6. Complete the dialogue with adverbs and adjectives from the box.

straight far just fast near nearly hard late hardly most short shortly lately mostly

A: Excuse me, is there a ________________________________________train to London?

B: Yes, there is. But I’m afraid you’ve ___________________________________missed it.

A: Oh, dear. When is the next train?

B: Let’s see. It’s __________________8 o’clock. There’s one at 9.15 that takes you ___________________________to Charing Cross Station in London.

A: I’m meeting a friend outside the National Portrait Gallery at 10 o’clock.

B: Well, that’s perfect. Charing Cross is very ___________________. You won’t have to walk _____________________.

A: Will the next train be on time?

B: I can’t promise that. It has been punctual __________________. Last month, however, the 9.15 was constantly___________________. __________________passengers complained. In fact, people _________________ complain about trains. They ________________appreciate how ___________________we railway people are working to get things right. ________________we will introduce a spectacular high-speed train. We’re looking forward to it. There’s a poster on platform one. Go and have a look.

A: I’m afraid time is so __________________, it’s ten past nine. You’ve been very kind. Thanks for information.

7. Complete the sentences with verbs from the box. Then decide whether an adjective or an adverb is required with the verb.

feel look sound taste smell

1. All the guests _________________sick / sickly. The doctor diagnosed that everybody at the part was suffering from food poisoning.

2. I might go and buy the new cookery book which was advertised on television. The recipes ____________________________wonderful / wonderfully.

3. The flowers are lovely and they ___________________________gorgeous / gorgeously.

4. Where did you get that dress? It _______________absolutely spectacular / spectacularly.

5. What is this? Hot water? This coffee _____________________________awful / awfully.

8. Choose the right word. Translate the sentences into Russian.

1. hard / hardly

a) Your writing is terrible. I can hard / hardly read your letter.

b) You shouldn’t go out with him. You hard / hardly know each other.

c) You’ve worked so hard / hardly. I’m sure you’ll pass the exam.

d) We’ve got hard / hardly any food left. I’ll have to go shopping.

2. just / justly

a) The author has just / justly been nominated for the “Writer-of-the-Year” award: he

really deserves the prize.

b) He has just / justly finished the third novel.

c) I can’t complain. He has always treated me just / justly.

d) He spoke so quickly; I just / justly couldn’t hear what he was saying.

3. near / nearly

a) The house you’re looking for is near / nearly the station.

b) This beautiful building is near / nearly 200 years old.

c) I was so exhausted, I near / nearly fainted.

d) Jack near / nearly crashed his car yesterday.

4. late / lately

a) Have you been to the theatre late / lately?

b) You’ll be late / lately for your flight if you don’t hurry up.

c) Roger was late / lately for work every day last week.

d) I haven’t been feeling very well late / lately.

5. fair / fairly

1. He doesn’t play fair / fairly.

2. The men will want a fair / fairly long time for every meal.

3. I hope the child will be fair / fairly treated.

4. He was struck fair / fairly between the eyes.

6. high / highly

1. The kite went as high / highly as the steeple.

2. He has built a three meter high / highly fence between the two gardens.

3. Then there was a new wave of high / highly talented intellectuals.

4. She spoke high / highly of her teacher because she really admired her.

7. sharp / sharply

1. Meet him at five o’clock sharp / sharply.

2. She felt the anger rising sharp / sharply inside her.

3. Don’t cross the bridge but turn sharp / sharply left to go down onto the path.

4. The bicycle suddenly freed itself and, turning upon him, hit him sharp / sharply over the head with one of its handles.

8. wide / widely

1. “Open wide / widely”, said the dentist.

2. It was wide / widely believed that he will marry Clara.

3. The room is four meters long and three meters wide / widely.

4. All the details of your conversation are wide / widely known now.

9. real / really

1. Real / really, this is too much.

2. He has a real / really interest in art.

3. It’s a real / really pleasure to see you in this dress.

4. Shall I tell you what he real / really meant?

10. right / rightly

1. The classes started again right / rightly after Labour Day.

2. I’ll be right / rightly, honey. Don’t worry.

3. If I remember right / rightly, she went to Paris two years ago.

4. I want to stay right / rightly by you.

11. wrong / wrongly

1. You’ve done it wrong / wrongly.

2. The word is wrong / wrongly pronounced.

3. He has been wrong / wrongly accused.

4. You are treating him all wrong / wrongly.

9. Rewrite each sentence so that it has a similar meaning and contains the word in bold.

1. The old couple lived together and were happy.

happily

The old couple lived happily together.

2. This has been hard work for you.

hard

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3. Chris and Paul are slow walkers.

slowly

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4. Georgia is a good pianist.

well

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5. Sue is a graceful dancer.

gracefully

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6. Michael’s skating was wonderful.

wonderfully

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7. Mary is a careful writer.

carefully

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8. Alex didn’t sleep well.

badly

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9. Ann completed the course with success.

successfully

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10. We moved to St. Petersburg soon after that.

shortly

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