Advanced Grammar in Use - 1st E531dition
Advanced Grammar in Use - 1st E531dition
Advanced Grammar in Use - 1st E531dition
EXERCISES Q 2
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)
"It's quite' 1 ' unusual for me to get annoyed, but I was quite' 2 ' appalled by my boss's
attitude. He'd asked me to finish the report by next week. Well, even that would be
quite' 3 ' difficult. But then this morning he told me he wanted it by tomorrow. He
knew that it was quite' 4 ' 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,
but he also knows I'm quite' 7 ' useless at working under pressure like that. My old
boss was quite' 8 ' different. He was quite' 9 ' thoughtful and quite' 10 ' brilliant at
organising people. I think it's quite' 11 ' likely I'll start looking for a job elsewhere."
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C o m m e n t adverbs; viewpoint adverbs; focus
adverbs
Comment adverbs
Most common comment adverbs can occur at the front, middle or end of a sentence:
• Personally, I'd be surprised if Symons is guilty.
• He led me to a room that had obviously been built later than the rest of the house.
• The book was based on his experience in China, apparently.
There are other possible positions for each of the comment adverbs in this examples. To show
that they apply to the whole sentence, we usually separate them from the rest of the sentence,
particularly in front and end positions, by a comma in writing or by intonation in speech.
A number of phrases and clauses can be used in a similar way to comment adverbs to indicate
our attitude to, or opinion of, what is said. For example:
To my disappointment, he didn't ask me Oddly enough, she didn't mention that she
why I was wearing a false nose. (Also To was moving house. (Also Curiously/
my surprise/astonishment, etc.) Funnily/Strangely enough)
To be frank, I don't think she's the best To put it simply (or Putting it simply), we
person to do the job. (Also To be need to spend less. (Also To put it
honest/truthful/fair, etc.) (or Putting it) bluntly/briefly/mildly, etc.)
Viewpoint adverbs
We use these adverbs to make it clear from what point of view we are speaking:
• Financially, the accident has been a disaster for the owners of the tunnel.
• The brothers may be alike physically, but they have very different personalities.
Other examples include biologically, chemically, environmentally, ideologically, logically,
morally, outwardly, politically, technically, visually.
A number of phrases are used in a similar way: morally speaking, in political terms,
from a technical point of view, as far as the environment is concerned, etc.