Cover of the textbook Speakout Elementary - Students' Book

The key answer of exercise 3

The key to exercise solutions in chapter 11.2 - One thing at a time for the textbook Speakout Elementary - Students' Book with authors Frances Eales and Steve Oakes from Pearson Education

Question

  1. Look at the sentence and the rule. Underline the correct alternatives to complete them.
  2. Complete the table. Use the reading text in Exercise 1C to help.
  3. Work in pairs. How do you make a regular adverb? Which adverb is irregular?

Answer

a)

Sentences

  • quickly
  • slowly

Rules

  1. how
  2. after

b)

  • slowly
  • quickly
  • fast
  • badly
  • carefully
  • easily

c)

Regular adverbs

  • add -ly to the adjective
  • with an adjective ending in -y, change the -y to -i before adding -ly.

Irregular adverb

  • fast (the adjective and adverb are the same)