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Alex, sayings adverbs

Total questions: 24

Worksheet time: 12mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Nothing _______, nothing _______.

a)

done / got

b)

ventured / gained

c)

tried / gained

d)

ventured / gotten

2.

Once _____, twice _____.

a)

shy, bitten

b)

spilled, blown

c)

bitten, shy

d)

do, do

3.

Every ______ has a silver ________.

a)

shinning, cloud

b)

cloud, lining

c)

cloud, shining

d)

bublik, tubzik

4.

What ______ around, _____ around.

a)

goes, comes

b)

go, come

c)

come, go

d)

comes, goes

5.

Обжегшись на молоке дуют на воду

a)

Once bitten, twice shy

b)

When in Rome do as the Romans do

c)

What goes around comes around

d)

Better late than never

6.

Нет худа без добра

a)

What goes around comes around

b)

When in Rome do as the Romans do

c)

Nothing ventured, nothing gained

d)

Every cloud has a silver lining

7.

Кто не рискует, тот не пьёт шампанское

a)

Once bitten, twice shy

b)

Who is afraid of wolves never goes to forest

c)

Nothing ventured, nothing gained

d)

Better late than never

8.

В чужой монастырь со своим самоваром не ходят

a)

Don’t bring your own samovar to other people’s house

b)

When in Rome do as the Romans do

c)

What goes around comes around

9.

Complete the sentence using one word from box A and one from box B. There are two extra words in each box.


Example:

Julian’s dad has always encouraged him to follow his dream of starting his own hotel and to give it

a shot even though it was risky. He used to say: "Nothing ___________, nothing __________."


Answer:

ventured/gained


Whenever I travel abroad, I always observe and follow what the locals do. After all, " _________in Rome, _________ as the Romans do."

(a)  

10.

Complete the sentence using one word from box A and one from box B. There are two extra words in each box.


The last time Amanda gave Brian a helping hand, he took all the credit for her ideas and didn’t even thank her. So, when he said he needed help again yesterday, she decided to ignore him. After all, once __________ , twice __________ .

(a)  

11.

Complete the sentence using one word from box A and one from box B. There are two extra words in each box.


Last week, Amy’s boss told her he couldn’t attend the annual conference because his wife was ill. She knew he’d expect her to give up her weekend and go instead of him. But, every __________ has a silver __________ —this, year it was being held on the beautiful island of Fiji.

(a)  

12.

Complete the sentence using one word from box A and one from box B. There are two extra words in each box.


When Vic broke her leg, Sandra was incredibly supportive and helped her in any way she could.

I guess what _________ around _________ around; last month, Sandra wasn’t well, and Vic really looked after her.

(a)  

13.

Match the following

a)

every cloud has

1.

a silver lining

b)

what goes around

2.

comes around

c)

once bitten,

3.

twice shy

d)

nothing ventured,

4.

nothing gained

e)

when in Rome do

5.

as the Romans do

14.

Match the following

a)

something is normal

1.

naturally

b)

In a way which doesn’t involve much activity

2.

lazily

c)

At once

3.

suddenly

15.

Match the following

a)

Not at a fast speed

1.

slowly

b)

something is (not) inevitable

2.

necessarily

c)

something is understood or

evident

3.

obviously

d)

At a high volume

4.

noisily

16.

Match the following

a)

adverbs of manner:

1.

lazily, slowly, quickly, noisily

b)

adverbs to express one’s opinion:

2.

necessarily, naturally, obviously

c)

adverbs of time/frequency:

3.

occasionally, suddenly

17.

Use the adverbs in the box to complete the text below.

occasionally luckily quickly suddenly carefully naturally immediately slowly

When I arrived back at the campsite I 1___ went to the owner and told him what had happened. 2__, he called a doctor. The doctor came 3___. He examined me 4___and 5___. He 6___asked me questions. 7___ , he started laughing and shook my hand. ‘8___ , there’s nothing wrong with you,’ he said. I was very relieved.

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18.

They say ‘When in Rome do as the Romans do’, but I

don’t think that it’s ___ a good idea ...

a)

necessarily

b)

lazily

c)

occasionally

d)

naturally

19.

A few years ago, I was on holiday in Fiji with my

girlfriend. We were camping next to the beach and spent

most days ___reading in the sun.

a)

necessarily

b)

lazily

c)

occasionally

d)

naturally

20.

___, we slowly walked along the coast to the local supermarket to

get food and supplies.

a)

necessarily

b)

lazily

c)

occasionally

d)

naturally

21.

___, after a week of sunbathing

and reading, we started to get a bit bored and so we asked

the campsite owner if there were any interesting places to

visit. He told us that on the other side of the island there

was a waterfall with some pools and natural slides. He said

that a lot of local people went there to swim in the cool

water and escape from the heat.

a)

necessarily

b)

lazily

c)

occasionally

d)

naturally

22.

When we arrived, we saw some children who were

sliding down the rocks very ___ and noisily landing in

the pool below. We watched for a while and it looked like

fun, so I decided to try it myself. I climbed up the rocks at

the side of the waterfall and looked over the edge; it was a

long way down! But I thought to myself, if small children

can do it then so can I!

a)

quickly

b)

suddenly

c)

obviously

d)

naturally

23.

___, I slipped and fell, and hit

my head hard on a rock under the water.

I don’t really remember anything until much later,

but my girlfriend told me that I was unconscious when I

landed in the pool, and had to be rescued by the children!

a)

quickly

b)

suddenly

c)

obviously

d)

naturally

24.

___, we didn’t go back to the waterfall!

In my opinion, when in Rome, don’t do as the Romans do!

a)

quickly

b)

suddenly

c)

obviously

d)

naturally