Cover of the textbook Speakout Upper-Intermediate - Students' Book

The key answer of exercise 9

The key to exercise solutions in chapter 3.1 - And the moral is ... for the textbook Speakout Upper-Intermediate - Students' Book with authors Frances Eales and Steve Oakes from Pearson Education

Question

  1. Work in pairs and circle eight adverbs ending in -ly in the story.
  2. Match meanings 1-7 with the adverbs.
  3. Write the adverbs in the correct category in the table.

Answer

a)

  • stupidly
  • naturally
  • Finally
  • awkwardly
  • Apparently
  • Unfortunately
  • politely
  • eventually

b)

  1. stupidly
  2. naturally
  3. unfortunately
  4. apparently
  5. awkwardly
  6. finally, eventually
  7. politely

c)

  • adverbs of manner → stupidly, awkwardly, politely
  • attitude markers → naturally, apparently, unfortunately
  • time markers → finally, eventually