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Com plete the sentences w ith the correct form of the w ords in cap itals.

1 Melina was very ______________about picking up her new scooter. ENTHUSIAST

2 T h e___________ . is trying to find a ______________________solution to the crisis. POLITICS, DIPLOMAT
3 Howard is a very ___________ person. ENERGY
4 We had t o ______ . a lot of words for the spelling test. MEMORY
5 , I believe that the government should preserve the PERSON, HISTORY
buildings in the city centre.
6 You m ust__________________ to him for your rude behaviour. APOLOGY
7 John had to get _____ help after his mother’s death because he had become PSYCHOLOGY
ve ry __________ EMOTION
8 The firefighter was given a medal for the . rescue of the little boy from HERO
the burning building.

9 The play we saw at the theatre w as _____ SYMBOL

10 The up and coming__________________ _ finally exhibited her paintings in a gallery. ART
11 Children should be . examined at least twice a year. MEDICINE
12 I don’t know what to do now that my friends are away. I feel that I’m going to die
o f ______________ BORE

Examination Practice

A Read the text below and d ecid e w hich answ er A, B, C or D best fits each space.

AQXD EXPERIENCE
As a journalist, I’m asked to travel around the globe to all sorts of (1)________________________ countries.

Over the years, I’ve used different means of transport. Of course, for long (2)________________________ ,

flying is the fastest and safest way to (3)________________________ a far-off destination.

Unfortunately, I’m not a very organised traveller and despite my travel agent’s best efforts, (4)_______________________

always goes wrong. Last week, while I was heading for the airport, I realised I had left my passport at home. Obviously, I had

to go back so I asked the taxi driver to turn around and take me home. In the meantime, I crossed my fingers and hoped that I

wouldn’t miss my (5 )________________________ .

All the (6 )________________________ home, the driver was speeding in and out of traffic. He got even more carried

(7)________________________ when he got on the motorway, (8)_________________________ at speeds of up to 150 kilometres

per hour.

By the time we arrived home, I was (9)______ __________________ a state of shock and it took me a while to

(10)________________________ my breath. So, before driving off again, I decided to pay him (11)_________________________

extra, so that he would go slower as we were bound (12)________________________ have an accident.

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1 A curious B peculiar C foreign D strange

2 A travels B excursions C tours D trips

3 A arrive B reach C get D approach

4 A anything B something C everything D nothing

5 A flight B cruise C trip D journey

6 A road B way C route D direction

7 A away B on C out D along

8 A moving B travelling C transferring D transporting

9 A at B under C on D in

A hold B catch C keep D find

A many B a little C a few D some

A to B for C in D of

3 Complete the text belo w with the correct form of the words in capitals.

"he longest-living person (1)________________________ recorded lived to be 122 years and 164 days OFFICIAL
old.

In general, the number of people who live to be over one hundred is increasing, especially among

women, yet there isn’t a single (2)________________________ who can fully explain this phenomenon. SCIENCE
Some of them claim that it’s purely a (3 )________________________ fact. BIOLOGY
However, in the developing countries, where (4 )________________________ progress is slower, life SCIENCE
expectancy is much less. According to (5)________________________ records, life expectancy for MEDICINE
these people is about forty years. (6 ) ________________________ reasons are mainly responsible for ECONOMICS
this and as a result a high percentage of the population suffers from m alnutrition. One must also

(7 ) the fact that sanitary conditions in developing countries are rather EMPHASIS
(8 HYGIENE
To (9 ) ________________________ , proper housing and sanitation, adequate healthcare and a(n) SUMMARY
(10) ________________________ diet play an important part in a person’s life expectancy. NUTRITION

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 ADJECTIVES & ADVERBS
I. Choose the correct word in the blanket to complete the following sentences
1. They dance the Tango (beautiful / beautifully)
2. She planned their trip to Greece very (careful / carefully)
3. Jim painted the kitchen very (bad / badly)
4. She speaks very (quiet / quietly)
5. Turn the stereo down. It's too (loud / loudly)
6. He skipped________ down the road to school. (happy / happily)
7. He drives too (fast / well)
8. She knows the road (good / well)
9. He plays the guitar (terrible / terribly)
10. We're going camping tomorrow so we have to get up (early /soon)
11. Andy doesn't often work (hard / hardly)
12. Sometimes our teacher arrives (late / lately) for class.
13. She straightened up and looked out the window (direct / directly) at him.
14. Frankly, it is very (clever / cleverly) done.
15. There are already rumors that publishers are feeling (nervous / nervously).
16. All we wanted to do was to stand very (quiet / quietly) and look and look and look.
17. It was (nice / nicely) packaged and wrapped in pretty, recycled paper.
18. The milk has gone (sour/ sourly).
19. It was a (dangerously, dangerous) lake to swim in.
20. You must send payments (regular, regularly). We deal on a (strictly, strict) cash basis.
21. The mechanic's tools were (well, good). The foreman said that his work was (good, well) done.
22. He did not pass the course as (easy, easily) as he thought he would.
23. I find this novel very (interesting, interestingly). It was (interesting, interestingly) written.
24. She studied (hard / hardly) last year and she passed.
25. The man looked at me (angry / angrily).
26. (Unfortunate/ Unfortunately), we got lost in the jungle.
27. The dish tastes (extreme/ extremely) awful.
28. She seems (cheerfully / cheerful) because she is (happy / happily) married.
29. The soup tastes good / well.
30. You have to keep your room (tidy/ tidily).

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 31. It is (undoubted/ undoubtedly) a beneficial project.
32. Sometimes, my son is naughty, and he makes me (crazy/ crazily).
33. (Surprising/ Surprisingly), he passed the driving test with an excellent result.
II. Put the following into the correct order:
1. Italian / new / red / soft / shoes
2. elderly / tall / Englishman
3. oval / Venetian / ancient / valuable / glass
4. shiny / large /expensive / brown / leather / case
5. square / wooden / old / nice / table
6. modern / stone / large / beautiful / cottage.
7. tea / blue / thin / old / cup
8. young / blonde / handsome / tall / man
9. old / several / English / beautiful / castles
10. pretty / French / young / a lot of / girls
III. Fill in the gaps with the correct form of the words in brackets.
1. My bath was_________. I feel _________now. (RELAX)
2. Joe is _________ because he had a _________day. (TIRE)
3. How to get the cheese was _________. The mouse was _________.(CONFUSE)
4. So much homework was _________. The student felt _________.(OVERWHELM)
5. Your jokes are _________. I am _________.(AMUSE)
6. I was so _________by the movie. The scenes in the movie were _________.(TOUCH)
7. Ted forgot to close his zipper. It was _________. Ted felt _________.(EMBARRASS)
8. My alarm clock wouldn't stop ringing. I was _________. The sound was _________.(ANNOY)
9. The movie, King Kong, was _________. The children who were watching it were
______.(TERRIFY)
10. Michael Phelps was _________. Michael Phelps' Olympic win was _________.(EXCITE)
11. The taste was _________. I was _________.(SATISFY)
12. He's such a monotonous speaker. I was ________________ stiff. (BORE)
13. I don't like watching ________________ films on my own. (DEPRESS)
14. I was ________________ when she told me she'd got divorced. (AMAZE)
15. There's been some very ________________ news. (SURPRISE)
16. Hey, I've just had a ______________ idea. (FASCINATE)

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