Practical Exercises in English Part 33

3. Speak _slow (slowly)_ and _distinct (distinctly)_.

4. He behaved _bad (badly)_.

5. He is a _remarkable (remarkably)_ good shot.

6. They were in a _terrible (terribly)_ dangerous position.

7. I am only _tolerable (tolerably)_ well, sir.

8. He acted very _different (differently)_ from his brother.

9. It is discouraging to see how _bad (badly)_ the affairs of our nation are sometimes managed.

10. He writes _plainer (more plainly)_ than he once did.

11. You are _exceeding (exceedingly)_ kind.

12. He struggled _manful (manfully)_ against the waves.

13. You have been _wrong (wrongly)_ informed.

14. _Sure (surely)_ he is a fine gentleman.

15. She dresses _suitable (suitably)_ to her station.

16. That part of the work was managed _easy (easily)_ enough.

17. You behaved very _proper (properly)_.

18. I can read _easier (more easily)_ than I can write.

19. She knew her lesson _perfect (perfectly)_ to-day.

20. I live _free (freely)_ from care.

21. Lessons are _easiest (most easily)_ learned in the morning.

22. Walk as _quiet (quietly)_ as you can.

23. He acted _independent (independently)_.

24. He spoke quite _decided (decidedly)_.

25. We ought to value our privileges _higher (more highly)_.

26. He was _ill (illy)_ equipped for the journey.[114]

27. _Relative (relatively)_ to its size, an ant is ten times stronger than a man.

28. That will _ill (illy)_ accord with my notions.[114]

29. He is an _exceeding (exceedingly)_ good boy.

30. One can _scarce (scarcely)_ help smiling at the blindness of this critic.

31. I had studied grammar _previous (previously)_ to his instructing me, but to no purpose.

[114] See page 110.

EXERCISE LXV.

_Distinguish between--_ 1. We found the way easy (easily).

2. The prunes are boiling soft (softly).

3. He appeared prompt (promptly).

4. It looks good (well).

5. We arrived safe (safely).

EXERCISE LXVI.

_Which of the italicized words is preferable? Give the reason:--_ 1. Velvet feels _smooth (smoothly)_.

2. Clouds sail _slow (slowly)_ through the air.

3. This carriage rides _easy (easily)_.

4. How _sweet (sweetly)_ these roses smell!

5. They felt very _bad (badly)_ at being beaten.[115]

6. Your piano sounds _different (differently)_ from ours.

7. The storm is raging _furious (furiously)_.

8. This milk tastes _sour (sourly)_.

9. The soldiers fought _gallant (gallantly)_.

10. She looked _cold (coldly)_ on his offer of marriage.

11. Ethel looks _sweet (sweetly)_ in a white gown.

12. How _beautiful (beautifully)_ the stars appear to-night!

13. This coat goes on _easy (easily)_.

14. How _beautiful (beautifully)_ Katharine looks this morning.

15. Luther stood _firm (firmly)_ in spite of abuse.

16. It looks _strange (strangely)_ to see you here.

17. Deal _gentle (gently)_ with them.

18. The cry sounded _shrill (shrilly)_.

19. Larks sing _sweet (sweetly)_.

20. He felt _awkward (awkwardly)_ in the presence of ladies.

21. He has acted _strange (strangely)_.

22. The water feels _warm (warmly)_.

23. We feel _warm (warmly)_ on that subject.

24. The dead warrior looked _fierce (fiercely)_.

25. The wind blows very _cold (coldly)_ to-day.

26. War clouds rolling _dim (dimly)_.

27. The shutters are painted _green (greenly)_.

28. She works _good (well)_ and _neat (neatly)_.

29. Protestants believe that the bread of the Lord's supper is not _real (really)_ changed, but remains _real (really)_ bread.

30. Homer says the blood of the G.o.ds is not _real (really)_ blood, but only something like it.

31. _Real (really)_ kings hide away their crowns in their wardrobes, and affect a plain and poor exterior.

ALONE, ONLY.--"In the Bible and earlier English _alone_ is often used for the adverb _only_, but it is now becoming restricted to its own sense of 'solitary,' 'unaccompanied by other persons or things';"[116] as, "He rode all unarmed, and he rode all _alone." Only_ is both adjective and adverb.

[115] See "Foundations," p. 121.

[116] The Century Dictionary.

EXERCISE LXVII.

_Fill each blank with the proper word ("only," "alone"):--_

1. She ---- of all the family had courage to go ---- into that darkened room.

2. These books are sold in sets ----.

3. Man cannot live on bread ----.

4. This fault ---- is enough to make her disagreeable.

5. By chance ---- did he escape the gallows.

6. Not ---- at Ephesus, but throughout all Asia, Paul persuaded many people.

7. To be successful a school paper must be supported, not ---- with subscriptions, but also with contributions.

OMITTED ADVERBS.[117]--Adverbs necessary to the sense should not be omitted. This fault is especially common after _so, too,_ and _very_--words which, as they express degree, properly qualify adjectives or adverbs, and not verbs or participles; also after _behave_, which, like the noun "behavior," requires a qualifying word to determine the meaning.

[117] "Foundations," p. 123.

EXERCISE LXVIII.