Unit 15: GRAMMAR
A - If the word in bold is correct, put a tick. If it is incorrect, rewrite it
correctly.
1
Whenever she gets home from work, Mum always seems unhappily about
something …unhappy
2
I don’t know what’s in it, but it smells strongly of cinnamon………
……
3
When Terry finally became calmly, I asked him what had happened…
calm……..
4
I’m glad I didn’t go on holiday with Efy and Graham because it sounded
dreadfully…dreadful
5
It’s hard to believe that the seeds you planted have grown so quickly……
……
6
The car sped past me and turned sharply into the next street……
……
7
The actors could tell that the audience were growing restlessly…
restless……
8
Why are you looking so accusingly at me? ……
………
9
Add some chilli to the curry because it doesn’t taste spicily enough……
spicy…
10 I don’t think I get angrily very often, but one or two people do really annoy
me…angry …
11 In the darkness, I felt nervously for the light switch and finally found it……
……
12 Tim appeared tiredly after his tennis match……tired …
B Complete the sentences using the words in bold. Add any other
words you need.
1
I haven’t had this………hard a day………….at work for a long time. (day,
hard)
2
So was………frightening an experience…………….it that I never went back
to that country again. (experience, frightening)
3
If we’d known how……………difficult a task………. it was going to be, we
wouldn’t have agreed to do it. (difficult, task)
4
It was as……moving a performance……… as I’d seen in a long time,
(moving, performance)
5
Alex has got that……good a memory…………he never seems to have to
work hard at school. (good, memory)
6
It was too………tempting an offer to turn down, (offer, tempting)
7
No matter how……successful a career……… you have, there’s always the
risk of failure. (career, successful)
8
I don’t think I’ll ever be as……good a pianist…………as my brother, (good,
pianist)
