В пособии рассматриваются основные моменты английской грамматики: части речи имя существительное, имя прилагательное и наречие; видо-временные формы глагола; модальные глаголы; неличные формы глагола

3. Some words are both adjectives and adverbs:

back hard* long straight
deep* high* low well
early kindly near*
enough late* pretty*
far left short*
fast little still
Starred words above also have ly forms. Note the meanings:
deeply is used chiefly of feelings: He was deeply offended.
hardly has completely different meaning from hard. Hardly = almost not.
They hardly know each other.
My leg troubles me. I can hardly walk.
Be careful not to confuse the adverbs hard and hardly:
He looked hard at it. (He stared at it.)
He hardly looked at it. (He gave it only a brief glance.)
highly is used only in an abstract sense: They spoke very highly of him.
lately = recently Have you seen him lately.
nearly = almost I’m nearly ready.
prettily corresponds to the adjective pretty (attractive):
Her little girls are always prettily dressed.
But pretty can also be an adverb of degree meaning very:
The exam was pretty difficult.
shortly = soon, briefly
Other adverbs of this type: close, sharp, wide.

4. Comparative and superlative adverb forms

A. Single-syllable adverbs that are identical in form with adjectives (fast, hard,
quick, long, late) take the same inflections as adjectives: -er and -est:
hard harder hardest
early earlier earliest
Adverbs of two or more syllables form the comparative and superlative by
putting more and most before the positive form:
quickly more quickly most quickly
fortunately more fortunately most fortunately


B. Irregular comparison:
well better best
badly worse worst
little less least
much more most
far farther farthest
further furthest