ACTIVITY SHEET

EPISODE 24: NEW TRAINING

Practise and consolidate your learning about adverbs and also foreign words in English by completing our activities. ACTIVITY 1 Complete the following sentences by choosing the correct foreign word from the box below. encore eureka faux pas au fait alma mater thugs aficionado entourage tycoon Grand Prix

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Famous Hollywood actors and pop stars, nowadays, travel with a whole ___________ of bodyguards, chefs, press secretaries and other assistants. Police believe it was the neighbourhood __________ who were involved in the recent muggings. John is now the owner of the top ten waterfront properties, making him the youngest ___________ in the city. It has to be said that children are more ___________ with computer technology than their parents are. Children are taught how to operate computers at school while many parents have never learned. _______________! Ive found a cure for malaria. I quickly realised I had made a ___________ when I forgot to thank the host of the party. I apologised for my mistake. There were thousands of spectators at the Monaco _____________, the most famous Formula 1 car race in the world. Having been involved with the aboriginals for all those years, Michael would have to be an ______________ of their art. That was such a brilliant performance, the audience was shouting for an ____________, but the tenor was exhausted and simply bowed. Margaret was so proud of her _____________ because the latest recipient of the Nobel Prize in medicine was a graduate of her school.

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ACTIVITY 2 Match the function on the left-hand side with an appropriate adverb on the right. Remember you can review the Study Notes to help you complete this activity.

FUNCTION 1. adverb of certainty 2. adverb of manner 3. adverb of time 4. adverb of frequency 5. adverb of quantity 6. intensifier 7. downtowner 8. adverb of place 9. focusing adverb 10. attitude marker

ADVERB massively much daily especially definitely cautiously indoors obviously eventually fairly

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ANSWERS ACTIVITY 1 Complete the following sentences by choosing the correct foreign word from the box below. encore eureka faux pas au fait alma mater thugs aficionado entourage tycoon Grand Prix

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Famous Hollywood actors and pop stars, nowadays, travel with a whole entourage of bodyguards, chefs, press secretaries and other assistants. Police believe it was the neighbourhood thugs who were involved in the recent muggings. John is now the owner of the top ten waterfront properties, making him the youngest tycoon in the city. It has to be said that children are more au fait with computer technology than their parents are. Children are taught how to operate computers at school while many parents have never learned. Eureka! Ive found a cure for malaria. I quickly realised I had made a faux pas when I forgot to thank the host of the party. I apologised for my mistake. There were thousands of spectators at the Monaco Grand Prix, the most famous Formula 1 car race in the world. Having been involved with the aboriginals for all those years, Michael would have to be an aficionado of their art. That was such a brilliant performance, the audience was shouting for an encore, but the tenor was exhausted and simply bowed. Margaret was so proud of her alma mater because the latest recipient of the Nobel Prize in medicine was a graduate of her school.

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ANSWERS ACTIVITY 2 Match the function on the left-hand side with an appropriate adverb on the right.

FUNCTION 1. adverb of certainty 2. adverb of manner 3. adverb of time 4. adverb of frequency 5. adverb of quantity 6. intensifier 7. downtowner 8. adverb of place 9. focusing adverb 10. attitude marker

ADVERB definitely cautiously eventually daily much massively fairly indoors especially obviously

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