Match the questions (1–6) to the answers (a–f). 1 Does Carlos write well? d 2 How fast can you run? 3 Do your friends work hard? 4 How well can you speak German? 5 Could you speak more slowly, please? 6 How early do you want to leave?
a Sorry, I didn’t realise I was speaking so fast. b Yes, they do. Very hard! c About 7.00 a.m., so we don’t arrive late! d I think he writes very clearly. e I can do a kilometre in ten minutes! f Not so well, but I’m getting better all the time.
2 Complete the sentences with the opposite adverb.
1 Jim plays the guitar well, but he sings badly . 2 She always drives carefully, but last night she drove.................................. . 3 The children played happily on the floor, but their mother looked................................. at the news flash. 4 Magda reads fast in her own language, but she reads............................................ in English. 5 I like to get home early – but sometimes the bus is .............................................! 6 Mum! Don’t speak so loudly on the phone! We’re trying to work................................. in our room.
3 Choose the correct options. A So, Alan. What’s it like to be a blog writer? B It’s a lot of fun! I can be sitting 1 carelessly / quietly at the computer when my mobile phone rings 2 slowly / loudly and it’s a friend with a good idea for a story. So I check the details 3 early / carefully , and then upload my comments. I don’t like to work too 4 fast / angrily , because that’s when I make mistakes. A So do a lot of people write back? B It depends, really. Sometimes I can wait 5 patiently / sadly at the computer and nothing happens. Other times people will 6 happily / late upload a dozen comments in ten minutes!
4 Complete the text with the adverb form of the words.
I was waiting 1 patiently (patient) for a bus the other day, when a dog appeared and started barking 2.............................(loud). I’m usually a bit scared of dogs, and there was no one else around. I thought 3 ..........................(hard) for a moment, and then remembered I had a biscuit in my pocket. So I took it out 4..........................(careful) and gave it to the animal. It stopped barking at once and wagged its tail 5.................. (happy). So then I touched it and talked to it, and 6.............. (slow) we became friends. The dog’s been at home now for three weeks!