En los exámenes de selectividad de inglés en la sección II USE OF ENGLISH aparece un tipo de ejercicio de vocabulario del siguiente tipo:
Which of these words is not an adverb? costly / fast/ hardly/ slowly
Aquí tienes una lista de palabras que aparentan ser adverbios (terminan en -ly), pero son adjetivos. Así que, watch out!!
- It
was a lively party and there were lots of very friendly
people there.
- He was really quite ugly and unlikely to succeed in the blind date competition.
- It was a costly mistake and it meant I wouldn't have another chance until the autumn.
ENGLISH ADJECTIVES (NOT ADVERBS!)ENDING IN -LY. |
SPANISH |
|
1 |
UGLY |
FEO-A |
2 |
SILLY |
TONTO-A |
3 |
COSTLY |
COSTOSO-A |
4 |
COWARDLY |
COBARDE/ MIEDOSO-A |
5 |
DEADLY |
MORTAL / MORTÍFERO |
6 |
FRIENDLY |
SIMPÁTICO / AGRADABLE |
7 |
LIKELY |
PROBABLE |
8 |
LIVELY |
ALEGRE |
9 |
LONELY |
SOLITARIO-A /SOLO-A |
10 |
LOVELY |
ENCANTADOR-A / HERMOSO-A |
11 |
UNLIKELY |
IMPROBABLE / POCO PROBABLE |
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