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Exercises

32.1 Organise these mixed up words into correct sentences.
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32.2 Replace the underlined adverb with a different adverb that has the same meaning.
1 She seldom goes to conferences now.
2 Ican barely remember the first house we lived in.
3 There were almost fifty people there, you know.

4 I thought it was a bit disappointing, didn’t you?

5 I’m afraid I’m extremely busy next week.
32.3 Respond to these sentences using ‘rather’ to show surprise. (You can also add ‘actually’ at the
end of the sentence.)
1 A: Was it a boring evening?
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2 Pero : Were the children very noisy?
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3 : ’ve heard it’s a very dirty town. Is that true?
BPrerr NO tt oie c cet teceee cee e bee tecetetraneneeerereie
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4 : Was the weather awful?
32.4 Change the underlined adverbs to make the first two sentences slightly more positive, and the
last three sentences slightly less negative.
1 I thought they were very good.
2 He’s been getting quite good marks in his exams.
3 John said the flat was very small.
4 They said it was fairly boring.
5 The clothes were very expensive.
32.5 Put a frequency adverb into each of these sentences to make a true sentence about yourself.
Make sure you put the adverb in the correct place. Compare your answers with someone else
if possible.
= I buy clothes I don’t like.
Nnbwhd I remember my dreams.
I clean my shoes.
I give money to people in the street if they ask me for money.
I speak to strangers on buses and trains.
I’m rude to people who are rude to me.
Now think about each of your answers to the above sentences. Do you think they are:
a) very typical? b) fairly typical? c) slightly unusual? d) extremely unusual?
If you compared your answers with someone else, how would you describe their answers?

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