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Unit 8B Comment adverbs

Unit 8B Comment adverbs

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Unit 8B


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Comment adverbs

  • usually formed as adj+ly

  • add information about the speaker's opinion of events

  • often modify the complete sentence, not just the verb

  • usually go at the beginning of a sentence or clause

  • 1. She started singing happily. (adverb of manner)

    2. Happily, she started singing. (comment adverb)

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Which of the following are negative 'comment adverbs'?

1

fortunately

2

tragically

3

obviously

4

unluckily

5

sadly

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Which of the following are positive 'comment adverbs'?

1

fortunately

2

unluckily

3

thankfully

4

strangely

5

happily

5

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Which of the following 'comment adverbs' refer to something 'unexpected'?

1

hopefully

2

surprisingly

3

amazingly

4

strangely

5

happily

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Multiple Select

Choose the correct alternative:

She was in a bad car accident last year. _________, she's now able to walk again.

1

Sadly

2

Hopefully

3

Thankfully

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Choose the correct alternative:

Tom was in a car accident last year. _________, he wasn't badly injured.

1

Luckily

2

Not surprisingly

3

Tragically

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Multiple Select

Choose the correct alternative:

_________, the Paralympics will encourage more disabled young people to start doing sport.

1

Unfortunately

2

Hopefully

3

Strangely

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Choose the correct alternative:

_________, providing sport for disabled people is expensive.

1

Amazingly

2

Obviously

3

Luckily

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Choose the correct alternative:

_________, Van Gogh only sold one painting during his lifetime.

1

Strangely

2

Happily

3

Not surprisingly

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Multiple Select

Choose the correct alternative:

Several publishers refused to publish J. K. Rowling's first Harry Potter novel but _________, she has become a best-selling author.

1

tragically

2

obviously

3

amazingly

Unit 8B


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