Fill in the blanks.
1Treat your people ...............
Wrong!
Use "justly" to mean fairly in the way people are treated.
2He was sleeping ...............
Wrong!
Use "soundly" to describe sleeping deeply and peacefully.
3He is ............... asleep.
Wrong!
Use "sound" in the fixed phrase "sound asleep".
4As we didn't have enough money, we had to cut the vacation ...............
Wrong!
Use "short" in the expression "cut the vacation short".
5He jumped ...............
Wrong!
Use "high" for physical height, as in jumping into the air.
6The room was adorned ...............
Wrong!
Use "prettily" to mean in a pretty or attractive way.
7..............., you are not coming to the party, are you?
Wrong!
Use "Surely" to express surprise or disbelief about what follows.
8You ate ............... anything.
Wrong!
Use "hardly" to mean almost not at all in "hardly anything".
9She arrived ............... after the show.
Wrong!
Use "shortly" to mean soon after a time or event.
10The manager ............... refused his request for a raise.
Wrong!
Use "flatly" to mean directly and firmly in "flatly refused".
11His fame spread far and ...............
Wrong!
Use "wide" in the fixed phrase "far and wide".
12His works are ............... popular.
Wrong!
Use "widely" to mean by many people or in many places.
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- Treat your people justly.
- He was sleeping soundly.
- He is sound asleep.
- As we didn’t have enough money, we had to cut the vacation short.
- He jumped high.
- The room was adorned prettily.
- Surely, you are not coming to the party, are you?
- You ate hardly anything.
- She arrived shortly after the show.
- The manager flatly refused his request for a raise.
- His fame spread far and wide.
- His works are widely popular.