Correct the following sentences and state your reasons for doing so.

1. It was bitter cold.

2. I couldn’t help not crying.

3. He will pay dear for this mistake.

Correct the following sentences.

Incorrect: He is worst than I.
Correct: He is worse than I.

Incorrect: Horse is usefuller than a car.
Correct: A horse is more useful than a car.

An English sentence usually begins with a noun or noun equivalent (subject). But sometimes an adjective is placed first to emphasize the contrast between it and what is stated in the main clause.

Before as an adverb

As an adverb before means ‘at any time before now”. In British
English, before is commonly used with a present perfect tense.

Well and good can have similar meanings. Well is an adverb, while good is an adjective. The adverb well is used to modify verbs, whereas the adjective good is used to modify nouns.

Some adjectives and adverbs express qualities which are gradable. Examples are: funny, interesting, difficult, hard etc. Stories can be more or less interesting. Jobs can be more or less difficult. Other adjectives and adverbs express qualities which are not gradable. Examples are: perfect, impossible, dead, round etc. We do not usually say that people are more or less dead or perfect.

An adverb is a word that modifies the meaning of a verb, an adjective or another adverb.

In the following sentences, pick out the adverbs and tell what each modifies.