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Test: Adverbs/Adjectives + Prepositions + Present
Simple/ Present Continuous.
1. Adverbs/ adjectives: choose the correct one.
1. Jack spoke confidently/confident to the audience urging them to elect
him president of the union. He knew he had a well/good chance of winning
the election.
2. Melanie quickly/quick ate her lunch. She knew the meeting was
importantly/important and she didn't want to be late.
3. Sophie lived in Thailand for several years. She speaks Thai
fluently/fluent, and she knows the culture very good/well.
4. The hot/hotly, humid weather made it difficult to enjoy the tropical beach.
Miriam seemed more uncomfortable/uncomfortably than relaxed.
5. The entrance examination is extremely/extreme challenging. Very few
people make it into the prestigiously/prestigious medical school.
6. This airline's complete/completely lack of organization is astounding. I
have been very patient/patiently up to this point, but I am going to lose my
temper if you don't find my baggage immediately.
7. The young girl sings amazing/amazingly well for someone her age. Her
performance was spectacular/spectacularly to say the least.
8. The skies became surprisingly dark/darkly as the moon moved between
the Earth and the Sun. As the eclipse progressed, the people in the streets
stood silently/silent waiting for the sun's warmth to return.
9. Although Beth speaks softly/soft and seems quite timid/timidly, she is
the leading expert in her field. Don't underestimate her abilities.
10. After the medieval cathedral was tragically/tragic burnt down last year,
the city quickly/quick rebuilt it stone for stone. It looks exactly the same as
it did before the fire.
11. We gradually/gradual noticed changes in Diane's personality; she
became quietly/quiet and withdrawn from her friends and family. We finally
realized that we had to do something about her drinking problem before it was
too late.
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2. Prepositions: Exercises.
Fill the gaps with the correct prepositions.
(in 2x, at, above, into, across, on, to, on, via)
[Link] live …………. Antwerp.
[Link] you like to go ………. To a party tonight?
[Link], thanks. I was ………… a party yesterday.
[Link] are going …………… holiday next week.
[Link] is a bridge ………… the river.
[Link] flight from Brussels to New York was …………. London.
7.………… my wall, there are many posters of Lady Gaga.
[Link] is the person …………. this picture?
[Link] ……….. the sitting room, we want to watch the Harry Potter DVD.
10. Munich lies 530 meters ……….. sea level.
3. Present Simple or Present Continuous?
It __________ (to snow) quite hard, perhaps we shouldn't go
out tonight.
Don't give Jan any cheese. She __________ (to hate) it!
I __________ (to go) to Toronto next Thursday. Do you want to
come?
Once a week, I ________ (to go) to an art class at the college.
Marie-Claude isn't a Canadian. I ___________ (to believe) she
comes from France.
Look! Junko __________ (to jump) into the water.
Salman is rich, he ___________ (to drive) a Mercedes.
I __________ (to have) lunch in the cafeteria every day.
I ________ (to think) you're crazy!
You won't find Jerry at home right now. He ___________
(to study) in the library.
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GOOD LUCK!!