Exercise 69, p. 407

1. I couldn’t hear the actors well from the last row.

2. Ali won the race easily.

3. The flowers looked fresh to me.

4. We thought that “Streetcar” was a real/really good play

(real is informal).

5. I can’t read well with these glasses.

6. Gladioli will smell sweet in the living-room.

7. The damp air sure/surely feels good after that long dry

spell (sure is informal).

8. The prospect of yet another week of hard work makes him

feel bad.

9. He rides his mount well.

10. The Secretary of State stood firm in his decision.

11. Some actors speak their lines far too loud/loudly (loud is

informal).

12. Some actresses speak softly but the gallery-goers hear

them clearly nevertheless.

13. The orchestra sounded cacophonous at the rehearsal.

14. Most gently he stroked the cat’s fur.

15. The verdict of guilty made the prisoner feel angry toward

the jury.

16. The crowd approved heartily of the busker’s music.

 

 

17. The jet plane flew by too quickly for me to see it but it

sure/surely sounded real/really noisy (sure and real are informal).

18. The dazed victim of the accident gazed helplessly across

the road.

19. She clasped the infant tightly in her arms.

20. Mother and daughter are very close to each other.