LONGMAN ENGLISH GRAMMAR PRACTICE

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Key 11.11A-11.13E

7.5B 'Fairly'
1 quite ('complimentary')/fairly ('less complimentary')
2 quite ('completely')
3 quite ('completely')
4 quite ('complimentary')/fairly ('less complimentary')
5 quite ('completely')
6 quite ('completely')

7.5C 'Rather'
1 quite ('completely')/rather ('inclined to be')
2 quite ('completely')
3 quite ('completely')/rather ('inclined to be')
4 quite ('completely')
5 quite ('less than')/rather ('inclined to be')


7.5D 'Much', 'any', 'far' and 'a lot' as adverbs of
degree
1 much/any 2 much/far/a lot 3 much/far/a lot
4 much/far 5 any/much 6 much/any 7 much
8 much/far 9 much/any 10 much/far/a lot


7.5E Context
Possible answers
1 quite late 2 rather tired 3 fairly middle-aged
4 rather a good meal 5 quite unaware 6 any more
7 any/much use 8 rather a good idea 9 quite dim


7.6 Intensifiers


7.6A 'Very', 'too' and 'very much'


Write 1 :
I very ill 2 very much faster 3 too fast for me
4 very (or too) good 5 too expensive 6 very (or
very much) mistaken 7 very much interested
8 very much 9 very much admired 10 the very best
II too intelligent 12 too cold 13 I very much like
14 very much faster 15 very late 16 too late
17 very much missed 18 too much pocket money
19 very much 20 very much alone


Write 2:
1 very much 2 too much 3 very 4 very much
5 very 6 very 7 too much 8 too much 9 too
10 too 11 very much 12 very or too


7.6B Adverbs in place of 'very': 'extremely happy',
'fast asleep'
Possible answers
1 awfully 2 terribly 3 greatly 4 extremely
5 terribly 6 wide 7 deeply 8 extremely 9 really
10 richly 11 painfully 12 awfully 13 terribly
14 awfully 15 terribly 16 extremely 17 extremely
18 fast 19 bitterly 20 terribly 21 badly
22 extremely 23 really 24 extremely


7.6C Context
Possible answers
1 too 2 very 3 fast 4 very much 5 painfully
6 too 7 really/very much 8 extremely
9 Much 10 richly

7.7 Focus adverbs

7.7A 'Even', 'only', 'just' and 'simply' for
'focusing'
Possible answers
1 I understood his lecture, but no one else did.
2 I listened, but I didn't take notes.
3 I didn't understand anyone else's lecture./l
understood his lecture, but I didn't understand
anything else.
4 Set the table in a simple manner.
5 I understood it, but with some difficulty./... but I
didn't understand anything else.
6 I didn't understand anyone else's lecture./l
understood his lecture, but I didn't understand
anything else.
7 I understood it, but with some difficulty.

7.7B Two meanings of 'too'
1 It's too hot.
2 ... and it's hot, too.
3 ... and I went to the supermarket, too.
4 It was too far.
5 It was too expensive.
6 ... and expensive, too

7.7C 'Too' and 'not either'
1 too 2 too 3 either 4 too 5 either 6 either
7 either 8 too

7.7D 'Also' and 'as well'
1 she can also sing 2 I have also had a shower
3 he also writes TV scripts 4 he will also be tried
5 you should also have written 6 I also have to file
some letters 7 I'd also like some sandwiches
8 he also owns the flat 9 we also export a lot
10 it's also too expensive

7.7E Context
1 ...she didn't leave any jewels, either 2 Even my
mother was surprised 3 ... she had some rings and
some lovely necklaces, too 4 I saw them only once/I
only saw them once ... 5 ... in the bedrooms, in the
bathroom, and in the attic as well 6 Millie was very
careful and was also afraid of burglars 7 ... we'd
better take all the food in the deep freeze, too
8 ... the goose was full of jewels and there were some
gold coins, too!
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