VIẾT LẠI CÂU, BT VỀ TÍNH TỪ

Exercises


I. Choose the correct words:
Rita plays the violin (good/well).
That is an (intense/intensely) novel.
The sun is shining (bright/brightly).
The boys speak Spanish (fluent/fluently).
The table has a (smooth/smoothly) surface.
We must figure our income tax returns (accurate/accurately).
We don’t like to drink (bitter/bitterly) tea.
The plane will arrive (soon/soonly).
He had an accident because he was driving too (fast/fastly).
Your cold sounds (terrible/terribly).
They became (sick/sickly) after eating the contaminated food.
I always feel (happy/happily) when the sun is shining.
You look (terrible/terribly)! Are you all right?
There’s no point in doing a job if you don’t do it (proper/properly).
Please keep (quite/quietly)! I’m learning my lessons.
We didn’t go out because it was raining (heavy/heavily).
You should make your clothes (clean/cleanly) when you go out.
Rose is (terrible/terribly) upset about losing her job.
Linda likes wearing (colourful/colourfully) clothes.
I think you behaved very (selfish/selfishly).
II. Rewrite the following sentences using the words given:
Jane cooks better than her sister.
-> Jane’s sister …………………………………………………………….
Tom is the best football player in this team.
-> Nobody in this team ……………………………………………………
Nothing is faster than the speed of light.
-> The speed of light ……………………………………………………...
Jack is younger than he looks.
-> Jack isn’t ……………………………………………………………….
I didn’t spend as much money as you.
-> You …………………………………………………………………….
Yesterday the temperature was nine degrees. Today it’s only six degrees.
-> It’s ……………………………………………………………………...
The journey takes four hours by car and five hours by train.
-> It takes …………………………………………………………………
Chris and Joe both did badly in the exam. Chris got 20% but Joe only got 15%.
-> Joe did ………………………………………………………………….
I expected my friends to arrive at about 4 O’clock. In fact they arrive at 2.30.
-> My friend ………………………………………………………………
We were very busy at work today. We are not as busy as that everyday.
-> We ……………………………………………………………………...


III. Rewrite the following sentences using the words given:

The house seemed to have been unoccupied for several years.
-> It looked ………………………………………………………………..
Police were informed of the identity of the murdered man.
-> The identity …………………………………………………………….
The fisher man’s life was one of great poverty.
-> Throughout …………………………………………………………….
The president is the statesman I admire most of all.
-> The statesman ………………………………………………………….
The students regretted that they had missed the lecture.
-> The students regretted not ……………………………………………..
She asks me how I like her new dress.
-> How ……………………………………………………………………
I’ve warned you not to go near that dog.
-> I’ve warned you about …………………………………………………
I can’t cook as well as my mother does.
-> My mother ……………………………………………………………..
Would you like me to finish the work tonight .
-> I’ll ……………………………………………………………………...
“You stole my best cassette, Amada”; said William.
->William accused ……………………………………………………….


IV. Rewrite the following sentences using the words given:
Phillip asked Olive if she could remember where she had put the camera.
-> Phillip and Olive ………………………………………………………...
The bridge was so low that the bus couldn’t go under it.
-> It was …………………………………………………………………...
There is no need for you to talk so loudly.
-> You don’t ………………………………………………………………
The children couldn’t go swimming because the sea was very rough.
-> The sea was too ………………………………………………………...
I advise you to put your money in the bank.
-> You’d …………………………………………………………………..
Have you got a cheaper carpet than this?
-> Is this …………………………………………………………………..
He does a lot of work in the evening.
-> He works very ………………………………………………………….
I’m going to the theater tomorrow, and I’m really looking forward to it.
-> I’m really looking ………………………………………………….......
My brother and I both went to that school.
-> I went to that school and so ……………………………………………
I wasn’t there at that time.
-> He denied ………………………………………………………………

V. Rewrite the following sentences using the words given:
1. The children should be working by now.
-> It is time ………………………………………………………………..
2. They made him wait for two hours.
-> He was ..………………………………………………………………..
3. The police made the boat turn back.
-> The boat ………………………………………………………………..
4. I’d rather you smoked in here.
-> Would ………………………………………………………………….
5. If I had known all the facts, I would not have rung the police.
-> As I …………………………………………………………………….
6. We shall notify the police about this matter.
-> The police ……………………………………………………………...
7. Galileo is considered to be the father of modern astronomy.
-> Galileo is regarded ……………………………………………………..
8. The value of Sterling has fallen considerably in