TASK 9. Choose the right adverb in each sentence

3. Lastly I'd like to thank all those who made my success possible.

4. We've been receiving a lot of junk mail lately.

5. The postman brings my mail so late I rarely see it before I go to work. (late/lately)

6. I'm sure the boss thinks very highly of you. (high/highly)

7. If you want to succeed, you should aim high. (high/highly)

8. I don't think you were treated very justly. (just/justly)

9. I asked him not to go too near the edge of the platform, but he didn’t listen to me and fell oft the edge (near/nearly)

10. The boss was angry because the secretary arrived late / lately.

11. I haven’t seen much of my best friend late/ lately.

12. Are we flying direct / directly or via Vienna?

13. Mr. Stuart is direct/ directly responsible to the Managing Director.

14. As soon as I find out all the details, I’ll tell you direct/ directly.) =immediately)

15. The dancer leapt so high / highly that the audience cried out with admiration.

16. I am surprised that he is so high / highly thought of.

17. I like diving deep / deeply.

18. You’ve got it all wrong / wrongly!

19. The letter was wrong/ wrongly addressed.

20. Let’s meet at twelve sharp / sharply.

21. The boy was sharp/ sharply reprimanded for being late for the class.

22. Mr. Grant got a dead / deadly disease in Africa.

23. The little man hit the big man as hard / hardly as he could.

24. Lady Charlotte travelled wide/ widely.

25. Don’t worry, we’ll be home short / shortly.

26. These animals live deep / deeply in the Amazon forest.