays in fulfilling some of our orders. 10. Doesn t that sound a bit too optimistic / optimistically? 11. Interest rates fell sharp / sharply last week. 12. They were high / highly praised for their new product. 13. I m afraid you guessed wrong / wrongly.

4 4 14. I think you ve done very good / well. 15. They were unusual / unusually secretive about the whole thing. 16. It looked incredible / incredibly bad / badly. In some of the sentences below, an adverb should be used instead of the adjective given in brackets. Write the corresponding adverb on the line(s) in those sentences Come off it, he said (sullen) 2. They are (frightful) old. 3. She is (true) amazing. 4. I'm afraid you heard (wrong) 5. She asked him (shy) if he could find her a job. 6. We're cutting the newspaper advertising (considerable) 7. They left (unusual) (quiet). 8. It smells (bad) 9. The staff were (incredible) (efficient) 10. (Statistic), this happens once a century. 11. The man was (wrong) accused of industrial espionage. 12. He is (high) thought of. 13. That s an (incredible) story! 14. He is (apparent) trying to save his neck. 15. You handled that deal (good) 16. It is (absolute) fantastic! 17. You will be (due) informed once we have all the facts. 18. I'm afraid you heard (wrong)

5 5 19. They are (serious) considering a merger with Thompson Ltd. 20. Did you go there (direct)? Yes, at once. 21. Will they come (direct) to Umeå? No, they'll travel via Östersund. 22. It seems (strange) 23. This soup tastes (funny) 24. It can be proved (mathematical) 25. He is a (shrewd) old man. 26. Don't speak so (low). 27. We flew (high) above the clouds. 28. She was (high) praised. 29. How could you do such a (stupid) thing? 30. She said it was an decision (impossible) 31. You've done very (good) 32. I don't want this to become (public) 33. Your report will be discussed (public) at a municipal meeting next week. 34. He had a cup of tea balanced (precarious) on her knee. 35. It is (absolute) fantastic. 36. You will be (due) informed. 37. That is an (extreme) (fast) train Why not? she said (teasing) 39. I think the new project is (terrible) exciting No, you guessed (wrong) 41. He paused, looking (kind) at me.

6 6 42. Fred stared (morose) at last month s sales figures. 43. He seems quite (nice) WORD ORDER In SOME of the sentences below the order of the words in italics is not correct. Correct those sentences by rewriting the italicised words in the correct order after the sentence (you may have to delete or add a word as well). If you think that a sentence is correct, just leave it as it is: 1. Here your passport is. 2. Only yesterday, did he say that it was all right. 3. With an effort I forced a cheerful note into my voice. 4. After the show had been played placed he three transcriptions on my desk. 5. There she goes. 6. Never again he would stop at anything to get what he wanted. 7. He asked me why I never was there when he needed me. 8. Inside was a letter from John. 9. Only after much deliberation did he decide to sell. 10. Not only they bought the shares, they also They said that we always had treated them badly. Translate these sentences, please: 1. Igår meddelade de oss att det kommer att bli förseningar. 2. Efter styrelsemötet gick alla till en pub i närheten.

7 7 3. Fjorton dagar senare togs beslutet enhälligt. 4. De får vanligtvis sin lön i dollar. 5. Han sa att de vanligtvis hade fått sin lön i dollar. 6. De levererar ofta fel varor. 7. Jag har hört att de ofta har levererar fel varor. 8. Först efter flera telefonsamtal fick jag tag på honom. 9. Fackföreningen beslutade att inte acceptera budet. 10. Jag är inte så förtjust i honom och det är inte min fru heller. 11. Knappt hade han sagt detta förrän alla började skratta. 12. Sällan hade han sett något så dumt. 13. Där är din portfölj.

8 8 14. Där fann vi den största oljefyndigheten. 15. Här kommer John! 16. -Sälj genast, sa chefen Sälj genast, sa han. 18. De ville ha dubbla summan. 19. Vi fick ett sådant trevligt tackbrev från dem. 20. Hur lång vajer behöver ni? 21. De två senaste veckorna. 22. Vi kan inte finna de åsyftade fakturorna. 23. Detta är en alltför stor ära. 24. En så n dum idé! 25. Det är ett alltför högt pris