1CONV0005 Adv
101. compare (used in texts to point the reader to another location in the text)
A. not
B. think
C. while
D. see
102. without speed (`slow' is sometimes used informally for `slowly'); ""he spoke slowly""; ""go easy here
A. slow
B. keep
C. near
D. win
103. on a small scale; ""think small""
A. small
B. six
C. call
D. dish
104. to a very great extent or degree; ""the idea is so obvious""; ""never been so happy""; ""I love you so""; ""my head aches so!""
A. time
B. so
C. will
D. desk
105. (of quantities) imprecise but fairly close to correct; ""lasted approximately an hour""; ""in just about a minute""; ""he's about 30 years old""; ""I've had about all I can stand""; ""we meet about once a month""; ""some forty people
A. some
B. then
C. home
D. drop
106. in the near future; ""the doctor will soon be here""; ""the book will appear shortly""; ""she will arrive presently""; ""we should have news before long""
A. want
B. ten
C. soon
D. good
107. with reference to action or condition; without change, interruption, or cessation; ""it's still warm outside""; ""will you still love me when we're old and grey?""
A. down
B. thumb
C. still
D. put
108. to so extreme a degree; ""he is such a baby""; ""Such rich people!""
A. ten
B. such
C. dark
D. dead
109. subsequently or soon afterward (often used as sentence connectors); ""then he left""; ""go left first, then right""; ""first came lightning, then thunder""; ""we watched the late movie and then went to bed""; ""and so home and to bed
A. oh
B. sixth
C. mix
D. then
110. in or at that place; ""they have lived there for years""; ""it's not there""; ""that man [who is] there""
A. there
B. tomorrow
C. well
D. leg
111. in these times; ""it is solely by their language that the upper classes nowadays are distinguished""- Nancy Mitford; ""we now rarely see horse-drawn vehicles on city streets""; ""today almost every home has television""
A. kept
B. wish
C. today
D. red
112. in conjunction with; combined; ""Our salaries put together couldn't pay for the damage""; ""we couldn`t pay for the damages with all out salaries put together""
A. today
B. together
C. four
D. long
113. the next day, the day after, following the present day
A. tomorrow
B. pick
C. wrong
D. most
114. to an excessive degree; ""too big""
A. too
B. first
C. bread
D. last
115. spatially or metaphorically from a lower to a higher position; ""look up!""; ""the music surged up""; ""the fragments flew upwards""; ""prices soared upwards""; ""upwardly mobile""
A. then
B. wet
C. bread
D. up
116. to a great degree or by a great distance; very much (`right smart' is regional in the United States); ""way over budget""; ""way off base""; ""the other side of the hill is right smart steeper than the side we are on""
A. lost
B. no
C. sixteen
D. way
117. (often used as a combining form) in a good or proper or satisfactory manner or to a high standard (`good' is a nonstandard dialectal variant for `well'); ""the children behaved well""; ""a task well done""; ""the party went well""; "
A. clean
B. sixteen
C. small
D. well
118. as soon as; ""once we are home, we can rest""
A. up
B. set
C. house
D. when
119. in or at or to what place; ""I know where he is""; ""use it wherever necessary""
A. back
B. nine
C. where
D. call
120. question word; what is the reason (`how come' is a nonstandard variant); ""why are you here?""; ""how come he got an ice cream cone but I didn't?""
A. bath
B. week
C. sang
D. why
121. in an incorrect manner; ""she guessed wrong""
A. wrong
B. ride
C. wish
D. see
122. up to the present time; ""I have yet to see the results""; ""details are yet to be worked out""
A. yet
B. plus
C. easy
D. wrong
123. a radioactive transuranic metallic element; discovered by bombarding uranium with helium atoms
A. pet
B. say
C. am
D. fast
124. an associate degree in nursing
A. an
B. food
C. toy
D. back
125. social insect living in organized colonies; characteristically the males and fertile queen have wings during breeding season; wingless sterile females are the workers
A. ant
B. up
C. thumb
D. next
ANSWERS
- (D) see
- (A) slow
- (A) small
- (B) so
- (A) some
- (C) soon
- (C) still
- (B) such
- (D) then
- (A) there
- (C) today
- (B) together
- (A) tomorrow
- (A) too
- (D) up
- (D) way
- (D) well
- (D) when
- (C) where
- (D) why
- (A) wrong
- (A) yet
- (C) am
- (A) an
- (A) ant
- see-->Adv-->compare (used in texts to point the reader to another location in the text)
- slow-->Adv-->without speed (`slow' is sometimes used informally for `slowly'); ""he spoke slowly""; ""go easy here
- small-->Adv-->on a small scale; ""think small""
- so-->Adv-->to a very great extent or degree; ""the idea is so obvious""; ""never been so happy""; ""I love you so""; ""my head aches so!""
- some-->Adv-->(of quantities) imprecise but fairly close to correct; ""lasted approximately an hour""; ""in just about a minute""; ""he's about 30 years old""; ""I've had about all I can stand""; ""we meet about once a month""; ""some forty people
- soon-->Adv-->in the near future; ""the doctor will soon be here""; ""the book will appear shortly""; ""she will arrive presently""; ""we should have news before long""
- still-->Adv-->with reference to action or condition; without change, interruption, or cessation; ""it's still warm outside""; ""will you still love me when we're old and grey?""
- such-->Adv-->to so extreme a degree; ""he is such a baby""; ""Such rich people!""
- then-->Adv-->subsequently or soon afterward (often used as sentence connectors); ""then he left""; ""go left first, then right""; ""first came lightning, then thunder""; ""we watched the late movie and then went to bed""; ""and so home and to bed
- there-->Adv-->in or at that place; ""they have lived there for years""; ""it's not there""; ""that man [who is] there""
- today-->Adv-->in these times; ""it is solely by their language that the upper classes nowadays are distinguished""- Nancy Mitford; ""we now rarely see horse-drawn vehicles on city streets""; ""today almost every home has television""
- together-->Adv-->in conjunction with; combined; ""Our salaries put together couldn't pay for the damage""; ""we couldn`t pay for the damages with all out salaries put together""
- tomorrow-->Adv-->the next day, the day after, following the present day
- too-->Adv-->to an excessive degree; ""too big""
- up-->Adv-->spatially or metaphorically from a lower to a higher position; ""look up!""; ""the music surged up""; ""the fragments flew upwards""; ""prices soared upwards""; ""upwardly mobile""
- way-->Adv-->to a great degree or by a great distance; very much (`right smart' is regional in the United States); ""way over budget""; ""way off base""; ""the other side of the hill is right smart steeper than the side we are on""
- well-->Adv-->(often used as a combining form) in a good or proper or satisfactory manner or to a high standard (`good' is a nonstandard dialectal variant for `well'); ""the children behaved well""; ""a task well done""; ""the party went well""; "
- when-->Adv-->as soon as; ""once we are home, we can rest""
- where-->Adv-->in or at or to what place; ""I know where he is""; ""use it wherever necessary""
- why-->Adv-->question word; what is the reason (`how come' is a nonstandard variant); ""why are you here?""; ""how come he got an ice cream cone but I didn't?""
- wrong-->Adv-->in an incorrect manner; ""she guessed wrong""
- yet-->Adv-->up to the present time; ""I have yet to see the results""; ""details are yet to be worked out""
- am-->Noun-->a radioactive transuranic metallic element; discovered by bombarding uranium with helium atoms
- an-->Noun-->an associate degree in nursing
- ant-->Noun-->social insect living in organized colonies; characteristically the males and fertile queen have wings during breeding season; wingless sterile females are the workers
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