EXERCÍCIOS

1) Identify the adjective in the first sentence and complete the blanks with the adverb:

a) Chris is very happy. He is smiling……………………………

b) My friend is speaking in a weak way. He is speaking……………………………

c) Jeff is a quiet boy. He always enters the classroom……………………………

d) The test was very simple. We…………………………...had to mark one question at a time.

Gabarito: happily, weakly, quietly, simply

2) Choose the right answer to fill the blanks below:

    1. Janet held the baby………….

    a) careful

    b) carefully

    2. My father cooks……………

    a) awfully

    b) awful

    3. Slash can play the guitar……..

    a) beautiful

    b) beautifully

Gabarito: letra b, letra a, letra b

3) Choose the adjective to complete the sentences below:

    1. The dog is ………………! Give it some food!

    a) hungry

    b) calm

    c) stressed

    2. The boy was very……….., so he started to cry.

    a) playing

    b) bad

    c) strange

    3. Pink is a ………………..singer. She has a very…………...voice.

    a) bad - strong

    b) crazy - lazy

    c) good - beautiful

Gabarito: letra a, letra b, letra c

4) Complete the following sentences using the appropriate form of the adjective given:

    1. She is………………….than their friends.  

    a) more silent

    b) silenter

    c) silentest

    2. Neymar is…………...than Pelé

    a) the youngest

    b) younger

    c) more young

    3. Amazonas and Pará are the………….states in Brazil

    a) largest

    b) larger

    c) more large

Gabarito: letra a, letra b, letra a

5) Decide if the word in bold is a verb or a noun:

1. I like your new car!

2. They are rehearsing a new play.

3. My baby is sleeping, please be quiet!

4. I guess my reading is better than my listening in Spanish.

Gabarito: verb, noun, verb, noun, noun

6) Complete the sentence with the verb as noun in the gerund:

a) They have to increase their……………….if they want to win the competition (swim)

b) I believe that my……………….is better after I traveled to England (listen)

c) You should keep your windows closed in order to have a good…………………(sleep)

Gabarito: swimming, listening, sleeping

7) Put the direct speech below into reported speech:

a) She said, “I like this movie”

………………………………….

b) They said “Say hi to the new teacher”

……………………………………………..

c) He asks “Do you know Marcela?”

…………………………………………

d) Mark said “I live in Paris since 1999”.

………………………………………..

Gabarito: She told that she liked that movie; They told to say hi to the new teacher”; He asked if we knew Marcela; “Mark said that he lives in Paris since 1999”.

8) Which one is the correct form for the direct speech below?

Paulo Victor said that he is working for Apple in Austin.

a) He said: I am working for Apple in Austin

b) He said: I work for Apple in Austin

Gabarito: letra a

9) Decide which conditional is best for the following sentences and put the words in brackets into the correct form

a) She almost fell from that balcony. If she had fallen, she ……………..her arms or worst (break).

b) If you leave now, you…………………..at home in about half an hour (be).

c) If you………………, I’ll lend you my notebook so you can finish your job (need).

d) If Francis…………….her, I’m sure she would have said “yes” (propose).

e) The TV is broken. When I turn it on, it…………………...a strange light (appear).

f) If you ……………………………..to finish the text on time, we’ll have to substitute it for other subject (not/manage)

Gabarito: would have broken; will be; need; had proposed; appears; don’t manage