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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


  1. (D) see
  2. (A) slow
  3. (A) small
  4. (B) so
  5. (A) some
  6. (C) soon
  7. (C) still
  8. (B) such
  9. (D) then
  10. (A) there
  11. (C) today
  12. (B) together
  13. (A) tomorrow
  14. (A) too
  15. (D) up
  16. (D) way
  17. (D) well
  18. (D) when
  19. (C) where
  20. (D) why
  21. (A) wrong
  22. (A) yet
  23. (C) am
  24. (A) an
  25. (A) ant
  26. see-->Adv-->compare (used in texts to point the reader to another location in the text)
  27. slow-->Adv-->without speed (`slow' is sometimes used informally for `slowly'); ""he spoke slowly""; ""go easy here
  28. small-->Adv-->on a small scale; ""think small""
  29. 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!""
  30. 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
  31. 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""
  32. 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?""
  33. such-->Adv-->to so extreme a degree; ""he is such a baby""; ""Such rich people!""
  34. 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
  35. there-->Adv-->in or at that place; ""they have lived there for years""; ""it's not there""; ""that man [who is] there""
  36. 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""
  37. 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""
  38. tomorrow-->Adv-->the next day, the day after, following the present day
  39. too-->Adv-->to an excessive degree; ""too big""
  40. 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""
  41. 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""
  42. 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""; "
  43. when-->Adv-->as soon as; ""once we are home, we can rest""
  44. where-->Adv-->in or at or to what place; ""I know where he is""; ""use it wherever necessary""
  45. 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?""
  46. wrong-->Adv-->in an incorrect manner; ""she guessed wrong""
  47. yet-->Adv-->up to the present time; ""I have yet to see the results""; ""details are yet to be worked out""
  48. am-->Noun-->a radioactive transuranic metallic element; discovered by bombarding uranium with helium atoms
  49. an-->Noun-->an associate degree in nursing
  50. 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

 

 

PROFESSOR STEVEN DONAHUE MIAMI DADE COLLEGE  


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