Complete the story with the correct form of the past simple

I (study) studied Spanish when I (be) … at school. Last year I (go) … to Spain for my holiday. On our first day, we (walk) … through Madrid for an hour or two, then we (stop) … at little café. I (not want) … to order the food in English, so I (order) … in Spanish. I (ask) … for tea, a coffee, and a milk shake. But the tea, coffee and milk shake (not arrive) …. What (arrive) …? Two cheese sandwiches and an ice cream! My friends (laugh) ….

1 Complete the sentences with adverbs. The first letter(s) of each adverb are given.

1 We did^,t go out because it was raining 2 Our team lost the game because we played very ba …………………... 3 I had little difficulty finding a place to live.I found a flat quite ea…………… 4 We had to wait for a long time but we didn^’t complain. We waited pa………………… 5 Nobody knew George was coming to see us. He arrived unex…………………… 6 Mike keeps fit by playing tennis reg……………………….

2 Put in the right world.

1 The driver of the car was seriously injured. (serious/seriously)

2 The driver of car had serious injuries. (serious/seriously)

3 I think you behaved very …………………. (selfish/selfishly)

4 Rose is ………………………. upset about losing her job. (terrible/terribly)

5 There was a ………………….. change in the weather. (sudden/suddenly)

6 Everybody at the party was ……………………… dressed. (colourful/colourfully)

7 Linda likes wearing …………………………. clothes.(colourful/colourfully)

8 She fell and hurt herself quite ………………………. (bad/badly)

9 He says he didn^’t do well at school because he was ………………………… taught (bad/badly)

10 Don^’t go up that ladder. It doesn^’t look ………………………………… (safe/safely)

11 He looked at me ………………………….. when I interrupted him. (angry/angrily)

3 Complete each sentence using a word from the list. Sometimes you need the adjective

( careful etc.)and sometimes the adverb ( carefully etc.).

careful(ly) complete(ly) continuous(ly) financial(ly) fluent(ly) happy/happily nervous(ly) perfect(ly) quick(ly) special(ly)

1 Our holiday was too short. The time passed very quickly.

2 Tom doesn’t take risks when he’s driving. He’s always………………………

3 Sue works ……………………. She never seems to stop.

4 Alice and Stan are very …………………………… married

5 Monica’s English is very …………………….. although she makes quite a lot of mistakes

6 I cooked this meal …………………….. for you, so I hope you like it.

7 Everything was very quiet. There was………………….. silence

8 I tried on the shoes and they fitted me ……………………………..

9 Do you usually feel ………………………… before examinations?

10 I^’d like to buy a car but it^’s………………..impossible for me at the moment

4 Choose two words (one from each box) to complete each sentence

absolutely reasonably unusually badly seriously unnecessarily completely slightly

cheap enormous planned changed ill quiet damaged long

1 I thought the restaurant would be expensive but it was reasonably cheap

2 George^’s mother is ………………………………………………… in hospital

3 What a big house! It^’s …………………………………………….

4 It wasn’t a serious accident. The car was only ………………………………………..

5 The children are normally very lively but they’re …………………………………. today

6 When I returned home after 20 years, everything had …………………………………..

7 The film was ……………………………………………..It could have been much shorter.

8 A lot went wrong during our holiday because it was………………………………………….