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UNIT
EXERCISES
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84.1 Peter Thomas was recently sentenced to imprisonment for a bank robbery. Here are extracts
from newspaper reports during and after the trial. Rewrite them using one of these adverbs to
replace the underlined parts. Make any other necessary changes. (B)

allegedly belatedly deservedly repeatedly reputedly undoubtedly
unexpectedly wholeheartedly

Thomas was said to have committed the At first, Thomas s wife gave
robbery on the afternoon of the 21st June. complete support to his
claim that he was innocent.

A police spokesman said, 'We are
4 It is generally believed that
sure that Peter Thomas knows
Thomas hid the money
omething about this robbery.'
somewhere close to his home

° ' He denied being involved
in the robbery over and

It came as a:
Thomas confessed to the
crime over a year later.

Example: 1 Thomas allegedly corotnttted the robbery on trie afternoon of the 21st June.
84.2 Rewrite the following sentences using one of the adverbs discussed in D.

1 I haven't cleaned the house recently. I Haven't cleaned, the house laieUj.
2 It wasn't easy to accept her decision.
3 They won, but the result wasn't at all surprising.
4 The leaflet is available at no charge from the town hall.
5 He walked into the office without knocking.
6 I am happy to admit that I was wrong.
7 I became a nurse soon after I left school.
8 Even though it was 2 am, I was completely awake.
9 Her name is known to many people.
10 The report strongly criticised the Minister's conduct.

84.3 Find the mistakes and correct them. If there are no mistakes, put a </. (A-E)
1 She speaks French fluent.
2 I think you behaved very cowardlily.
3 Everyone says that he's now enormous rich.
4 We'll never catch them up if you walk as slow as that.
5 She turned to him astonishedly. 'I don't believe you,' she said.
6 Wearing a white shirt and new suit, he thought he looked really well.
7 He plays the guitar remarkable good for his age.
8 Chop the herbs finely and sprinkle them on top of the pasta.
9 He stepped back and looked satisfiedly at the newly-painted door.
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