another adverb exercise

Question

Pls check my adverb exercise.Thanks

She behaved (1)very unfriendly/in a very unfriendly way when I say her at Stephen´s party. She just stood (2)still/in a still way and stared (3)straight/ straightly ahead when I spoke to her. I thought she hadn´t heard me so I said,`hello´a bit (4)loudlier/ louder but she still didn´t answer. 2) Our team didn´t do too (1)bad/ badly in the championships- we came fourth. Of course we had hoped to do (2)best/ better but we certainly could have done a lot (3)worst/ worse. If we try a bit (4)harder/ hardly next year, we might even get to the final. My ANSWERS: 1. very unfriendly 2. still 3. straight 4. loudlier 1. badly 2. best 3. worst 4. hardly

Answer 1

I'll give it a shot - bosquederoble's answers are exactly correct, at least for US English - it's possible that Britons or Australians might give you different answers.

1. "Unfriendly" LOOKS like an adverb - but it's an adjective. See how the SpanishDict translator treats it. It doesn't have a normal adverbial form, thus you have to use the "unfriendly way" circumlocution.

2. & 3. - "still" and "straight" ARE adverbs. "straightly" doesn't exist.

   1. "louder" is the correct comparative form. "Loudlier" doesn't exist.

   2. "Bad" is an adjective, "badly" the adverb.

   3. & 7. - the key here is the comparison - you're comparing two situations, how you did this year and how you hope to do next year. Thus the comparative form, not the superlative, is correct.

   4. • Again the comparison against this year's effort. "Hardly" has a totally different meaning - it means "not very much at all," as in "we made hardly any effort." In the US, we always plan to "try harder"!

Hope that helps!

Sorry - my numbering isn't coming out right at all! Hope you can read through it! - rickharned, Feb 14, 2013

Thanks, I never know how to explain why I say things in English the way I do, I have not studied English for a while. - bosquederoble, Feb 14, 2013

thanks, now i know the difference. it was very confusing. - engspanish, Feb 19, 2013

Answer 2

My choices would be:

She behaved in a very unfriendly way when I saw her at Stephen´s party. She just stood still and stared straight ahead when I spoke to her. I thought she hadn´t heard me so I said ‘hello´ a bit louder but she still didn´t answer.

Our team didn´t do too badly in the championships- we came fourth. Of course we had hoped to do better but we certainly could have done a lot worse. If we try a bit harder next year, we might even get to the final.

No entiendo bien la gramática inglesa y por eso no puedo explicar por qué escogí la mayoría de estas respuestas; para mí simplemente me suenan mejor. Lo siento. - bosquederoble, Feb 14, 2013

thanks bosquederoble for ur answer. - engspanish, Feb 14, 2013

Answer 3

thanks to all for ur answers