4. Put the adverbs in brackets into the proper place.5

4.4

1. He listens to the radio. (often)

2. Tom is very friendly. (usually)

3. I take sugar in my coffee. (sometimes)

4. My grandmother goes for a walk in the evening. (always)

5. They watch TV in the afternoon. (never)

6. Have you been to London? (ever)

7. Peter doesn't get up before seven. (usually)

8. Our friends must write tests. (often)

9. The weather is bad in November. (always)

10. Peggy and Frank are late. (usually)

11. I have met him before. (never)

12. John watches TV. (seldom)

13. I was in contact with my sister. (often)

14. She will love him. (always)

5. Choose the right order of adjectives.

1. He's a ________ doctor.

a) young charming b) charming young

2. I plan on wearing my ________ coat.

a) long black b) black long

3. This is a ________ painting from the 18th century.

a) French well-known b) well-known French

4. She was wearing a ________ dress.

a) green beautiful b) beautiful green

5. The ________ bird! I'm going to help it!

a) poor little b) little poor

6. She prepared a ________ dinner for us.

a) Mexican wonderful b) wonderful Mexican

7. Nagoya is an example of a ________ city.

a) modern Japanese b) Japanese modern

8. He bought himself a ________ truck.

a) big new b) new big

9. Pass me the ________ bowl.

a) plastic round b) round plastic

10. The ________ years were fantastic.

a) two first b) first two

6. Decide whether the words in italics are acting as adjectives or adverbs.

1 Some people think modern paintings are 'difficult'.

2 They find them confusing because they are not 'pictures'

3 They say that a good photograph would be better.

4 At least, they say, a photo does show the real world.

5 It's also hard to persuade them that the artist worked hard.

6 Some modern painting could easily have been painted by a child.

7 Artists sometimes make the situation more difficult.

8 They write explanations of their work which can seem unnecessary.

9 They may not seem to have very much connection with the art.

10 Still, if the work seems interesting then it is worth looking at.

7. Complete the sentence with well, ill, bad, badly, hard, or hardly.

a Last Thursday I woke up feeling . … .

b When I got up I realized I could ….walk.

c I had exercised….. in the gym the night before.

d My left ankle seemed to be….. swollen.

e I didn't feel at all …..but I had to go to the doctor's.

f I found it….. to walk there, but I managed it in the end.

g The ......news was that I needed an x-ray and had to go to the hospital.

h The doctor there told me there was nothing seriously wrong. I could …. believe it!

8. Complete the text with an adjective from the list, using a comparative form where necessary.

cheap

fast

clever

Import ant

difficult

up-to-date

easy

essential

Nowadays using computers is more and more .... . We can't do without them, and you don't

have to be an expert to use one, as using a computer is .... and ..... all the time. You

don't need to be rich either, as computers are also becoming .... and ... ....as time goes

on. Also, if you are studying, the Internet is becoming more and more …. as a place to find

information. This used to take a long time, but the latest machines are a great improvement. The

……the computer, the .. . it works. However, protecting computers from viruses is

becoming more and more…… as the people who invent viruses are becoming … .

and …. . The Internet has become a dangerous place, so it is more and more … .. . to

be very careful when we use computers.