Fast, slow and slowly
Hello, everyone!
My daughter wanted to show me her knowledge of the words "slowly" and "fast" yesterday. She said "I'm going slowly" when we were going upstairs and she was making specially very small steps. I thought about the words: slow, slowly, fast. Was what she said correct?
Please, correct the following sentences to help me understand how to use these words correctly.
Can I say the following:
1) Look at me. I'm very slow. I'm going slowly.
2) look at me. I'm fast. I'm going fast.
Going or walking? Which verb shall I use?
If we are not going upstairs/downstairs, but walking on the road, for example?
Thank you very much for your help!
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1) Look at me. I'm very slow. I'm going slowly. I'm slow (a slow person, adjective) I'm going slowly (moving slowly, adverb).
2) look at me. I'm fast. I'm going fast I'm fast (a fast or quick person, adjective) I'm going fast (moving fast, adverb....we don't say 'fastly' anymore like in old English, it has simplified, in modern English the adverb is also 'fast').
Going or walking are both fine, walking is more specific, you are actually walking with your feet. You could walk or go upstairs. You could also run upstairs or run down the road, in both cases you would be going down the road.You could also cycle down the road, that would also be going (on a bike).
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You lovely daughter is a good teacher.
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