3CONV0006 Adv
126. from beginning to end; throughout; ""It rains all year round on Skye""; ""frigid weather the year around""
A. round
B. bicycle
C. collar
D. wet
127. in the same manner; ""you get treated fairly, same as any other student in this course!""
A. base
B. yet
C. dream
D. same
128. compare (used in texts to point the reader to another location in the text)
A. see
B. drag
C. crack
D. milk
129. without speed (`slow' is sometimes used informally for `slowly'); ""he spoke slowly""; ""go easy here
A. slow
B. grab
C. soy
D. bother
130. on a small scale; ""think small""
A. dish
B. bicycle
C. case
D. small
131. 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. bath
B. green
C. fish
D. so
132. (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. orange
B. toy
C. wish
D. some
133. 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. soon
B. milk
C. milk
D. little
134. 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. care
B. bed
C. long
D. still
135. to so extreme a degree; ""he is such a baby""; ""Such rich people!""
A. bicycle
B. cut
C. such
D. give
136. 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. take
B. then
C. buy
D. dinner
137. in or at that place; ""they have lived there for years""; ""it's not there""; ""that man [who is] there""
A. there
B. discover
C. take
D. correct
138. 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. case
B. today
C. rain
D. want
139. 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. put
B. together
C. mom
D. breath
140. the next day, the day after, following the present day
A. clean
B. good
C. tomorrow
D. amount
141. to an excessive degree; ""too big""
A. too
B. box
C. leave
D. sixth
142. 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. why
B. fast
C. up
D. pick
143. 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. way
B. do
C. candle
D. deep
144. (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. well
B. body
C. read
D. black
145. as soon as; ""once we are home, we can rest""
A. fix
B. bath
C. when
D. act
146. in or at or to what place; ""I know where he is""; ""use it wherever necessary""
A. where
B. desk
C. thumb
D. care
147. 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. crowd
B. be
C. bite
D. why
148. in an incorrect manner; ""she guessed wrong""
A. do
B. behind
C. wrong
D. land
149. up to the present time; ""I have yet to see the results""; ""details are yet to be worked out""
A. age
B. control
C. foot
D. yet
150. (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. about
B. class
C. hop
D. drag
ANSWERS
- (A) round
- (D) same
- (A) see
- (A) slow
- (D) small
- (D) so
- (D) some
- (A) soon
- (D) still
- (C) such
- (B) then
- (A) there
- (B) today
- (B) together
- (C) tomorrow
- (A) too
- (C) up
- (A) way
- (A) well
- (C) when
- (A) where
- (D) why
- (C) wrong
- (D) yet
- (A) about
- round-->Adv-->from beginning to end; throughout; ""It rains all year round on Skye""; ""frigid weather the year around""
- same-->Adv-->in the same manner; ""you get treated fairly, same as any other student in this course!""
- 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""
- about-->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
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