Le Hong Phong Highschool Teacher-in-charge: Nguyen Thuy Lien (0903.141.

108)
ELT Department

I. CHOOSE THE RIGHT WORD:

1. I am (extreme / extremely) disappointed to know my children haven’t cleared up all the
trash yet.
2. She speaks (good / well) English. She speaks English (good / well)
3. The beach needs to be (careful / carefully) cleaned up.
4. Anyone who is caught dropping rubbish in the streets will be fined (heavy / heavily)
5. The people protested (strong / strongly) about the cutting down of trees for wood.
6. She’s pleased that you are working (hard / hardly) on the new project.
7. It was (careless / carelessly) of you to break the vase.
8. The bus arrived at the bus stop five minutes (late / lately)
9. They became (sick / sickly) after eating the poisonous vegetables.
10. The air is (serious / seriously) polluted by exhaust fumes from cars.
11. That old castle has been (good / well) preserved for many years.
12. He spoke very (soft / softly) but she heard every word like a shout.
13. Time seemed to go so (slow / slowly). When would he arrive?
14. If you have a (fast / fastly) car, why don’t you drive (fast / fastly)?
15. The door was (bad / badly) painted. I want to repaint it.
16. Angela is (amazing / amazingly) good with animals.
17. After the tsunami, the victims looked very (sad / sadly) and felt (unhappy / unhappily)
18. She looked (happy / happily) at the exam results and smiled (cheerful / cheerfully)
19. Liz is talking (interesting / interestingly) about her recent vacation in Da Lat.
20. The student made a (quick / quickly) response to the teacher’s question.
21. _ I heard Daniel isn’t very (good /well). _ Well, he fell and hurt himself quite (bad / badly)
22. Don’t go up that ladder. It doesn’t look (safe / safely)
23. She looked at me (angry / angrily) when I interrupted her.
24. The air is (high / highly) polluted.
25. She (hard / hardly) ever makes mistakes.
26. I haven’t been to the cinema (late/ lately)
27. The boys remained (silent / silently) when I yelled at them.
28. You will look more (beautiful / beautifully) in your new dress.
29. These flowers don’t smell (sweet / sweetly)
30. (Hardly / Hard) anybody I knew was at the party.
31. I (hardly / hard) recognized you with your new haircut.
32. We haven’t met each other (late / lately)
33. Children under 5 can travel (free / freely)
34. EU members are allowed to travel (free / freely) between member states.
35. She sighed (sad / sadly) when she heard the news.
36. Fiona quit and left her job (incomplete / incompletely)
37. The woman was lying (unconscious / unconsciously) on the street.
38. Although they are poor, the children seem (happy / happily)
39. Don’t eat your dinner so (quick / quickly). It’s not good for your health.
40. We didn’t know why she left the party (sudden / suddenly)
41. (Unfortunate / Unfortunately), we didn’t bring a map with us.
42. He tried (hard / hardly) to find a job, but he had no luck.
43. We find her lessons (interesting / interestingly).
44. Everyone at the party was (colorful/colorfully) dressed.
45. Linda likes wearing (colorful/colorfully) clothes.
46. The use of computers has made it (possibly / possible) for more people to work from home.
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47. The driver of the car had (serious / seriously) injuries.
48. We found them (safe/safely) and (good/well) in a nearby guesthouse.
49. I’m tired and I’m getting (hungrily/hungry)
50. _ There was a (terrible / terribly) accident on this roads two days ago, wasn’t there?
_ Yes. Two people were killed and the driver of the car was (serious / seriously) injured.
II. REWRITE THE FOLLOWING SENTENCES:
1. They study very well. 

2. Hoa is a hard worker. 

3. Thanh is a wonderful dancer. 

4. Alan cooks well. 

5. Liz drives carelessly. 

6. He actively participated in the fight against air pollution. 

7. My sister plays tennis badly. 

8. They think quickly. 

9. They swim fast. 

10. Tom runs quite fast. 

11. Ms. Quyen types carefully. 

12. Juliet cycles quite slowly. 

13. Pablo is a skilful painter. 

14. Nam and Lan sing badly. 

15. He is a good speaker of English. 

16. Nam studies hard. 

17. Sales have increased rapidly this month.  There have been

III. GIVE THE CORECT FORMS OF THE WORDS IN BRACKETS:

1. We should end a letter………………………with the words “Sincerely yours”.
(politeness)
2. The local residents promise to keep the environment ………………………
(pollution) and…………………….(cleanness)
3. We were ……………………… to see John looking so well, so soon after his
operation.(amazement)
4. They live a…………………………..life by having a balanced diet every day.
(health)
5. The test was……………………………… (surprise) easy, but your results were
(disappointment) ………………………………… bad.
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6. Mr. Brown has …………………….provided us with a delicious lunch. (kindness)
7. She needs to organize her ideas in a more .................................way.
(order)
8. _ How are you today? _ I’m very………………………Thanks. (good)
9. She always speaks …………………………….to her child. (soft)
10. How ……………………………the coach felt when his team lost the match!
(disappoint)
11. Look at that…………………………….decorated house! (beauty)
12. She couldn’t stay (calmness)…………………………because she didn’t
prepare…………….………….. enough for the presentation. (care)
13. Those………………………..children are looking forward to their summer
vacation. (excitement)
14. We couldn’t forget those …………………………………………..experiences.
(frighten)
15. The baby laughed …………………………when her mother told her a funny story.
(happy)
16. The house is small and rather simple, but she has decorated
it…………………………….(beauty)
17. The services in the restaurant are…………………………………….poor. (awful)
18. Jim Carey in the main role is……………………………….funny. (incredible)
19. This is a……………………good book. Go out and buy it today! (true)
20. We are very………………………..to go back next year. (like)
21. I am …terrible…………………….sorry. I didn’t mean to hurt you. (terrible)
22. Two people were …seriously………………………injured in the accident. (serious)
23. Steve arrived …unexpectly………………………………. He made us …
surpise………………….(expect / surprise)
24. They talked …unending……………………………….about the project. (end)
25. Sue works ……continue……………………….She never seems to stop. (continue)
26. The film is ……unnecessary………………………………..long. It should be shorter.
(necessary)
27. I was ……dissappointed…………………………..with the film. I had expected it to
be better. (disappoint)
28. Do you easily get …embarrassing…………………………………..? (embarrass)
29. I didn’t find the situation funny. I was not ……amusing……………………….
(amuse)
30. Sue is an …interested………………………………person to talk to. (interest)
31. Why don’t you talk about something more …interesting………………….
(interest)? I feel …bored……………(bore)
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32. He works very hard. It’s not …surprising………………………….why he’s always
tired. (surprise)
33. There’s no need to get …annoing……………………just because I am a few
minutes late. (annoy)
34. The lecture was …boring………………………. I fell asleep. (bore)
35. Thousands of people were made homeless because of the …
devastating…………………storm. (devastate)
36. How…disappointed………………………the teacher felt when her students failed
the exam! (disappoint)
37. We didn’t find the story she told me …amusing……………………………….
(amuse)
38. It is …disappoitingly……………………….that we have lost the match.
(disappoint)
39. My decision made him ………………………………….(disappoint)
40. ……………………………, her injury was worse than we expected. (luck)

IV. CHOOSE THE BEST WORD:

There are some students who feel depressed / depressing by studying, especially subjects which they
find confused / confusing. They often leave their work until the last minute, and then find the amount
they have to do is simply exhausted / exhausting, or they are embarrassed / embarrassing to
admit that they need help. They simply become more and more worried / worrying, and then work even
less than before. Or they blame the school system, because the subjects they are studying are just not
interested / interesting. However, you may be surprised / surprising to know that very few students
feel this way, according to recent research. In fact, most students don't find school work annoying /
annoyed at all. They are usually excited / exciting by the subjects they are studying, and they feel
satisfied / satisfying when they do something well.

NOTES:
1. Sue speaks English perfectly/perfect.  ……………………………………………………………..

2. Suddenly/sudden the shelf fell down.  ……………………………………………………………..

3. The essay was well/good written.  ……………………………………………………………..

4. The food is extremely/extreme good.  …………………………...........………………………..

5. Maria learns languages incredibly/incredible quickly. 

……………………………………………………………..
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6. Our holiday was too short/shortly.  ……………………………………………………………..

7. Sue is a carelessly/careless driver.  ……………………………………………………………..

8. I feel happily/happy.  ……………………………………………………………..

9. Please keep your room tidily/tidy.  ……………………………………………………………..

10. The film made him famously/ famous overnight.  ……………………………………………………………..

11. Nhan finds Hien interested/interesting to talk to.  ……...........……………………………………………..

12. Hi, do you feel good/well today?  ……………………………………………………………..

13. It is disappointed/disappointing to lose the match.  ……………………………………………………………..

14. We were boring/bored because the film was boring/bored. …………………….……………………………..

15. He is boring/bored, so he always makes us boring/bored.  …………………………………………………..

16. She greeted us friendly/in a friendly way.  ……………………………………………………………..

17. Kate runs fast/fastly.  ……………………………………………………………..

18. Kate got up late/lately this morning.  ……………………………………………………………..

19. Kate works hard/hardly.  ……………………………………………………………..

20. We hard/hardly know each other.  ……………………………………………………………..