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To solve these tasks, let's go through each exercise step by step.
Exercise 13: Adverbs of Manner
Task: Insert the following adverbs under the correct headings.
Here are the categories for adverbs and examples of what each type describes:
Manner (how):
- quietly
- politely
- hard
- well
- beautifully
- gladly
Degree (to what extent):
- very
- quite
- hardly
Place (where):
- everywhere
- nearby
Time (when):
- early
- immediately
Frequency (how often):
- often
- usually
Now, let's sort them into the table:
| manner | degree | place | time | frequency |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| quietly | very | everywhere | early | often |
| politely | quite | nearby | usually | |
| hard | hardly | immediately | ||
| well | ||||
| beautifully | ||||
| gladly |
Exercise 14: Choose the correct item
Let's go through each sentence and choose the correct option:
Before the car broke down he ran out of gas.
- Correct choice: had been driving
- Explanation: Past perfect continuous ("had been driving") describes an ongoing action that was completed before another action in the past.
A new house had been built last night.
- Correct choice: had been playing
- Explanation: Past perfect tense ("had been playing") is used for an action that was completed before another in the past.
Do you know how ... an album from the Internet?
- Correct choice: to download
- Explanation: "To download" is the correct infinitive form to use after "how."
There is ... a lot of graffiti around here.
- Correct choice: hardly
- Explanation: "Hardly" is used to indicate a very small amount or degree, suggesting almost no graffiti.
The suspect is only ... taller than me.
- Correct choice: slightly
- Explanation: "Slightly" is used to indicate a small degree of difference.
The criminal felt very lonely in his ... prison cell.
- Correct choice: dark, uncomfortable, small
- Explanation: Typically, adjectives describing qualities and attributes are listed with size, then an opinion or quality, and finally age or color. In this case, order doesn’t matter much beyond natural English phrasing.
By following these steps, you can gain a clear understanding of the tasks and the logic behind each answer.
