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- 1 - USE THE ADJECTIVE IN BRACKETS OR MAKE AN ADVERB (ADJ+LY) AS NECESSARY

1. (careful) You must read the instructions __carefully______ before you use the machine.
2. (noisy) Children are always very ___noisily____________
3. (angry) Something had happened to him. He had an ___angrily____________ look.
4. (beautiful) Don’t you think she paints ____beautifully___________ ?
5. (free) She will understand anything you tell her. You can talk to her ___freely____________
6. (clear) It’s important that you write all the details ___clearly____________
7. (hungry/economical) The population in many African countries are _____hungrily____ because they
have a lot of ___economically____________ problems.
8. (good) He plays tennis very ____well___________
9. (quiet) The boys were so _____quietly__________ that I thought they were planning something.
10. (sure) I was ___surely____________ that I had left the camera on the table.
11. (slow) I have to buy a new car. This one is very ___slowly____________
12. (warm) They gave us a very _____warmly__________ welcome.
13. (comfortable) When I arrived he was sitting ____comfortably___________ in an armchair.
14. (hard) We worked ____hard___________ all day.
15. (fast) Don’t drive so _____fast__________! It’s dangerous.
16. (easy) It wasn’t ____easily___________ to find their house in the middle of the night.
17. Can I use your phone, please? / (certain) Yes, ___certainly____________
18. (happy) When I gave him the present, he looked at me ____happily___________
MARIA JOSE DURAN

Add one of the prefixes to the words in the boxes and place them in the correct column.

Complete the following sentences by adding prefixes to the adjectives in parentheses.

1. He still lives with his parents and doesn’t have a job. He is not a very
___independent_______ (dependent) person.
2. Mike was very rude to his parents. I had never seen such a _irrespectful_______
(respectful) attitude.
3. Teenagers often feel ______unsecure_________ (secure) about the way they look.
4. Nobody really likes him in school. He is probably the most
___unpopular________________ (popular) student.
5. She showed no emotion when she talked about her problems. It all sounded so
________personally_________ (personal).
6. It would be very ____responsibly________ (responsible) of you to drive under the
influence of alcohol.
7. Ben feels so _unhappy_______________ (happy) – nobody wants to help him with his
problem.
8. He is such a ______disobedient___ (obedient) teenager – he never does what he is told.
9. Your behavior was absolutely ___immoral___ (moral). You should never have done that.
10. She doesn’t care about anyone’s feelings. I have never met such an
__insensitive___________ (sensitive) person.
11. Stop behaving like a child – you’re so __immature_______________ (mature).
12. He never does what he promises – he is totally _____irreliable___________ (reliable).
13. Their son has ____disappeared________ (appeared) and no one knows where he is.
14. What you think about this is ___irrelevant_______________ (relevant).
15. He is such a dull and ______uninteresting___________ (interesting) person.
16. Linda is ___incapable_______________ (capable) of telling a lie – you can trust her.
17. His parents are worried because his school performance has been quite
___irregular____________ (regular).
18. Her parents ___disapprove______________ (approve) of her decision to pierce her lip.
19. It’s very ____probably___________ (probable) that he will talk to his parents about this.
20. Mary has an ____irrational_____________ (rational) dislike for younger boys.