Evolve 6 Unit 1 (adverbs)

Evolve 6 Unit 1 (adverbs)

by Alena Igorevna

Write the appropriate adverb ​using the word in parentheses ( ).

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This is (question) one of the greatest developments in public transportation in the last ten years!

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It will (radical) change the way we move around our cities and (drastic) cut back on our consumption of fossil fuels.

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It will (progress) take over for all traditional modes of transportation.

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People could (feasible) save time and money, as well as help the environment.

Choose the correct adverbs to complete the paragraph.​

Multiple Choice

Introducing the new robot surgeon, the radical medical development that is ... being introduced in hospitals around the world. Currently, the robots are directed by a human and can only perform a limited range of operations.

• drastically

• gradually

Multiple Choice

The hope is, however, that they will ....  be able to perform all kinds of major surgery.

• increasingly

• unquestionably

Multiple Choice

Researchers expect robot surgeons will ... reduce surgical errors, possibly by as much as 25 percent.

• markedly

• ultimately

Multiple Choice

The robots will ... meet with resistance from patients, but they will soon see how effective robot surgeons can be.

• inevitably

• progressively

Let's study a bit more grammar​

​Put the commenting adverb in parentheses () in the correct position.

1 Robotic nurses will become a fixture in all modern hospitals. (inevitably)

2 They are going to take over most of the heavy lifting work from nurses. (undoubtedly)

3 There are bound to be a few problems as medical staff get used to working with a machine. (certainly)

4 They are about to change hospital practices forever. (surely)