Adverbs

It rained all day yesterday.

• Correct

• Incorrect

We didn't almost get to the meeting on time.

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• incorrect

Answer explanation

used before a verb or verb phrase

They forgot apparently to send the report.

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• incorrect

Answer explanation

Comment adverbs go at the beginning of a sentence or clause.

We're probably going to the cinema this evening.

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• incorrect

We're going to be unfortunately late.

• correct

• incorrect

Answer explanation

Comment adverbs go at the beginning of the sentence or clause.

I used to a lot travel in my previous position.

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• incorrect

Answer explanation

A lot/much go after a verb or verb phrase. Much is generally used in negative sentences.

A lot of/much go before nouns.

Deborah speaks four languages fluently.

• correct

• incorrect

At the end of the week, I'm very exhausted.

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• incorrect

Answer explanation

Exhausted is an extreme (or non-gradable) adjective. Very cannot be used with these adjectives.

Soon I will have been working here for ten years!

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• incorrect

Silvia has been living for six years in Hong Kong.

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• incorrect

Answer explanation

Where there is an adverb of time and an adverb of place, the adverb of place goes before the adverb of time.