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English language 1

Lessons 13 - 14. English language 1. Prepositions. Prepositions. Adverbs. Adverbs are connected with other words, rather than nouns and pronouns, mostly verbs. This music is slow. (adj.) The pianist is playing slowly. (adv.)

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English language 1

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  1. Lessons 13 - 14 English language 1

  2. Prepositions

  3. Prepositions

  4. Adverbs • Adverbs are connected with other words, rather than nouns and pronouns, mostly verbs. This music is slow. (adj.) The pianist is playing slowly. (adv.) • Some of them tell how something happens (manner). Many of them end in -ly. You can learn this language easily. They ate hungrily. • Formation: adjective + -ly (quick - quickly) • -y - -ily (heavy - heavily) • -ble - -bly; (possible - possibly)

  5. Adverbs • Some of them tell when and where something happens. I am going away tomorrow. It happened there. • Some adverbs tell how much: much, a lot of, a little. We do not go out much. She sings a little. • All the mentioned adverbs come at the end of a sentence.

  6. Adverbs • Adverbs can go before adjectives and before past participles. I am terribly sorry. It is completely finished. • Adverbs that say how often (usually, often, always), how certain (certainly, definitely, probably) and some other (also, just, still, already) stand before most verbs, but after auxiliary verbs. They also like music. He is definitely the man.

  7. Adverbs Comparison of adverbs • Most adverbs make comparative with more. more + adverb (than...) Can you speak more quietly, please? I am driving more slowly today than yesterday. • Adverbs early, late, fast, hard, near and soon make comparative with -er, like adjectives. He came earlier than me. • Sentences with superlative adverbs are not very common.

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