L) adverb functioning as an adverbial.

1. You had the objectives right in front of you (conversation).

2. We have taken this event extremely seriously (newspaper writing).

3. It did not seem odd to him that the subway held more compelling things than the famous city above (other writing).

4. Practically everyone knows the line, “Play it again, Sam” (newspaper writing).

5. Well, I think coming to the meeting is a pretty general requirement (conversation).

6. A: You can visit?

B: Absolutely (conversation).

7. For almos t 200 years geologists have supported various theories of mountain building, volcanism, and other major phenomena of earth (academic writing).

8. It [an answering machine] cut me right off (conversation).

9. Each of its workers gets a basic monthly wage of 360 pesos, almost twice the average pay (newspaper writing).

10. So we’ll give you a call later on or drop by and say hello. Until then, ciao! (conversation).

11. “Is he often angry?” I asked (fiction writing).

12. Similar data are available for the approximately one-fourth of Shang characters that have been deciphered to date (academic writing).

*The material is taken from “Longman Student Grammar of Spoken and Written English Workbook” by Susan Conrad, Douglas Biber, Geoffrey Leech, Pearson Education Limited, 2003. – P. 52.

V. Underline each adverb in the sentences below and identify its semantic category: place, degree (amplifier/intensifier, diminisher/downtoner), time, addition, restriction, manner, stance, linking, or other. If you think an adverb combines two or more categories, or fits in an “other” category, explain why.

1. They embraced lightly and carefully while Gwen made another set of little sounds (fiction writing).

2. It didn’t really matter: everyone was insured when he bought a ticket, automatically (fiction writing).

3. Of course he understands perfectly well but wears that uncomprehending and pained look to establish he’s not to blame (fiction writing).

4. Sometimes other people in the village glanced at him curiously, as though they could not quite place him (fiction writing).

5. The bank is so crowded nowadays that many people are moving away altogether (fiction writing).

6. We don’t go there very much (fiction writing).

7. He tried to be offhand and not too obviously interested, but the fat boy hurried after him (fiction writing).

8. He too felt a mounting excitement (fiction writing).

9. Only the frightless gulls wheeled and soared and mewed their plaint over the place where it had been (fiction writing).

10. Hardly were we out of earshot, however, when Markus said: “I’m afraid I can’t come with you this afternoon” (fiction writing).

11. I felt he had some inner reserve of strength which no reverse, however serious, would break down (fiction writing).

*The material is taken from “Longman Student Grammar of Spoken and Written English Workbook” by Susan Conrad, Douglas Biber, Geoffrey Leech, Pearson Education Limited, 2003. – P. 53.

 

VI. Underline each adverb in the text below and identify its semantic category (qualitative, quantitative, circumstantial, or some other type).

Їй здалось, що це саме з України подув вітерець. Інколи їй вчувалися пахощі м’яти, любистку. Іноді вона начебто чула кування зозулі … Чиїсь рідні голоси … Тоді наказувала вертати. Якнайшвидше.

Вогонь скаженів … Повітря навколо ставало нестерпно гарячим. А з неба палило сонце, падав на людей гарячий попіл, снопи розліталися навсібіч … Гнав вогонь прямо на житла. І щогодини сотні людей залишалися без домівок …

На ранок на замиленому коні примчав з Білої Церкви сам Петро Конашевич-Сагайдачний. Гетьман швидко оглянув пожарисько і повелів ламати, зносити будівлі навколо місця пожежі, рубати дерева, утворювати навколо своєрідну мертву смугу. Це був єдиний спосіб зупинити пожежу.

*The material is taken from the article “Верготі Лідія. Перевіряти і теорію, і практику” // Урок Української. – № 2–3, 2007. – P.44.

VII. Form from the given below adverbs comparative and superlative degrees of comparison. Render the given adverbs into English and answer the question whether they also are able to form degrees of comparison.

Чисто, виразно, близько, дорого, високо, швидко, гарно, погано.