1. Complete the sentences with the words below.
early friendly monthly motherly weekly yearly
1) We love going camping and try to go ____________ – usually in Setemper.
2) Lessons will finish ____________ today for the parents’ meeting.
3) ‘Do you go shopping every week?’ ‘No, we just do one big shop ________’
4) He gestured in a ____________ way and invited us over.
5) She hugged the crying child in a ____________ way.
6) I see Nina ____________ when we play tennis on Saturdays.
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1) yearly 2) early 3) monthly 4) friendly 5) motherly
6) weekly
2. Write the words in the correct order to make sentences.
1) / monthly / renew / membership / I / gym
________
2) a / way / smiled / lovely / she / in / really
________
3) band / town / / in / plays / brother’s / fortnightly
________
4) a / the / spoke / way / in / man / cowardly
________
5) crashed / driving / when / she / fast / was / too / she
________
6) diving / can / to / he / annually / go / afford?
________
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1) I renew gym membership monthly.
2) She smiled in a really lovely way.
3) brother’s band plays in town fortnightly / plays fortnightly in town.
4) The man spoke in a cowardly way.
5) She was driving too fast when she crashed.
6) Can he afford to go diving annually?
3. Choose the correct adverb (a or b) to complete the sentences.
1) The dentist asked her to open her mount ____
a wide b widely
2) Despite watching ____, I don’t know how the magician did that!
a closely b close
3) I haven’t seen you ____ – is everything ok?
a late b lately
4) The next train goes ____ to London without stopping.
a direct b directly
5) Shall we sit ____ to the door so we can leave quietly?
a close b closely
6) We’ll be there in ____ half an hour.
a roughly b rough
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1) a 2) a 3) b 4) b 5) a 6 a
4. Complete the pairs of sentences with the correct form of the adverbs below.
close flat free hard late near
1) a They’re identical twins; you can ____________ tell them apart.
b It started to rain ____________ just as we left the house.
2) a This DVD came ____________ with magazine.
b You can speak ____________ here – we’re all good friends.
3) a I love cricket so I’ve been following the match ____________
b We couldn’t get ____________ enough to ask for his autograph.
4) a All the students ____________ denied cheating.
b She has a strong voice but a rather ____________ tone.
5) a I ____________ forgot to pack swimming costume!
b It’s November and Christmas is getting ____________
6) a Don’t go to bed ____________ tonight; remember that we’ve got an early start tomorrow.
b Katya hasn’t been well ____________ so she won’t be at school.
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1) a hardly b hard 2) a free b freely 3) a closely b close
4) a flatly b flat 5) a nearly b near 6) a late b lately
5. Complete the text with the words below.
closely hardly lately lively nearly rough widely
In Down and Out in Paris and London (1933), author George Orwell writes about the poverty in the two cities, describing in a 1) _____. way his experience of mixing with the very poor. After living in Paris for 2) _____. two years, Orwell fell seriously ill and had all his money stolen. He then returned to London, sleeping 3) _____. and living 4) _____. with tramps. His book was 5) _____. praised at the time for its honest study, but it seems that some things have 6) _____. changed more than eighty years on. Parts of the cities have become very rich 7) _____, but the problems of unemployment and homelessness still exist.
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1) lively 2) nearly 3) rough 4) closely 5) widely
6) hardly 7) lately
6. Choose the correct words (a-d) to complete the sentences.
1) It’s so dark that I can _________ see anything.
a hard b hardly
c harder d hardest
2) The doctor gave me tablets that I must take _________
a by day b daily
c a day d the day
3) Everyone was _________ upset to hear the news.
a deep b deeply
c in a deep way d deep in
4) We shouldn’t leave home _________ tomorrow if we want to catch the train.
a late b lately
c later d latest
5) Do you live _________ your grandparents?
a near b nearby
c nearly d by near
6) The cat by _________ on the cold floor to cool down.
a flat b flatter
c flatly d in a flat way
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1) b 2) b 3) b 4) a 5) a 6) a
Extra exercises
1. Complete the sentences with the correct adverb form of the adjectives in brackets.
1) It took us ____________ half an hour to get there. (rough)
2) We booked the hotel ____________ to ensure that we got a nice room. (early)
3) Try ____________ not to look like a tourist when you’re alone in a foreign country. (hard)
4) I looked at the bill ____________ to make sure it was correct. (close)
5) The weather has been terrible ________ I hope it improves for our holiday. (late)
6) We’re going to have to decide where to go ____________ soon, or everything will be booked up. (pretty)
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1) roughly 2) early 3) hard 4) closely 5) lately 6) pretty
2. Complete the mini-dialogues with the phrasal verbs below.
get around get back go off pull up set off stop over
1) a What time are you leaving in the morning?
b We’re going to ____________ at 6.30 a.m.
2) a Did you walk everywhere in London?
b No, we used the tourist bus to ____________
3) a What time does your plane land?
b At 6.00; we should ____________ to the house around 8.00.
4) a Have you got a direct flight?
b No, it’s going to ____________ in Doha on the way.
5) a Did you go on holiday with your parents?
b Yes, but I could ____________ and do own thing.
6) a Where I shall I park?
b Just ____________ outside the hotel for now.
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1) set off 2) get around 3) get back 4) stop over
5) go off 6) pull up
3. Complete the sentences with the phrases below.
I’m opting I think I wouldn’t I wouldn’t pick
The best option The reason why
1) _________ for an elderly couple would be a cruise, because they wouldn’t have to walk very far.
2) _________ the holiday camp for the reason that it would be too noisy.
3) _________ for the B&B, and that’s because they tend to be cheaper.
4) _________ I’m not choosing the houseboat is that it might be very cramped.
5) _________ go for the cycling holiday, basically because I haven’t got a bike.
6) _________ I’ll choose the winter sports holiday, mainly because I love skiing.
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1) The best option 2) I wouldn’t pick 3) I’m opting
4) The reason why 5) I wouldn’t 6) I think
