State whether the following sentences are correct.

1. She was deadly injured in the accident.

a) right b) wrong

2. He was dead drunk when he came home after the party.

We have already learned about sentence patterns consisting of just one noun and an intransitive verb. Sometimes we also add an adverb to this pattern.

Longer structures usually come last in a clause or sentence.

Students are often discouraged by the length of time it takes to learn a second language. (More natural than ‘The length of time it takes to learn a second language often discourages students.’)

A relative adverb is an adverb which introduces a relative clause. The English relative adverbs are when, where, whenever, wherever and why.

I will never forget the day when I first met you.

Focusing adverbs point to one part of a clause. Examples are: also, just, even, mostly, mainly, either, neither, or, nor

Focusing adverbs usually go in mid-position with the verb.

Adverbs of indefinite frequency say how often something happens.

Examples are: always, ever, usually, normally, often, frequently, sometimes, rarely, seldom, never etc

Adverbs of indefinite frequency usually go in mid-position.

Complete the following sentences.

1. I feel ——————————

a) Unhappy
b) Unhappily

2. I will get the car ————————–

a) Ready
b) Readily