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English Word Skills Exercises for B2 – Adverb and adverbial phrases

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1. Complete the sentences with the words below.

  • early friendly monthly motherly weekly yearly
  • 1)
    We love going camping and try to go – usually in Setemper.
  • 2)
    Lessons will finish today for the parents’ meeting.
  • 3)
    ‘Do you go shopping every week?’ ‘No, we just do one big shop ’
  • 4)
    He gestured in a way and invited us over.
  • 5)
    She hugged the crying child in a way.
  • 6)
    I see Nina when we play tennis on Saturdays.

2. Write the words in the correct order to make sentences.

  • 1)
    my / monthly / renew / membership / I / gym
  • 2)
    a / way / smiled / lovely / she / in / really
  • 3)
    band / town / my / in / plays / brother’s / fortnightly
  • 4)
    a / the / spoke / way / in / man / cowardly
  • 5)
    crashed / driving / when / she / fast / was / too / she
  • 6)
    diving / can / to / he / annually / go / afford?

3. Choose the correct adverb (a or b) to complete the sentences.

  • 1)
    The dentist asked her to open her mount
  • b) 2) Despite watching , I don’t know how the magician did that!
  • b) 3) I haven’t seen you – is everything ok?
  • b) 4) The next train goes to London without stopping.
  • b) 5) Shall we sit to the door so we can leave quietly?
  • b) 6) We’ll be there in half an hour.
  • b

4. Complete the pairs of sentences with the correct form of the adverbs below.

  • close flat free hard late near
  • 1)
    a They’re identical twins; you can tell them apart.
  • b)
    It started to rain just as we left the house.
  • 2)
    a This DVD came with my magazine.
  • b)
    You can speak here – we’re all good friends.
  • 3)
    a I love cricket so I’ve been following the match
  • b)
    We couldn’t get enough to ask for his autograph.
  • 4)
    a All the students denied cheating.
  • b)
    She has a strong voice but a rather tone.
  • 5)
    a I forgot to pack my swimming costume!
  • b)
    It’s November and Christmas is getting
  • 6)
    a Don’t go to bed tonight; remember that we’ve got an early start tomorrow.
  • b)
    Katya hasn’t been well so she won’t be at school.

5. Complete the text with the words below.

  • closely hardly lately lively nearly rough widely
  • In Down and Out in Paris and London (1933), author George Orwell writes about the poverty in the two cities, describing in a 1) way his experience of mixing with the very poor. After living in Paris for 2) two years, Orwell fell seriously ill and had all his money stolen. He then returned to London, sleeping 3) and living 4) with tramps. His book was 5) praised at the time for its honest study, but it seems that some things have 6) changed more than eighty years on. Parts of the cities have become very rich 7) , but the problems of unemployment and homelessness still exist.

6. Choose the correct words (a-d) to complete the sentences.

  • 1)
    It’s so dark that I can see anything.
  • d) 2) The doctor gave me tablets that I must take
  • d) 3) Everyone was upset to hear the news.
  • d) 4) We shouldn’t leave home tomorrow if we want to catch the train.
  • d) 5) Do you live your grandparents?
  • d) 6) The cat by on the cold floor to cool down.
  • d

Extra exercises

7. Complete the sentences with the correct adverb form of the adjectives in brackets.

  • 1)
    It took us half an hour to get there. (rough)
  • 2)
    We booked the hotel to ensure that we got a nice room. (early)
  • 3)
    Try not to look like a tourist when you’re alone in a foreign country. (hard)
  • 4)
    I looked at the bill to make sure it was correct. (close)
  • 5)
    The weather has been terrible I hope it improves for our holiday. (late)
  • 6)
    We’re going to have to decide where to go soon, or everything will be booked up. (pretty)

8. Complete the mini-dialogues with the phrasal verbs below.

  • get around get back go off pull up set off stop over
  • 1)
    A What time are you leaving in the morning?
  • B We’re going to at 6.30 a.m.
  • 2)
    A Did you walk everywhere in London?
  • B No, we used the tourist bus to
  • 3)
    A What time does your plane land?
  • B At 6.00; we should to the house around 8.00.
  • 4)
    A Have you got a direct flight?
  • B No, it’s going to in Doha on the way.
  • 5)
    A Did you go on holiday with your parents?
  • B Yes, but I could and do my own thing.
  • 6)
    A Where I shall I park?
  • B Just outside the hotel for now.

9. Complete the sentences with the phrases below.

  • I’m opting I think I wouldn’t I wouldn’t pick
  • The best option The reason why
  • 1)
    for an elderly couple would be a cruise, because they wouldn’t have to walk very far.
  • 2)
    the holiday camp for the reason that it would be too noisy.
  • 3)
    for the B&B, and that’s because they tend to be cheaper.
  • 4)
    I’m not choosing the houseboat is that it might be very cramped.
  • 5)
    go for the cycling holiday, basically because I haven’t got a bike.
  • 6)
    I’ll choose the winter sports holiday, mainly because I love skiing.

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