A. Match the sentence beginnings to the correct endings.
1 The man was thought to be highly
2 I totally
3 Hayley did not take her work very
4 I had completely
5 I found the exam fairly
6 I could hardly
7 I see her quite
8 Drew looks like he’s really
a believe what I was seeing.
b forgotten about that evening.
c enjoying himself.
d dangerous.
e often.
f agree with you.
g easy.
h seriously.
Answers
1 d 2 f 3 h 4 b 5 g 6 a 7 e 8 c
B. Rewrite the sentences, putting the adverbs in brackets in the correct places. Sometimes more than one answer is possible.
1 She didn’t move out of her parents’ house when she got married. (even)
She didn’t even move out of her parents’ house when she got married.
She didn’t move out of her parents’ house even when she got married.
2 Hi! I was talking about you! (just)
…………………………………………….
3 He’s leading the competition by one point. (only)
…………………………………………….
4 The TV series is very popular with teenagers. (mostly)
…………………………………………….
5 Mandy works at the weekends. (mainly)
…………………………………………….
6 You can come to a class on Wednesday evening or on Friday morning. (either)
…………………………………………….
7 It’s very busy at the weekends, so she has to work. (hard)
…………………………………………….
Answers
2 Hi! I was just talking about you!
3 He’s only leading the competition by one point. / He’s leading the competition by only one point.
4 The TV series is very popular mostly with teenagers. / The TV series is mostly very popular with teenagers.
5 Mandy mainly works at the weekends. / Mandy works mainly at the weekends.
6 You can either come to a class on Wednesday evening or on Friday morning. / You can come to a class either on Wednesday evening or on Friday morning.
7 It’s very busy at the weekends, so she has to work hard.
C. Make sentences by putting the words in the correct order. Sometimes more than one answer is possible.
1 carefully / they / present / chose / the
They chose the present carefully.
2 a / I / to / quickly / asked / doctor / see
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3 doesn’t / sometimes / until / he / wake up / 10.00
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4 gone / we / should / have / never
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5 began / he quietly / crying
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6 L.A. / wanted / I / always / to / see / have
…………………………………………….
7 done / I / not / have / normally / would / that
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8 will / soon / dark / it / be
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Answers
2 I asked to see a doctor quickly. / Quickly I asked to see a doctor.
3 He sometimes doesn’t wake up until 10.00. / Sometimes he doesn’t wake up until 10.00. / He doesn’t wake up until 10.00 sometimes.
4 We should never have gone. / We never should have gone.
5 He began crying quietly. / He quietly began crying. / Quietly he began crying.
6 I have always wanted to see L.A.
7 I would not normally have done that. / Normally I would not have done that. / I would not have done that normally.
8 It will soon be dark. / Soon it will be dark. / It will be dark soon.
D. Rewrite each sentence so that it has a similar meaning, using the word in brackets.
1 She gave her son a gentle kiss on the cheek. (kissed)
She kissed her son gently on the cheek.
2 Poppy gave me a friendly smile. (smiled)
…………………………………………….
3 She’s a very fast runner. (runs)
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4 After a long time, I passed my driving test. (eventually)
…………………………………………….
5 He is almost never late. (hardly)
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6 I’m quite good at chess. (well)
…………………………………………….
7 She was too ill to leave hospital. (enough)
…………………………………………….
Answers
2 Poppy smiled at me in a friendly way.
3 She runs very fast.
4 I eventually passed my driving test. / Eventually I passed my driving test. / I passed my driving test eventually.
5 He is hardly ever late.
6 I play chess quite well.
7 She was not well enough to leave hospital.
E. Complete the sentences with appropriate adverbs or adverb phrases of manner, place or time. Use two adverbs or adverb phrases in each sentence.
1 The children were playing ……noisily outside…… .
2 We had a great time ……………………………… .
3 I always sleep ……………………………… .
4 The police arrived ……………………………… .
5 He wrote the words ……………………………… .
6 The teacher was already talking, so we sat down ……………………………… .
Answers
Possible answers
2 in Dubai on holiday.
3 badly in the summer.
4 there immediately.
5 carefully in the corner of the page.
6 quietly at the back.
F. Rewrite the texts about more unusual jobs, putting the adverbs in brackets in appropriate places. There is more than one possible answer.
1 If you can’t remember how to open your safe, Sal Schillizzi can help. By listening to the lock, Sal will be able to open the safe. He learnt his skills in the US Army. (in the 1950s, maybe, quickly)
If you can’t remember how to open your safe, maybe Sal Schillizzi can help.
By listening to the lock, Sal will be able to open the safe quickly. He learnt his skills in the US Army in the 1950s.
2 Jeffrey Bleim has enjoyed diving. Now he works as a golf ball diver. In one day he collects 5,000 balls from lakes on golf courses. That’s 35,000 balls. (always, in Florida, often, weekly)
………………………………………………………………
………………………………………………………………
3 Ellen Sirot is a foot model. She wears a lot of make-up, but on her feet. Before she goes to sleep, Ellen puts lots of cream on her feet. She sleeps with her feet in plastic bags and wears high heels. (every night, never, only)
………………………………………………………………
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4 When she was three, Francie Berger started playing with LEGO bricks and she has stopped. When she left college, she got a job as a model maker with LEGO. She can build models with as many bricks as she wants. (never, soon, today)
………………………………………………………………
………………………………………………………………
Answers
2 Jeffrey Bleim has always enjoyed diving. Now he works (in Florida) as a golf ball diver (in Florida). (In one day / often) he (often) collects 5,000 balls from lakes on golf courses (in one day). (Weekly) That’s 35,000 balls (weekly).
3 Ellen Sirot is a foot model. She wears a lot of make-up, but (only) on her feet (only). (Every night) before she goes to sleep (every night), Ellen puts lots of cream on her feet. / Every night she sleeps with her feet in plastic bags and never wears high heels.
4 When she was three, Francie Berger started playing with LEGO bricks and she has never stopped. When she left college, she soon got a job as a model maker with LEGO. (Today) she can build models with as many bricks as she wants (today).
G. Answer the question in six different ways using will / won’t and the adverbs definitely, probably or maybe. Use the phrases from the box or your own ideas.
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go to the beach / park go to bed early go on the computer go shopping have fun listen to music meet my friends read a magazine talk on the phone |
If you have a free evening today, what will you do?
Example: I probably won’t go shopping.
1 ………………………………………………………………
2 ………………………………………………………………
3 ………………………………………………………………
4 ………………………………………………………………
5 ………………………………………………………………
1 ………………………………………………………………
Answers
your own answers
H. Circle the correct option.
1 She can jump very ………… .
a highly b higher c high
2 I can ………… .
a hardly wait b wait hardly
c wait hard
3 He sat down very ………… .
a heavy b heavly c heavily
4 I ………… anything to eat tonight.
a won’t probably have
b won’t have probably
c probably won’t have
5 I ………… it.
a very love
b absolutely love
c love completely
Answers
1 c 2 a 3 c 4 c 5 b
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