1、Grammar (Adverbs),Dept. of English, HUSTWB,Diagnostic test,Choose the correct form or phrase in italics. Example I havent seen that much of them late/lately. 1. Youre bound to be promoted; the boss thinks very high/highly of you. 2. In our school fifty roughly/roughly fifty students have mobile phon
2、es. 3. As we desended the hill the car began to go more fast/faster. 4. Ive had a lot of homework recently. I only slept yesterday/Yesterday I only slept four hours.,5. Weekly I get paid/ I get paid weekly, so I can pay the rent on Saturday. 6. Here lies the tomb/The tomb here lies of Sir Jasper. 7.
3、 The train strike wont affect her, she arrives usually/usually arrives by taxi. 8. Liz isnt our most puntual member of class, she is often/often is late for class. 9. Im afraid that we still dont /dont still know his name. 10. My parents arent very sociable, in fact they go out hardly ever/hardly ev
4、er go out.,Form,not formed from other wordsjust, well, soon, quite, still fixed phraseskind of, of course, at last formed from other wordsadj + ly: tragically, easily, reallyn/prep + ward(s)/wise: homeward, afterwards, pricewise, healthwisecompounds: sometimes,Position of adverbs,Front position We o
5、ften use adverbs which link or contrast with information in the previous sentence:Ive been incredibly busy this week. Yesterday I worked more than twelve hours.After negative adverbs, or after adverbs of time and place folloed by a verb of movement or position, we put the verb before the subject.Nev
6、er have I seen such a beautiful sight.Here comes the bus.,2. Mid position adverbs of indefinite frequency: always, frequently, generally, hardly ever, never, often adverbs of degree: absolutely, almost, completely, just, partly, quite adverbs of certainty: certainly, definitely, probably one-word ad
7、verbs of time: already, finally, immediately, now, soon, still, then,3. Final position The most frequent position for adverbs in English is the end of the sentence. It is the usual position for yet, a lot, any more, any longer, too, as wellIf there are several adverbs in final position, we usually f
8、ollow a sequence of adverbs of manner, then place, and finally time:They played (happily) (in the garden) (all day).,manner,place,time,Sentence adverbs,Adverbs can describe the particular aspect of something we are commenting on:Economically, the company has made a great progress.Adverbs such as clearly, obviously, surprisingly can express our attitude towards an action:Honestly, I think you are mistaken.Officially, hes on holiday; actually, hes in hospital.,谢谢观赏,
