1A Grammar
Adverbs and adverbial phrases
1 You are hiking through the
mountains (when?). There’s (how
likely?) going to be a storm. Do
you … ?
• carry on walking 8
• take cover in a cave 20
(comment?) Your phone won’t
4 work. You’re getting (degree?)
desperate when you see
something or someone (where?).
Do you … ?
• go and see what is there 17
• walk on 10
7 Two more hikers are stuck in the
storm (comment?)! They say they
know a safe route (where?). Do
you … ?
• follow them 12
• try to get away alone 8
10
Darkness comes (when?) and you
are (degree?) lost and (degree?)
cold. Mountain Rescue will find
you (when?), if you are lucky.
Your journey ends here.
(comment?) You hear
13 voices coming towards the
cave. Someone is shouting
something (how?).
• Run away before the people
see you. 10
• Wait and see. 7
You sleep (how?) and wake up
16 (when?). A huge white and hairy
creature – the Yeti! – is looking at
you (how?). Do you … ?
• apologise and get out of the
cave 8
• ask the Yeti to help you get
home 21
19 (comment?) You find yourself in
a palatial room! There’s a vast
four-poster bed (where?). What
do you do next?
• Lie down and sleep. 16
• Look around the room more. 5
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2 You move the rock (how?).
(comment?) Behind it there is a
polished door. What do you do?
• Put the rock back. 13
• Go inside. 19
There is a wooden chest
5 (where?). You open it (how?).
Inside is a pile of gold! You put …
• all the gold in your rucksack
and run. 18
• half the gold in your rucksack
and run. 11
8 You walk through the storm
(how?). (comment?) Snow is
falling (how?) and the wind is
blowing (how?). What do you do?
• Walk more quickly! 15
• Take cover in a cave. 20
11
(comment?) This is stealing! Are
you (degree?) sure?!
• Yes, in fact I’ll take more gold. 18
• No, I’ll just take a photo of it. 14
You leave the cave (how?) and
14 (when?) find your way down
the mountain. You tell the
authorities about the secret
room and become famous
for discovering it.
Good choice!
17 It is (how likely?) a human but
he or she is (degree?) huge! You
have (how often?) seen someone
so big. You …
• shout, ‘Help!’ 3
• run away. 10
You clamber (how?) into a
20 nearby cave. There is a large rock
(where?) which seems to have
been moved (when?). Do you … ?
• roll away the rock 2
• sit and wait for the storm to
pass 13
The figure approaches you
3 (how?). Huge, white and hairy –
(comment?) it is the famous Yeti!
What do you do next?
• Take a selfie of you and the Yeti. 6
• Ask the Yeti to get you out of
there. 21
6 (comment?) Yetis don’t like
publicity. The Yeti smashes the
camera (how?) and runs away
(where?).
• Go to 10.
9 The ‘hikers’ stop you (how?
where?) and take all your money
and valuables. They run away
and leave you on the mountain.
• Go to 10.
You walk together. The route
12 seems (degree?) strange and you
walk for ages. Suddenly, one of
the hikers says, ‘(how?), we’re
lost.’ You decide to …
• run away from them. 10
• keep with them. 9
15 The storm has become an icy
blizzard! It’s getting (degree?)
dangerous. You …
• telephone for help. 4
• walk even more
quickly! 10
18 You leave the cave (how?) and
struggle through the storm but
you don’t get very far with all that
weight on your back. (comment?)
You have to abandon your
rucksack.
• Go to 10.
21
The Yeti takes you on a secret
path (where?). You come out of
the mountains (when?).
Well done, you’re safe and you
can say you met a Yeti!