Gián án Bài tập AV9 - 005

Exercises
I. Choose the correct words:
1. Rita plays the violin (good/well).
2. That is an (intense/intensely) novel.
3. The sun is shining (bright/brightly).
4. The boys speak Spanish (fluent/fluently).
5. The table has a (smooth/smoothly) surface.
6. We must figure our income tax returns (accurate/accurately).
7. We don’t like to drink (bitter/bitterly) tea.
8. The plane will arrive (soon/soonly).
9. He had an accident because he was driving too (fast/fastly).
10. Your cold sounds (terrible/terribly).
11. They became (sick/sickly) after eating the contaminated food.
12. I always feel (happy/happily) when the sun is shining.
13.You look (terrible/terribly)! Are you all right?
14. There’s no point in doing a job if you don’t do it (proper/properly).
15. Please keep (quite/quietly)! I’m learning my lessons.
16.We didn’t go out because it was raining (heavy/heavily).
17.You should make your clothes (clean/cleanly) when you go out.
18. Rose is (terrible/terribly) upset about losing her job.
19. Linda likes wearing (colourful/colourfully) clothes.
20. I think you behaved very (selfish/selfishly).
II. Rewrite the following sentences using the words given:
1. Jane cooks better than her sister.
-> Jane’s sister …………………………………………………………….
2. Tom is the best football player in this team.
-> Nobody in this team ……………………………………………………
3. Nothing is faster than the speed of light.
-> The speed of light ……………………………………………………...
4. Jack is younger than he looks.
-> Jack isn’t ……………………………………………………………….

5. I didn’t spend as much money as you.
-> You …………………………………………………………………….
6. Yesterday the temperature was nine degrees. Today it’s only six
degrees.
-> It’s ……………………………………………………………………...
7. The journey takes four hours by car and five hours by train.
-> It takes …………………………………………………………………
8. Chris and Joe both did badly in the exam. Chris got 20% but Joe only
got 15%.
-> Joe did ………………………………………………………………….
9. I expected my friends to arrive at about 4 O’clock. In fact they arrive
at 2.30.
-> My friend ………………………………………………………………
10. We were very busy at work today. We are not as busy as that everyday.
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-> We ……………………………………………………………………...
III. Rewrite the following sentences using the words given:
1. The house seemed to have been unoccupied for several years.
-> It looked ………………………………………………………………..
2. Police were informed of the identity of the murdered man.
-> The identity …………………………………………………………….
3. The fisher man’s life was one of great poverty.
-> Throughout …………………………………………………………….
4. The president is the statesman I admire most of all.
-> The statesman ………………………………………………………….
5. The students regretted that they had missed the lecture.
-> The students regretted not ……………………………………………..
6. She asks me how I like her new dress.
-> How ……………………………………………………………………
7. I’ve warned you not to go near that dog.

-> I’ve warned you about …………………………………………………
8. I can’t cook as well as my mother does.
-> My mother ……………………………………………………………..
9. Would you like me to finish the work tonight .
-> I’ll ……………………………………………………………………...
10. “You stole my best cassette, Amada”; said William.
->William accused ……………………………………………………….
IV. Rewrite the following sentences using the words given:
1. Phillip asked Olive if she could remember where she had put the camera.
-> Phillip and Olive ………………………………………………………...
2. The bridge was so low that the bus couldn’t go under it.
-> It was …………………………………………………………………...
3. There is no need for you to talk so loudly.
-> You don’t ………………………………………………………………
4. The children couldn’t go swimming because the sea was very rough.
-> The sea was too ………………………………………………………...
5. I advise you to put your money in the bank.
-> You’d …………………………………………………………………..
6. Have you got a cheaper carpet than this?
-> Is this …………………………………………………………………..
7. He does a lot of work in the evening.
-> He works very ………………………………………………………….
8. I’m going to the theater tomorrow, and I’m really looking forward to it.
-> I’m really looking ………………………………………………….......
9. My brother and I both went to that school.
-> I went to that school and so ……………………………………………
10. I wasn’t there at that time.
-> He denied ………………………………………………………………
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V. Rewrite the following sentences using the words given:

1. The children should be working by now.
-> It is time ………………………………………………………………..
2. They made him wait for two hours.
-> He was ..………………………………………………………………..
3. The police made the boat turn back.
-> The boat ………………………………………………………………..
4. I’d rather you smoked in here.
-> Would ………………………………………………………………….
5. If I had known all the facts, I would not have rung the police.
-> As I …………………………………………………………………….
6. We shall notify the police about this matter.
-> The police ……………………………………………………………...
7. Galileo is considered to be the father of modern astronomy.
-> Galileo is regarded ……………………………………………………..
8. The value of Sterling has fallen considerably in the past week.
-> There has ………………………………………………………………
9. That dress has only the slightest mark on it.
-> I can barely …………………………………………………………….
10. I have never seen such a mess in my life.
-> It is
………………………………………………………………………..........
VI. Rewrite the following sentences using the words given:
1. It took us three hours to open the door.
-> We spent ………………………………………………………………
2. His mother wouldn’t allow him to go out.
-> He ……………………………………………………………………..
3. He’ll never forget waiting for his friend to go to school.
-> He’ll always remember ………………………………………………..
4. “Let’s go for a walk in the park”, said Andrews!
-> Andrews suggested that ……………………………………………….

5. His second attempt on the world record was successful.
-> He broke ………………………………………………………………
6. He said “ I wish I knew the answer”
-> He said that ……………………………………………………………
7. He wished he hadn’t spent so much money.
-> He was sorry …………………………………………………………..
8. He said “Good luck!”
-> He wished…………………………………………….………………..
9. I applied for the job but was turned down.
-> My ……………………………………………………………………..
10. “Please don’t drive so fast” Ann begged her boyfriend.
->Ann pleaded …………………………………………………………...
VII. Rewrite the following sentences using the words given:
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1. Their teacher is making them prepare carefully for the exam.
-> They are ………………………………………………………………..
2. I would do anything for you.
-> There is ………………………………………………………………...
3. He was late because his car broke down.
-> The reason ……………………………………………………………...
4. I won’t swim in the sea because it’s too cold.
-> The sea is not …………………………………………………………..
5. Robert says he will never visit Manchester again.
-> Robert says this ………………………………………………………...
6. Why was she late?
-> What ……………………………………………………………………
7. Scientists think that black holes exist in space.
->Black holes …………………………………………………………….
8. The result of the match was never in doubt.
-> At no time

9. The car was so rusty that it couldn’t be repaired.
-> The car was too
10. It was more expensive than I thought.
-> I thought
11. I bought a book for Jane
->I bought
12. He said he wasn’t guilty of stealing the car
->He denied
13. He found that it was impossible to study at home.
-> He found
14. I last heard this song 10 years ago
-> It
15. The last time I saw him was when I live in London.
-> I haven’t seen
16. I don’t mind whether we have the meeting today or tomorrow
-> It makes no
17. I’ve got to get a new computer
-> What I really need
18. Nobody plays this piece as beautifully as he does
-> He plays
19. Would you like to go for a coffee in 10 minutes or so.
-> How about
20. I go out very little today
-> I hardly
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