4CONV0006 Adv
126. from beginning to end; throughout; ""It rains all year round on Skye""; ""frigid weather the year around""
A. play
B. no
C. round
D. he
127. in the same manner; ""you get treated fairly, same as any other student in this course!""
A. move
B. lunch
C. same
D. cherry
128. compare (used in texts to point the reader to another location in the text)
A. see
B. girl
C. kid
D. control
129. without speed (`slow' is sometimes used informally for `slowly'); ""he spoke slowly""; ""go easy here
A. distance
B. lie
C. slow
D. ready
130. on a small scale; ""think small""
A. cent
B. basket
C. small
D. kick
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. say
B. bread
C. fed
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. moon
B. begin
C. some
D. green
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. net
B. amount
C. soon
D. chosen
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. still
B. crush
C. rain
D. across
135. to so extreme a degree; ""he is such a baby""; ""Such rich people!""
A. foot
B. add
C. bend
D. such
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. bear
B. drew
C. bark
D. then
137. in or at that place; ""they have lived there for years""; ""it's not there""; ""that man [who is] there""
A. close
B. house
C. dish
D. there
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. round
B. break
C. double
D. today
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. home
B. desert
C. deep
D. together
140. the next day, the day after, following the present day
A. boat
B. first
C. tomorrow
D. why
141. to an excessive degree; ""too big""
A. begin
B. too
C. still
D. bark
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. after
B. up
C. catch
D. kick
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. there
B. way
C. hold
D. crawl
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. cook
B. still
C. well
D. buy
145. as soon as; ""once we are home, we can rest""
A. left
B. when
C. drink
D. two
146. in or at or to what place; ""I know where he is""; ""use it wherever necessary""
A. chance
B. where
C. buy
D. often
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. sit
B. carry
C. why
D. box
148. in an incorrect manner; ""she guessed wrong""
A. left
B. good
C. run
D. wrong
149. up to the present time; ""I have yet to see the results""; ""details are yet to be worked out""
A. yet
B. year
C. why
D. head
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. behind
B. about
C. all
D. chair
ANSWERS
- (C) round
- (C) same
- (A) see
- (C) slow
- (C) small
- (D) so
- (C) some
- (C) soon
- (A) still
- (D) such
- (D) then
- (D) there
- (D) today
- (D) together
- (C) tomorrow
- (B) too
- (B) up
- (B) way
- (C) well
- (B) when
- (B) where
- (C) why
- (D) wrong
- (A) yet
- (B) 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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