Adjectives
Quiz
Insert the correct adverbs of degree into the correct positions in the sentences.
A: I suppose it was a really easy exam, wasn't it?
B: ...... easy, you might say. However, several of the questions were very difficult and tricky.
Jack has been studying Spanish for three months now. He can speak it ...... well, but he still needs to study a lot.
My best friend is a ...... funny guy. Sometimes he manages to give us good laughs, but most of the time his jokes sound rather cheesy.
A: How are you feeling today, Mrs Anderson?
B: ...... well, Doctor. But I'm still very weak and my head keeps spinning all the time.
A: And what about the construction work on the new hospital?
B: Well, the work's going ...... well for the time being, but we still need more people if we are to meet the deadline.
A: Do you think Lilly's got a ...... lovely smile?
B: You must be joking! She's got a gorgeous smile, a smile that would melt a whole iceberg in the blink of an eye.
I guess my students are ...... indifferent to what I've been teaching them for the last couple of weeks.
We saw a ...... good performance at the theatre last night. It wasn't anything exceptional, though.
The new staff we've got seem ...... uneducated. When you talk to them about anything, they just nod or shake their head but they don't seem to know much about anything.
My brother has a ...... motivating teacher. She pays a lot of attention to their students' class performance, but she's no good at encouraging them to study anything in depth.