Grammar Exercises

Adjective or Adverb? (1)

Complete the sentences using the adjective or adverb in brackets.

  1. “Shall we meet outside the cinema at seven?” – “Yes, ____!”    (perfect/perfectly)
  2. Why don’t you have a break? You’ve been working very ____.    (hard/hardly)
  3. It’s ____ cold today so make sure you wear your winter coat.  (terrible/terribly)
  4. The milk smells really ____. Don’t drink it!  (bad/badly)
  5. Ewan is very tired as he ____ slept last night.  (hard/hardly)
  6. He asked ____ for another glass of water.  (polite/politely)
  7. You’re very ____ today. Is something wrong?   (quiet/quietly)
  8. You look ____. Why don’t you sit down?   (tired/tiredly)
  9. The weather can change very ____ here.   (sudden/suddenly)
  10. Please close the door ____.   (quiet/quietly)
  11. I couldn’t finish the stew. It tasted ____ . (awful/awfully)
  12. Jack seems very ____ . (nice/nicely)





    Answers

    1. perfect
    2. hard
    3. terribly
    4. bad
    5. hardly
    6. politely
    7. quiet
    8. tired
    9. suddenly
    10. quietly
    11. awful
    12. nice

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Pronunciation

Quick Pronunciation Exercise (19) – FOOTBALL

It can really help your pronunciation if you know the phonetic symbols and the sounds they represent. These quick exercises will help you learn the symbols.

Students often find that they can pronounce a ‘difficult’ word much more easily once they see it written phonetically, because English spelling is often quite treacherous, so to speak!

You will also see how often the schwa sound is used in English.

Can you work out these 12 football-related words?

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Check out the main Quick English Pronunciation Exercises page with the full list of exercises and links to very useful pronunciation videos.

SPEAKING SKILLS: CONVERSATION QUESTIONS

Click on a topic for a list of conversation questions you can use in class or a language exchange.

Football / Soccer

Social Media

Music

Books and Reading

Films and Cinema

Answers

1. kick-off
2. captain
3. pitch
4. striker
5. shoot
6. corner
7. tackle
8. foul
9. whistle
10. yellow card
11. equaliser
12. extra time

Pronunciation

Quick Pronunciation Exercise (18) – CATS

 

If you find English pronunciation difficult, I suggest learning the phonetic symbols and the sounds they represent. These quick exercises are designed to help you learn the symbols in a fairly short time. Remember that you just need to recognise them, you don’t need to write them.

Can you decipher these 10 cat-related words? Scroll down to the bottom for the answers.

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Main Quick Pronunciation Exercises page with the full list of exercises and links to useful pronunciation pages.

SPEAKING SKILLS: CONVERSATION QUESTIONS

 

Click on a topic for a list of conversation questions you can use in class or a language exchange.

Social Media

Music

Books and Reading

Films and Cinema

Football / Soccer

The Weather

Food, Cooking and Eating Out

Animals and Nature

Answers

1. purr
2. paws
3. fur
4. whiskers
5. hiss
6. claws
7. scratch
8. tiger
9. cheetah
10. leopard