Grammar Unit Too + adjective

• The adverb too + adjective has a negative meaning – when we use too, we mean “more than is good” or “more than I want”

          I´ve only got £300, and the CD player costs £450. It´s too expensive.

          It´s only 5°C today. I don´t want to go out – it´s too cold.

• Compare too with very, which doesn´t have a negative meaning.

          The film was very good.

        This computer costs £3,000 – it´s very expensive. But I´ve got lots of money, so for me it isn´t too expensive

ADVERBS

• Adverbs usually go with verbs – they describe an action

          We walked home slowly

          The train arrived late

          Drive carefully!

          

          Some adverbs can also go with adjectives.

          It was bitterly cold yesterday

          I get extremely nervous before an exam

          The house was beautifully warm inside

• A lot of adverbs are formed by adjective + ly 

          quiet          quietly

          bad            badly

          polite         politely

          If the adjective ends in le, we drop the e and add y.

          terrible                terribly

          comfortable        comfortably

          If the adjective ends in consonant + y, we change the y to i and add ly.

          easy           easily

          happy        happily

          lucky         luckily

• Some adverbs are irregular – the don´t have an ly ending

          good        well

          fast           fast

          hard         hard

          early        early

          late           late