ADVERBS

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Basis No 19
ADVERBS
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Exercise 1
1. He doesn`t get up early on Sundays. He gets up_______
a. late b. lately c. slowly d. hardly
2. The write can`t see aunt Licy_______ He`s having breakfast.
a. still b. now c. often d. always
3. He was a friendly waiter. He spoke to the writer_______
a. friendly b. as friends c. like friends d. in a friendly ways
4. He spent the whole day in his room. He was in his room _______
a. the whole b. the all c. all day d. all of
5. Bill is a harder worker. He works_______ than Joe.
a. harder b. more hard c. more hardly d. hardier
6. Every year the writer_______ enters for the garden competition.
a. every b. also c. and d. to
7. The writer had_______ reached the town when the young man spoke.
a. often b. almost c. sometimes d. just as
8. She couldn`t find her bag. It wasn`t _______
a. their b. theirs c. they`re d. there
9. Do you still want them? Do you_______ want them?
a. yet b. even c. now d. more
10. Both girls write to each other regularly. They write_______
a. frequently b. occasionally c. sometimes d. now again
11. They will travel faster. They will travel_______
a. sooner b. more quickly c. hurriedly d. shorter
12. Why did they kick the ball so_______?
a. hardly b. hard c. hardy d. hardly
13. That was all she remembered. She couldn`t remember_______
a. some more b. any more c. no more d. none more
14. Ted has been worried all week and he`s_______ worried.
a. even b. still c. yet d. any more
15. The car was easy to recognize so it wasn`t _______ difficult for the police to catch the thieves.
a. much b. very c. many d. too
16. He got such a fright. He was_______ frightened.
a. so b. such c. such as d. a so
17. It was more than he could bear. he couldn`t bear it_______
a. more b. longer c. any longer d. no more
18. He had hardly had time to settle down_______ he had settled down.
a. no sooner b. as soon as c. scarcely d. hardly
19. We were very much surprised. We were_______ surprised.
a. more b. many c. most d. the most
20. He brought almost everything in the window. He brought_______
a. nearly b. scarcely c. hardly d. already

Exercise 2
1. Disguises can be too perfect. This means they can be_______
a. perfect b. quite perfect c. more perfect than is necessary
d. almost perfect
2. It was too small. It wasn`t_______
a. enough big b. big enough c. fairly big d. rather big
3. It was not long before a helicopter arrived. It arrived_______
a. after b. soon afterwards c. behind d. much later
4. They haven`t decided yet. They are_______ undecided
a. even b. yet c. more d. still
5. Everybody around him was smoking; _______ smoking.
a. they was all b. they all was c. they were all d. all of them was
6. I used to travel a great deal. I used travel_______
a. every many b. a great number c. very much d. how much
7. He was rather elderly. He was_______
a. very old b. quite old c. too old d. old enough
8. It has slowed down considerably. It had slowed down_______
a. much b. many c. very d. a lot
9. _______ Mendoza met Humphries, he lost