tailieunhanh - New english file upper intermediate student's book part 4

FINDING A PARTNER has always been a complicated process. It is a ritual which has evolved over the centuries; from a man taking food to a prospective partner in the Stone Age to young couples having tea together in Victorian times (under the watchful eye of an unmarried aunt) to dancing in a dub to deafening music in the twenty-first century. | d Use your instinct. Where should the adverb go in these sentences 1 He speaks three languages. 2 I have breakfast during the week. 3 My brother was in a car crash but he wasn t hurt. 4 It s often hot in Greece in July and August. 5 When I know the date I ll call you. 1 When he got to the bus stop the bus had just left. 2 They were having a party when. 3 He thought he had lost his boarding pass but. 4 The woman thought Andrea and Tom were friends but in fact. 5 The driver couldn t see where he was going because. 6 Alain couldn t understand the man because. fluently hardly ever fortunately extremely straight away e O Grammar Bank 2C. Read the rules and do the exercises. f 2-8 Listen to some sound effects or short dialogues. Then use the adverb in bold to complete the sentence. just suddenly luckily hardly hard incredibly 2 VOCABULARY confusing adverbs and adverbial phrases a Match each pair of adverbs with at the moment actually El especially specially I I ever I even I J hard hardly a pair of sentences. in the end at the end late lately Fl near nearly FJ still yet Adverb 1 a Her French isn t very good. She can say anything. b He works very - at least ten hours a day. 2 a My boss always arrives for meetings. b We haven t seen Mary . She s been very busy. 3 a of the concert everybody applauded. . b I didn t want to go but they persuaded me. 4 a I love all sports but basketball. b All her clothes are made for her in Paris. 5 a She looks younger than me but she s two years older. b He s unemployed but he s looking for a job. 6 a It s stopped raining. We ll be able to leave soon. b Does your boyfriend live here 7 a Have you found a flat b No we re looking. 8 a Have you been to Texas b I ve been all over the USA - I ve been to Alaska b Now decide which adverb goes where and write it in the adverb column. Compare with a partner and say what you think the difference is between the two adverbs. c Cover the adverb column and look only at sentences 1-8. Try to