| Adjectives are often used before nouns. Also, the verbs be, look, become, seem, get, taste, etc. (sometimes called ‘linking’ verbs) are often followed by adjectives. |
| We use adverbs to modify a verb, an adjective, another adverb or a whole clause or sentence. Most adverbs are formed by adding -ly to the adjective, but some can have the same form as the adjective. Examples include fast, hard and later. |
1.14 Choose the correct form in these sentences about the listening.
1 This may strike you as a fairly / fair conventional portrait.
2 He’s pointedly / pointed looking away from us.
3 The work is a very ambiguously / ambiguous piece.
4 It was painted shortly / short after their wedding.
5 It’s loosely / loose based on a 15th century work.
6 Unfortunate / Unfortunately, Mr. Clark had frequently / frequent affairs during their five-year marriage. This played a part in their eventually / eventual divorce, and explains the friction that seems apparently / apparent between them.
7 Sadly / sad, Ossie Clark later fell into bankruptcy and addiction, and his life ended tragically / tragic when he was murdered.
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