1Snake bites can be ...............
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The adjective "deadly" means likely to cause death.
2Tension ran ...............
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The adverb "high" is used in the expression "run high" to mean become strong or intense.
3They treat their servants ...............
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The adverb "badly" describes how they treat their servants.
4I am ............... sure that he is involved in this.
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The adverb "dead" can mean completely in informal expressions such as "dead sure".
5It was a ............... amusing program.
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The adverb "highly" means very when it modifies adjectives such as amusing.
6The stone hit him ............... on the nose.
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The adverb "right" means exactly in "right on the nose".
7I ............... assumed that she would not come.
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The adverb "rightly" means correctly.
8They left ............... after lunch.
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The adverb "right" means immediately in "right after lunch".
9"Can I borrow your car?" "..............."
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The reply "Sure" means yes or certainly.
10The students performed really ...............
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The adverb "well" describes how the students performed.
11He is always ............... for work.
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The adjective "late" means not on time.
12I have watched a lot of interesting movies ...............
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The adverb "lately" means recently.
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- Snake bites can be deadly
- Tension ran high
- They treat their servants badly
- I am dead sure that he is involved in this.
- It was a highly amusing program.
- The stone hit him right on the nose.
- I rightly assumed that she would not come.
- They left right after lunch.
- “Can I borrow your car?” “Sure“
- The students performed really well
- He is always late for work.
- I have watched a lot of interesting movies lately