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Unit 14
Grammar 3 23 Listen again to the speakers in Starting off.
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absolutely completely incredibly totally utterly
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B Complete the sentences below by writing an
1 Look at this extract from Starting off. Which word or intensifying adverb from the box in each gap.
phrase in each sentence shows the speaker’s attitude C Say which other adverbs in the box could also be used
or opinion about what he says?
for each gap.
You see, unfortunately D Decide how adding an intensifying adverb affects each
I’m one of those typical sentence.
expatriates who spends two We were fed up with the crime and
years working in this country feeling of insecurity that surrounded us.
and three years working in I was astonished to fi nd that many
that. I don’t think I could ever people looked down on me when I fi rst arrived.
go back to my home country I just found the short grey days and the continual rain
because, quite honestly, I just depressing.
wouldn’t fi t in.
I’d be out of touch.
I’ve been lucky, though.
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4 Complete these sentences by choosing the
2 Rewrite each sentence below, replacing the
underlined words with a comment adverbial from alternatives in italics which form a collocation. There
the box in each gap. may be one or two correct answers to each question.
The Japanese drummers’ performance was
apparently fortunately generally speaking kindly
(1) extremely / utterly / absolutely amazing. We’d
obviously personally to be honest undoubtedly never seen anything like it. The audience was
(2) absolutely / completely / totally delighted and
It’s lucky that she has a very supportive family. applauded for about ten minutes.
, she has a very supportive family.
I’m absolutely certain that he’s the best player.
For immigrants, finding somewhere to live and work
He’s the best player.
Most of the time the weather here is pleasant. is (3) totally / incredibly / perfectly simple and
presents no problem. The difficulty is integrating into
, the weather here is pleasant.
the community because local people are (4) absolutely
I’m telling you the truth when I say that I found the / utterly / completely indifferent to foreigners, so
journey very uncomfortable. many of them end up feeling (5) extremely / incredibly
, I found the journey very / perfectly depressed.
uncomfortable.
From what I’ve heard, Bill is thinking of emigrating to
Canada. Temperatures often rise above 40º C in the summer, so this
, Bill is thinking of emigrating to
Canada. heat is (6) perfectly / incredibly / absolutely normal. Many
Anaya’s parents have invited me to stay with them, newcomers to this part of the world feel (7) totally / extremely /
which is very kind of them. utterly exhausted by the end of the day unless they have air
Anaya’s parents have invited me to conditioning.
stay with them.
It’s clear that he wasn’t happy with the way he was
treated. You’ll need to work hard to learn the language because
, he wasn’t happy with the way he was it’s (8) utterly / incredibly / totally hard. However, if you
treated. persist, you’ll fi nd it isn’t (9) extremely / absolutely /
To give you my opinion, I wouldn’t buy that car. incredibly impossible and you will make progress.
, I wouldn’t buy that car.
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