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Exercise 2. Fill in the gap with the correct adjective derived from the suggested noun.
1. The cost of a new house in the UK has become __________ high over the last few years.
A astronomically B totally C utterly D blatantly
2. The drug company should not have put a new product on the market with_________ fatal
side-effects.
A partially B particularly C potentially D painfully
3. After a warm start to the month, the weather in the second half of June was_________ cold.
A unfortunately B unseasonably C unpredictably D astronomically
4. Even when the costs of running the event were _______ subsidised by local government,
tickets were still in the region of fifty pounds.
A tremendously B avidly C heavily D astronomically
5. For the last ten years Malcolm Sargant's gossip column in the Daily Planet has been ______
read by thousands of readers.
A avidly B vividly C heavily D tremendously
6. To award a man like Thomas Green with the greatest lifetime achievement award seems
_________ unfair.
A painfully B blatantly C widely D bitterly
7. Our test this week is quite challenging in places but the one we got last week was _____
easy.
A laughingly B humorously C highly D absurdly
8. There were some exciting moments in the second half of the film but the first ninety minutes
were _______ slow in places.
A massively B astronomically C utterly D painfully
9. Hugh Tomlinson is ______ believed to be the best director of his generation in Hollywood at
the moment.
A thoroughly B widely C greatly D massively
10. I am _______ appalled by the thoughtless attitude of people who needlessly endanger other
people's lives by using mobiles while driving.
A tremendously B terribly C awfully D utterly
11. This holiday offer does seem ________ attractive but I think we are going to have to pass on
it because of the high cost.
A avidly B absolutely C irresistibly D heavily
__________(history)
12. After all her hard work, Martha was ________ disappointed when she got a grade B in her
CAE exam.
A painfully B bitterly C completely D totally