A) Complete the sentences with the correct form of the nouns in ...

A) Rewrite these sentences putting the adverbs in the correct position.
1. It rains in the north of Spain. (heavily) (often)
2. Richard closed the door. (silently)
3. Have you eaten raw fish? (in your town) (ever)
4. Have you finished your dinner? (yet)
5. They’ve arrived. (from the airport) (just)
6. We saw no one. (last night) (in the street)
7. What time do you get up? (on Sunday morning) (usually)
8. The soup wasn’t cold for me to eat. (enough)
9. He had an accident because he was driving. (fast) (too)
10. My sister is complaining about the same things. (always)
B) Choose the correct alternative to complete the sentences.
1. My father works very hard / hardly.
2. Pedro speaks English very good / well.
3. Our car runs very fastly / fast.
4. His brother sings beautifully / beautiful.
5. The police nearly / near discovered the criminal.
6. We’re leaving early in the morning / in the morning early.
7. My brother arrived home late / lately last night.
8. My father buys the newspaper everyday / every day.
9. We’ve already / yet seen that film.
10. Is the baby still / yet sleeping? No, he’s just woken up.
C) Identify and correct the errors in these sentences.
1. We spend seldom the summer at home.
2. Listen to the teacher very carefuly.
3. They don’t play very well football.
4. I did the exercise easyly.
5. If you have teethache, you’d better go to the dentist.
6. Where do you usually eat your meals: in the kitchen or in the dinning room?
7. Have you heard the whether forecast for tomorrow?
8. Shall we go to the swiming pool today?
9. My brother is autoconfident.
D) Complete the sentences with compound nouns or compound adjectives.
1. I always write my shopping ………………………………………. before I go to the supermarket.
2. Our train is delayed. We’d better go to the waiting ………………………………………. .
3. Second ………………………………………. books are usually quite cheap.
4. Excuse me, is this watch water ……………………………………….?
5. Red ………………………………………. people usually have freckles, too.
6. My boss is such a bad ………………………………………. man.
7. Spanish students usually leave high ………………………………………. at the age of 18.
8. Have you seen my high ………………………………………. shoes? I can’t find them.
9. Are you still working full ……………………………………….?
10. I had my blood ………………………………………. taken at the chemist’s this morning.
E) Choose the correct alternative to complete the sentences.
1. My aunt had a mental downbreak / breakdown last night.
2. I don’t really like quick food / fast food.
3. Hillary is a beautiful long-hair / long-haired girl.
4. The teacher wants some feedback / backfeed from the students at the end of the class.
5. Who’s the headmaster / masterhead of this school?
6. The Cross Red / Red Cross helps a lot of people all over the world.
7. Living in the city has more backdraws / drawbacks than advantages.
8. We always buy some home-made / made-at-home products.
9. I’ve got two handed-left / left-handed brothers.
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