1His condition is ............... serious.
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Use "deadly" to mean extremely serious or dangerous.
2Tempers ran ...............
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Use "high" after "ran" in the fixed expression "ran high".
3The prisoners were treated ...............
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Use "badly" as the adverb meaning in a bad way.
4I am ............... sure of his involvement in this.
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Use "dead" before "sure" to mean completely sure.
5The program was ............... amusing.
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Use "highly" to mean very before an adjective such as "amusing".
6The ball hit him ............... on the face.
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Use "right" to mean exactly in "right on the face".
7I ............... assumed that she was willing to help.
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Use "rightly" to mean correctly.
8She left ............... after breakfast.
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Use "right" to mean immediately in "right after breakfast".
9"Can you lend me your pen?" "..............."
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Use "Sure" as a short reply meaning yes or certainly.
10A good dancer dances ...............
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Use "well" as the adverb after the verb "dances".
11She always arrives ...............
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Use "late" to mean after the expected time.
12I haven't read anything interesting ...............
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Use "lately" to mean recently.
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Answers
- His condition is deadly serious.
- Tempers ran high
- The prisoners were treated badly
- I am dead sure of his involvement in this.
- The program was highly amusing.
- The ball hit him right on the face.
- I rightly assumed that she was willing to help.
- She left right after breakfast.
- “Can you lend me your pen?” “Sure“
- A good dancer dances well
- She always arrives late
- I haven’t read anything interesting lately