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UNIT
EXERCISES Q 2

w.1 Write very, too, or very/too if either is possible. (B)
1 Dan was engrossed in his book even to look up.
2 This has made many people angry.
3 The town looked prosperous. Much more so than when I was last there.
4 He found the opening small for him to get through.
5 You have to be a bit careful, but the snakes around here aren't dangerous.
6 He spoke clearly, and I was able to hear every word.
7 My mother's not well at the moment, I'm afraid.

92.2 Write very, very much, or (very) much if both much and very much are possible. (C)
1 She's not sleeping well because she's worried about work.
2 You could try phoning him, but I doubt that he'll be at home.
3 Her handling of the meeting was admired by her colleagues.
4 The team captain was criticised for the quality of his leadership.
5 Out of the shop walked three satisfied customers.
6 Although the patient wants to leave hospital, we can't let her go yet.
7 I appreciate the opportunity to talk to you.
8 Palmer had a encouraging first set, but played poorly after that.
9 He would like to be able to control what every American sees on TV.
10 Holidays in Italy have been favoured by British politicians recently.
11 We've enjoyed having you stay with us.
12 It was tempting to go swimming, but I knew the water would be very cold.
92.3 Do you know which of these adverbs can come before each set of adjectives? The adverb you
choose must be able to come before all three adjectives in the set. (D)
badly enormously perfectly severely terribly virtually
/ boring , acceptable , handicapped
1 ...terribty... /-important 3 (- adequate 5 (- limited
^ sorry ^ clear ^weakened
, identical , damaged , popular
2 /-impossible 4 (- needed 6 /-influential
^unchanged ^ wrong ^ powerful
92.4 Nick is unhappy at work and this is what he said when he came home. Replace all the examples
of quite with either completely (or an adverb with a similar meaning) or fairly (or an adverb
with a similar meaning). (E)

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"It's quite' ' unusual for me to get annoyed, but I was quite' ' appalled by my boss's
attitude. He'd asked me to finish the report by next week. Well, even that would be
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quite' ' difficult. But then this morning he told me he wanted it by tomorrow. He
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knew that it was quite' ' impossible for me to finish it by then. But he's quite ' '
determined to have it. It's not fair. He knows I'm quite' ' good at writing reports,
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but he also knows I'm quite' ' useless at working under pressure like that. My old
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boss was quite' ' different. He was quite' ' thoughtful and quite' ' brilliant at
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organising people. I think it's quite' ' likely I'll start looking for a job elsewhere."
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