ADVERBS
Příslovce
Adjective Mandy is a careful girl. Adverb    Mandy drives carefully.
Use of adverbs
• Modify verbs:
The handball team played badly last time.
• Modify adjectives:
It was an extremely bad match.
• Modify adverbs:
The team played extremely badly.
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Adjective + ly
dangerous
easy
horrible
happy
shy
safe
Form
adverbs
dangerously
easily
horribly
happily
shyly
safely
Adjectives = Adverbs
friendly přátelský - přátelsky
likely pravděpodobný - pravděpodobně
lonely osamělý - osaměle
lovely krásný - krásně
lowly nízký, pokorný - nízce, pokorně
early brzký - brzy
Adjectives = Adverbs
high	vysoký/vysoko	highly	vysoce
low	nízký/ nízko	lowly	ponížené
deep	hluboký/hluboko	deeply	hluboce
near	blízký/blízko	nearly	temer
hard	tvrdý/tvrdě	hardly	stezi
wrong	špatný/špatně	wrongly	chybně
late	pozdní/pozdě	lately	nedávno
direct	přímý/přímo	directly	okamžitě
fast	rychlý/rychle		
Adjective or Adverb after
look (vypadat), smell, taste, sound
The pizza tastes good Jamie can taste well. His feet smell bad. John can smell badly. Linda looks good. Linda looks well. It sounds reasonable. How are you? I am good / fine I am well
(How is the pizza?) (How can Jamie taste?) (How are his feet?) (How can John smell?) (What type of person is she?) (She was ill, now she is fit.) (To zni rozumne)
(emotional state) (physical state)
Adjective instead of adverb
Cheap
with verbs buy, sell, hire, get
He bought it cheap.   (Koupil to levně) Tight
Hold tight/tightly.     (Držte se pevně) Parallel
The street runs parallel/parallely.
(Ta ulice vede rovnoběžně)
Comparison of adverbs
Adjectives = Adverbs
comparative - er      superlarive - est
hard - harder - hardest
Adjectives = Adverbs -ly
comparative - more superlative - most likely - more likely - most likely
Adverbs
comparative - more  superlative - most
Irregular comparison
well	better	best
badly	worse	worst
much	more	most
little	less	least
far	further	furthest
	farther	farthest
FARTHER vs. FURTHER
•farther = dál, více daleko (častěji americká angličtina) •farthest = nejdál, nejvíc daleko (častěji americká angličtina)
•further = dál, více daleko (častěji britská angličtina) •furthest = nejdál, nejvíc daleko (častěji britská angličtina)
Pokud tedy jde o vzdálenost, lze použít obě slovíčka:
We decided not to go any farther/further.
They were standing farther/further from the door.
He lives farther/further north.
Keep walking. Her house is much farther/further.
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FURTHER
• further details = další detaily further questions = další otázky further damage = další škody
We had to wait for a further 10 minutes.
• further (adv) = hlouběji, podrobnější (dále, více do detailů)
• We need to study the issue further.
• Can we talk further about it?
• furthest
• I třetí stupeň furthest/'f3:5ist/(nikoli farthest) má další použití.
• furthest (adv) = nejvíce, nejhlouběji, v největší míře
• He studied the issue furthest.
• He went the furthest of all pupils in his education.
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