Task 6. Point out the adverbs and define the group each belongs to.
1. She talked to them naturally, sang a little song to them and gave them their Sunday toys. (Buck) 2. He [Jolyon] was free to go off with his easel where and when he liked. (Galsworthy) 3. The man must have had diabolically acute hearing. (Wells) 4. Patients insist on having microbes nowadays. (Shaw) 5. As soon as Annette found herself outside, she began to run. (Murdoch) 6. I never felt better in my life. (Saroyan) 7. I think sometimes there is nothing before me but hard work. (Galsworthy) 8. It was as if his soul had been cramped and his eyes bandaged from the hour of his birth. Why had he lived such a life? Why had he submitted to things, blundered into things? (Wells) 9. Yes, George had lived too fast, or he would not have been dying twenty years before his time – too fast. (Galsworthy) 10. She consulted her husband at once. (Galsworthy) 11. Fleur having declared that it was «simply too wonderful to stay indoors», they all went out. (Galsworthy) 12. And she lived at Maple Durham a jolly name, too, on the river somewhere. (Galsworthy) 13. A week later I am visited by a very stylishly dressed young woman. (Saroyan) 14. They had been dancing together. (Dreiser) 15. He (Soames) remembered her birthday well – he had always observed it religiously. (Galsworthy) 16. The driver was ordered to take the car to the pool, and Jates and Karen went afoot. (Heym) 17. The only thing is to cut the knot for good. (Galsworthy) 18. Why, you’ve hardly started, it isn’t fair to bother you. (Cronin) 19. Twice I doubled round corners, thrice I crossed the road and came back on my tracks. (Wells) 20. They went eyeing each other askance. (Galsworthy) 21. He took a few steps towards her and looked less at her than at the open doorway behind her. (Greene) 22. In another moment Adyl was leading the way downstairs. (Wells) 23. Soames looked at her hard. (Galsworthy) 24. The boy was due to go to-morrow. (Galsworthy) 25. She seems to be simple enough. (This is America) 26. It [the cry] came from the terrace below. (Galsworthy) 27. They are quiet at present. (Galsworthy) 28. I must get the money somehow. (Shaw) 29. He [Soames] had never had a love of music. (Galsworthy) 30. He spoke little and listened much. (Horgan)
Task 7. Use the comparative or superlative degree of the adverbs.
1. Then the bus began to run, __ still, through a long avenue. (fast) (Faulkner) 2. Moreover, he was __ educated than the others. (well) (Buck) 3. She was the one who was being hurt __. (deeply) (Wilson) 4. He contrived to get a glimpse of Montanelli once or __ in every week, if only for a few minutes. (often) (Voynich) 5. Driving __ now, she arrived between four and five. (slowly) (Galsworthy) 6. However, I must bear my cross as __ I may. (well) (Shaw) 7. Then he dismissed the thought as unworthy and impossible, and yielded himself __ to the music. (freely) (London) 8. He followed her mental process __ now, and her soul was no __ the sealed wonder it had been. (clearly; long) (London) 9. Felix’s eyebrows rose __ than ever. (high) (James) 10. It was a comfort to Margaret about this time, to find that her mother drew __ and __ towards her than she had ever done since the days of her childhood. (tenderly; intimately) (Gaskell)
Task 8. Translate into English.
1. Киев — более древний город, чем Москва; это один из древнейших городов России. 2. В XVI веке Испания была самой могущественной державой мира. 3. Волга длиннее Днепра; это самая длинная река Европы. 4. Какое самое маленькое государство в Европе? 5. Одной из важнейших проблем сегодняшнего дня является установление прочного и длительного мира. 6. Условия жизни трудящихся в странах социалистического лагеря значительно лучше, чем в странах капиталистического лагеря. 7. Можно надеяться, что в ближайшем будущем культурные связи с Англией будут еще более тесными. 8. Точка кипения (the boiling point) спирта ниже точки кипения воды. 9. Платина тяжелее золота; это один из самых тяжелых металлов. 10. Утро было прекрасное, но к вечеру погода стала хуже, ветер усилился, и темные тучи покрыли небо. 11.